A CLOCKWORK ORANGE'S Prediction of DYSTOPIAN DEMOCRACY: the Rise & Failure of AUTHORITARIANISM

For a hundred years now, we have been fascinated by DYSTOPIAS: nightmare-visions of environmental disasters, squalor, societal decline, or tyrannical governments maintaining complete control over a society-whether through brute force, propaganda, censorship or denial of free thought, brainwashing, or all of the above, leading to the complete loss of individuality.
But in this ever-expanding genre, there is one dystopian film that stands out as horrifyingly unique, breaking the mold, and creating a dystopian world unlike any other-except maybe, potentially, our own. Stanley Kubrick’s 1971 film adaptation A Clockwork Orange follows the deviant peregrinations of a young criminal named Alex Delarge, as he navigates a dystopian of version of London, England. This video explores the nature of crime, government, and culture. Why does authoritarianism fail to create safety and prevent crime? Can democracies be totalitarian? What makes policing ineffective? How do liberals respond in a world where liberalism is falling out of favor? How does culture, art, and architecture reflect the character of a society? Are their similarities between A Clockwork Orange and Aldous Huxley's Brave New World? If so, what do these classic novels have to say about our own societies?
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CHAPTERS
Chaotic Totalitarianism: A Dystopia Unlike Any Other 00:00
Corruption of Police & Politicians 6:12
How Liberalism Betrays Itself 10:03
Failing Families: Society's Poisoned Well 14:45
The Precursor of a BRAVE NEW WORLD 19:36
Modern Art: the Décor of Dystopia 23:50
BRUTALISM: the ARCHITECTURE of Dystopia 26:55
Synthetic Pop Music: Rhythm of the Subjugated 29:15
Misery Through Avoiding Struggle 31:29
FURTHER READING
"A Clockwork Orange," The International Anthony Burgess Foundation (“‘the dream of liberalism going mad’.”)
www.anthonyburgess.org/a-cloc...
Kubrick on A Clockwork Orange: An interview with Michel Ciment
www.visual-memory.co.uk/amk/doc/interview.aco.html
Kubrick Tells What Makes A Clockwork Orange Tick by Bernard Weintraub
www.archiviokubrick.it/english/words/interviews/1972clockworktick.html
‘A Clockwork Orange’: Kubrick and Burgess’ Vision of the Modern World
cinephiliabeyond.org/clockwor...

[@geoffrobinson]

Someone in the early 90s coined the term "anarcho-tyranny", which is when the government comes down hard on people for minor violations but allows anarchy to run rampant, especially for socially destabilizing crimes.

[@Tomorrison28]

That's the U.S right now

[@michaeltaylors2456]

Channel 5 on your side. Everyone has one lol . Breathlessly warns us to be wary of a small business doing allegedly shoddy work. But would never dare mention the tax unfair code, unjust fees, corrupt government, or police brutality.

[@michaelallen3304]

New York, San Fran, LA, Seattle, Portland, etc.

[@AnandVenigalla]

Samuel T. Francis coined the term

[@job4391]

@@Tomorrison28 Amen

[@casper9013]

"Beauty's attractive, and we don't want people to be attracted by old things. We want them to like the new ones." Or as they say in 2022, 'Updated for a modern audience.' God help us.

[@stewiepid4385]

"The Old is New again".

[@greenvelvet]

"Woke" movies are the least of our problems. We now live in a world of total surveillance state, a marriage between big tech and the intelligence community. The complete capitalization of the internet to monetize people's data to third party companies. Corporations will always co-op and absorb the language of the left as a smoke screen. I'm not so much worried about movies made for a so-called modern audience, that I am worried about unaccountable unelected corporate power that has completely captured our government in our democracy and hitting the accelerator ports a total surveillance State and climate change catastrophe

[@Sedgewise47]

@@meatman4193 😆

[@HouseholdDog]

@@devinreese7704 Some concepts are eternal.

[@angrydrunkengerman2819]

Now you see the horror of it...

[@MrDubmaster]

Kubrick was depicting a stylised version of 1970s British youth culture, using Burgess's 1950s book as his storyline. The Droogs are quite an accurate depiction of Skinheads, or 'Boot Boys' as they were known at the time the film was made. It was far too true to life, much of it filmed in the outer suburban areas of West London where Kubrick resided, around Elstree and Borehamwood (the urban scenes were filmed in Thamesmead in South East London - a 'new town' that really did evolve into a dystopian nightmare of drugs and violence). The film really upset some people, and there were copycat crimes being committed around the country. Kubrick was forced to withdraw the film due to massive opposition from his middle class friends and neighbours who felt utterly terrified by the prospect of "the surprise visit" and the film was banned and never shown again in Britain until after Kubrick's death. It remains the most accurate depiction of early 1970s youth subculture that's ever been made - although obviously highly stylised.

[@raypurchase801]

Needs a modernised remake.

[@MrDubmaster]

​@@raypurchase801please no. Could never be beaten.

[@MrDubmaster]

@@raypurchase801 of course I remember Frankie Goes To Hollywood. Not my bag at all, but a remake of a song is very different from a remake of a movie - when did that EVER work? I can't think of a single classic movie remake that has been anything but a pile of shit in comparison to the original. Can you?

[@raypurchase801]

@@MrDubmaster I anticipate a Disney remake of "It's a Wonderful Life". Georgina is a blaque le5b1an who lives with Mary, her transgender spouse. They've adopted four children, who enjoy tuck-in bedtime stories with Uncle Billy, a minor-attracted person. Their arch-nemesis is Old Man Potter, who loves the US and stands for traditional family values. Type it up, present it to Disney and we got us a movie contract.

[@davefink2326]

​@@raypurchase801hats off to you for getting this past the censors

[@charliepearce8767]

I'm 62 and remember well when my father was telling me how he was on his way to the cinema to see Clock Work Orange.. He laughed at me as a youg boy when I said I wanted to go to..

[@jacklodger2462]

it was strangely eerie realizing this video is not a prediction of the far future, rather a window into what’s happening to our world today.

[@desiguy55]

how true look at the major lib run cities, crime is rampant, as is drug use, plenty of homelessness, corrupt government that spends money on itself, corrupt voting system which enables them to stay in power. yet the lib elites are enjoying themselves , they are rich and powerful and far above these low brow masses.

[@MST3Killa]

A great lie we often tell ourselves is that we peer out a window, when in fact we're looking in a mirror.

[@safffff1000]

I hated that depressing movie when I 1st saw it.

[@LarsRichterMedia]

Jumping on this comment to throw a thought in here: Kubrick says history shows what happens when we do too good a job of eliminating undesirable elements. What is interesting about our times is that we have global challenges ahead that we need to approach rather quickly. I think many would argue the consequences of our actions today have never been greater. The rapidly changing atmosphere is a global risk, bioengineering is a global risk, exponential technology in the form of AI/AGI and artifical life is a global risk, total nuclear war is a global risk, etc. - The video ends with the quote: "as with everything else in life it's a matter of groping for the right balance, and a certain amount of luck." - the right balance and the right amount of luck, the range between too good of a job and too bad of a job, that doesn't end in mass fatalities and suffering seems to be narrowing a lot and at an ever-increasing speed. Kubrick died in 1999, I would love to hear him talk about this again in 2023.

[@safffff1000]

@@LarsRichterMedia 90% of our problems world wide are cause by one group people, seems that's where our efforts should be

[@tonygriego6382]

Out of all the dystopic futures I could have lived through, I never once thought that I'd live in this one.

[@godwhispersinmyearsinsleep5351]

Fr

[@phaedralee6831]

Me neither. I pictured more of a mad max type situation.

[@vanrutgar6536]

Indeed . It's worse than clockwork orange

[@regularfather4708]

I can survive mad Max or hunger games or anything else. But this one, I'm not so sure...

[@TrueNeutralEvGenius]

Then you are a blind fool, because we were living in it for several decades already.

[@brileyvandyke5792]

Anthony Burgess wrote the novel A Clockwork Orange and deserves credit for this nightmare vision and Kubrick did a wonderful job adapting the film to vision.

[@inlandindieP35]

Sadly many in positions of power saw Burgess’ work as a blueprint instead of a cautionary tale.

[@SnoopyReads]

They both deserve credit, Kubrick used the music and visuals to make the book even better

[@johnspartan3405]

I share an appreciation of both the book and the movie. But there is a reason that Anthony Burges did not want his name on the film.

[@user-iv9hh9he8k]

There are two versions of the book. You need to read the English version, not the American one. There is a 21st chapter that did not make it into the American version. Kubrick was more nihilistic and chose to go with the American version which did not include the chapter. That chapter suggested Alex grew out of his love for ultraviolence

[@unbroken1010]

We know sagger lover.

[@helmutthat8331]

A Clockwork Orange even predicted the purple hair!

[@analogman9697]

Kubrick definitely nailed the squalor.

[@Shananana99]

Yup 😂

[@bassage13]

Haha, yes. But he did NOT predict the nose piercings!

[@analogman9697]

@@bassage13 Haha....that's soooo attractive, especially the septum piercings. Must collect quite a few boogers throughout the day.

[@sweynforkbeard8857]

@@bassage13 Or tattoos.

[@wyrdwik4610]

Watched clockwork recently the first time for around 2 decades. It has lost none of its viciousness and sadly seems to mirror more closely our own world.

[@robertthompson5501]

Nancy Pelosi and Anthony Faucci. Elon Musk as Alex, and Epstein killed himself. 🙏👹

[@borisnegrarosa9113]

It is a brilliant prediction of a society in decay, collapsing infrastructure, family and traditional values. But whereas in the film the state is still intact and functioning, the opposite is true of present-day society.

[@brycemanagement6462]

We are regrettably on the verge of a burgeoning unavoidable conflict, new to us but old to history and we have but only those who've gone before us in these battles to learn from and take from both their victories and defeats, the lessons learned so as to repeat their successes and avoid their failures. To never retreat from that resolve borne in truth and a righteous cause, not zeal alone, for its the integrity and character by which we fight that propels us to victory and not the innate violence of our barbaric nature alone. We should and must fight a more nobler battle with no less vigor without reducing ourselves to our baser selves. Retaining our honor and faith, humanity and compassion so that, when the bloodletting, guns, bombs and death stops, we may each return to our homes, to our families and society as the humane beings we were before rather than the beast we became to fight the fight. May God alone help us and have mercy on our wretched souls by His Grace and Favor alone. Steven F Gooden-Cohen

[@willissudweeks1050]

You ever been beat up by men wearing pig masks? Cause I sure haven’t.

[@robertthompson5501]

@@willissudweeks1050 You have led a sheltered life Take a walk in the wrong side of Detroit or Chicago. Masked men likely will accost you and have their way. 🙏👹

[@thomaskingsbury6560]

I have been witnessing the disintegration of our society since I was 6 when 4 uncles defiled my innocence after which trust in anyone or anything was shattered. My parents were anything but kind. Psychologically and physically cruel, yet I came through with a desire to be kind and helpful to others when necessary. I am 67 now I have actually had a good life at the same time knowing dark days lie ahead. A vision of God gave me the impression that we were meant for something better in the way we treat one another. This life is filled with difficulties which I can attest to by direct experience. Yet I did not repeat any of the atrocities visited upon me. For that I am grateful. I have determined that we need difficulties to progress or entropy sets in as we are witnessing now. People today in this purposely designed world want comfort and security and will pay any price to get it. Look at the last three years and everything you are showing in this video is falling into place. So for those who remember let’s be thankful for the time and memories of the liberties we had and hope enough people will wake up before dystopias beckoning is realized. Live long and prosper.

[@johnhurt7736]

Boo hoo-

[@thomaskingsbury6560]

Tear jerker was it?

[@johnhurt7736]

@@thomaskingsbury6560 nobody cares-

[@thomaskingsbury6560]

@@johnhurt7736 need some one to talk to? This post obviously hit a nerve. In this life bad happens but good can still come from that. Pity was not solicited.

[@unbroken1010]

Don't be a flat earth incel

[@gamervet4760]

I saw this when I was 11 or 12. It disturbed me but I got obsessed with it. Yes it's terrifying and yes it's deeply upsetting but that burning question wouldn't let me go. Just how did the world end up this way? As I see the weirdos and creeps on TV and it all makes sense.

[@ChatGPT1111]

All a smoke screen to the deals going on with the CCP and Ukraine. The wide open borders is another smoke screen that happens to create more DNC voters.

[@user-yx5sv7pc7d]

It's all been like this. You shouldn't assume people in the past were good. Cuz we made up the concept of good and evil. We've all been aggressive since always.

[@gamervet4760]

@user-yx5sv7pc7d No, I assume they were noble and civil. Big difference. You're making an ass of yourself by making an assumption that I was even talking about good and evil. Though I'm the idiot for asking questions, right? Right? Hate exists in all shapes and forms, and to assume there was no hate is a folly.

[@user-yx5sv7pc7d]

@@gamervet4760 noble and civil instead of good and moral, what a big difference. It's all the same bs to describe being against civilization and moral rules. Stop making yourself look more unintelligent.

[@YoutubeHandIe]

@@user-yx5sv7pc7dyou tell him to not assume about how people acted in the past but you also just assumed how people acted in the past

[@patrickankrom710]

I had a Master Chief in the Navy who majored in psychology. He noticed my Clockwork movie poster on my wall during a room inspection once and remarked, "Well, I guess you're a fan of Porn. You DO know it was considered pornography because of it's X rating...". I laughed then and I still laugh now because if you watch this movie and that's ALL you take away from it you deserve everything you get.

[@MrGuggisberg]

Psychologists are low brow themselves, enablers of this dystopia.

[@Blackhoodie85]

High-ranking Navy with a psych background? Sounds like he was just trying to get a rise out of you. Aren't they super-strict about stuff like that in the military?

[@baronfriday989]

You were allowed posters in your room?

[@YiddishDancingClown]

Well no one smart ever stayed in the Navy.

[@jamesbackyard7192]

8 years and iv met thousands of chiefs and only 2 good ones. It's a cult.

[@allseeingotto2912]

Very recently there was a report here in England that many police backgrounds were not checked and it was probable that there was a high criminal element employed.

[@slappy8941]

That's just what they want.

[@willissudweeks1050]

Ya well they don’t have guns so all that’s gonna happen is you’ll get hit in the bum by a Billy club during a Benny Hill chase.

[@samezidrovibes]

Globally police need to be docile and followers. Think about it. 👀

[@fusion9619]

Your country throws people in jail for speaking "offensively." So yeah, your whole government is criminal.

[@dolphin069]

Diversity hires?

[@slartybartfast1112]

“A nightmare of kindness that opens the door for strangers and gets brutally assaulted….” That whole segment really struck a chord. So many people in our world treat “kindness” as THE moral gold standard. When in reality, kindness without wisdom and rational forethought is just being naïve or even worse, a narcissist person who sees their own kindness as their badge of moral superiority.

[@OurFreeSociety]

I call them new age cultists now. They are abusive, tell people how to think/behave & very very dangerous. They don't look in the mirror, but rather tell everyone else what they are doing wrong. They can't stand swearing, anger, anything negative. The evils created the new age religion if you don't already know. That & of course the internet where life isn't real & you are not really held accountable for your actions & words. I'm spiritually conscious. HUGE difference.

[@American_ZeR0]

Well said

[@thegoblinprince8705]

Kind of like people who think their "medical status"💉 makes them a saint

[@fightback397]

@@thegoblinprince8705 Interesting . But in line of what governemts in the West do . Every school child gets very fast a medical diagnose : adhd , dad , etc etc and get drugs , medicines for these varieties of " flaws " ?

[@velveetaslingshot]

They will understand, finally, when their homes are burned, their daughters raped, and they are dragged through the streets naked while they die to the cheers of a mob.

[@gregvarner9562]

"When they become features of a culture rather than an anomaly". We finally got there folks.

[@theshamanarchist5441]

It seems that most of those 1970's dystopian sci-fi movies are prophecy personified. I watched 'Rollerball' again today for the first time in decades and I was impressed by their observations of Corporatism gone mad. It seems far more pertinent now than when I last watched it in the 90's.

[@richardhewit215]

Yes, of all the different dystopian predictions, the future presented in Rollerball is the closest to the present day.

[@numbersix8919]

@@richardhewit215 Double ditto bingo bruddah. When will come our Jonathon E?

[@richardhewit215]

Never. It's a movie, if it was real, Johnathan E would never have been allowed to live so long.

[@numbersix8919]

@@richardhewit215 Well, he was pretty stupid until his wife got took from him by some CEO. And they did try to kill him as soon as he rebelled for real, but that didn't work out, and then you remember the rule changes in the final game. Considering he was the most idolized person in North America, maybe the world, and the CEOs were all so complacent and confident, it's almost believable. Jon-a-thon! Jon-a-thon!

[@Zennsunni]

Predictive programming

[@mattturner6017]

It's true, lots of people were (and are) so shocked by the terrible things in the movie that they completely overlooked that the film might be trying to say something. Kind of like how many people are so shocked by real-life events that they completely overlook any opportunity to learn something from their own experiences. If we could only get rid of anything shocking or offensive, nobody would have to change, grow, or be the slightest bit uncomfortable. Well done, sir. Good video.

[@Marinealver]

I look at BLM and Antifa and see them as the ruling class of our so called Western Democracies, things are starting to make sense and yet still be beyond belief. However all things are in despair.

[@jonharrison9222]

You missed the bit about a didactic film saying ‘By the way, brainwashing’s bad?’

[@HouseholdDog]

@@jonharrison9222 It is? I better release my girlfriend from my basement then.

[@angrydrunkengerman2819]

Hell, I'd argue people would say this film is terrible and irredeemable while being willing to beat their political rivals or burn buildings down. Apparently violence and cruelty are virtues if properly justified.

[@Chill-mm4pn]

@@angrydrunkengerman2819 Storming the capital building and injuring law enforcement, burning local businesses to the ground. It's all bullshit. People are out of control.

[@edwardcarrier4816]

My God dude, saw the film when I was young did not really get it. This break down is on point, what is frightening is that it mirrors the current reality on so many levels.

[@lazerhosen]

The breakdown is also full of a bunch of "opinion-as-fact" statements that are very much in line with fascist views on art... so I would take a great many aspects of it with a grain of salt.

[@barneyronnie]

It IS our current reality.

[@theurbanegentleman4550]

@@lazerhosen fascist views on art? What?!

[@lazerhosen]

@@theurbanegentleman4550 Might want to brush up on history, the 3rd Reich had some pretty strict rules on what was considered to have artistic merit, right down to the kind of architecture that was approved by the state. Modern art was rejected, impressionism was rejected, lots of subject matter was rejected, erotic art was rejected as profane... I can go on. Art is subjective, it is up to the viewer to decide if it holds artistic merit to them, personally. It is an opinion. It is authoritarian and coercive to dictate to others what is or isn't art using objective statements.

[@theurbanegentleman4550]

@@lazerhosen ok, but this guy doesn’t say what is and isn’t art. He simply critiques subjectivism and post modern views on art, which is totally valid. Kubrick was not a fan of subjectivist art because it wasn’t universal. Absolutely none of this means you like fascism or hitler.

[@wrmlm37]

The movie horrified my over-sensitive brain. But I continue to come back to it, in analyses like this. So happy I found your channel. I love to hear new perspectives, especially about things that cause discomfort. I open them up, and find out why. I really feel for your take on this film, your explanation of it's necessary horrors, help me to process why such a horrific film was made. I grew up reading The Exorcist, the Dune series. But not anything Lovecraftian. This was a seminal film for me. As a youth, then, YA, and now, and oldster. Much appreciated this.

[@mmm-mmm]

read the book. it will not disappoint, my friend.

[@seanyeo5514]

It terrified me too, and remains one of the films I feel I should rewatch with each new (debatable) stage of maturity in life but also I feel that the realism of it hits home way too much, like taking the pill that allows you to see things for what they really are - that no one is truly good or bad. And those categories are really purely externalisations of our own selfish vanity and a desire to be seen as either. I find it interesting that films of this calibre that terrify me so tend to all come from this era.

[@GregMoress]

I realize that after watching this video, I've been educated by a great teacher. There's no way I could have figured this out on my own. So thank-you.

[@britishbulldog8966]

An excellent essay. We are well on our way to a ‘brave new world’ and it terrifies me.

[@bongodave13]

Don't worry. We'll be extinct very soon.

[@johnsavage7507]

You don't have to be fearful, just be a Savage.

[@neko1533]

Indeed a ‘brave new world’ ! Here is the proof: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5eyYqKfhqx0ibs

[@Jimraynor45]

As long as stand by your beliefs and try to stop what you see as wrong, you will have no regrets, but if you do nothing, you will be but a husk.

[@britishbulldog8966]

@@Jimraynor45 I agree. I’ve been standing so much in the last decade, I can’t remember when I last sat down. Cheers.

[@Zzrik]

I think the worst society Imaginable would be one where no one longer wants to be responsible for anything or even care about what actions they set in motion. For example with his parents in this case. "It's not my problem why should I care?." Is a rather scary thought if you have a society with that mind set

[@vanguard6937]

We are mostly already there. Pushing responsibility to others, or for the future

[@rachaelchavez8766]

You're so right apathy is so scary

[@darania1]

We are biologically programmed by evolution to be selfish apes who are only compassionate on a Quid pro Quo basis in a crisis or survival situation...

[@rachaelchavez8766]

@@darania1 I would argue that may be true, but could it also be true when people are more compassionate the natural reward is to your ultimate benefit. Much the same way as if you eat right and exercise, your natural reward is feeling better and being more biologically able to survive.

[@darania1]

@rachaelchavez8766 In an ideal world. But most people typically mistake selfless kindness as weakness & unconsciously take advantage...

[@tomc.4860]

When I saw A clockwork Orange for the first time it reminded me of my home town where all the high school bullies went to work for the Police department. They continue to be bullies as police officers until they retired and violated the rights of thousands of Americans.

[@6Haunted-Days]

Yea and cops sure aren't liberals/...he got this so wrong.

[@MatthewOfLondon]

This is by far the most astonishing and compelling deconstruction of an all-time favourite film of mine. Your insight into this enigmatic film is way above my paygrade. Bravo. 👍

[@unbroken1010]

Can you sack top him more please and me next? Thank you

[@hanktheblesseddeejay]

I was born into the world of A Clock Work Orange, quite literally it was filmed around where I lived as a child and young adult. Brutalist architecture created such a inhumane and violent atmosphere, the perfect back drop for social disorder and crime.

[@Rustydroog]

Thamesmead?

[@dankelly5150]

This movie sounds like the current Democratic playbook ! 🙄

[@Wolfpaw754]

Gotta love at least where I live, the nice classic 50s 60s 70s style with nice big backyards are getting torn down and in place are like 2 smaller ugly square black and grey units with like a sliver of land for a backyard

[@stephenmcdonagh2795]

And the brutalist architects were proud of their ugly world, I remember one saying how Edith could speak to Betty ten stories up, but that was all they could do, they couldn't call at each other's flat unless they went ten stories down and then ten stories up. Ever since I've despised these vain architects who've moved on to vanity projects such as the Shard, which makes the worst possible use of space and will be beyond repair in 50 yrs time. I don't care about clever counterbalancing, it's still soulless.

[@krimsonsun10]

This is very much the reason the western world could collapse. A technological black swan event in about 3 to 5 years is going to bring a very unexpected superpower. All downfalls of cultures start when societies commoditize their “citizens”. America was and has always been a plantation, the only things that have changed are the commodities what we call the slaves.

[@popculture70]

Your video asks important questions that almost nobody is asking. What do freedom loving prople do if the majority no longer love freedom anymore and would prefer to live in Huxley's Brave New World, where their basic needs are met but have no concept of what is good or sacred or holy? What would freedom-loving people do if they became the minority? Would we force our desire for freedom on a society that has evolved not to want it?

[@philyeary8809]

Such a society would ostracize or force freedom into extinction.

[@fullclipaudio]

A question I struggle with everyday.

[@OrunitaVivi]

the desire for freedom/safety will swing back and forth in time

[@69ballerpimp4life]

What style of living will give the common man the most fulfilling existence. I believe society with more freedoms is what lift/progress human existence.. I believe in small government and local government, unfortunately we are living on a complicated planet with a lot of competitors. Until we all come together as family and work together to reach the heavens we are cursed with BIG Government- military industrial complex, nuclear weapons. So BIG Government is here to “protect people” but fail miserably every time. Almost paradoxical

[@Alll2017]

We will live outside the gated communities, grow vegetables and forest bathe

[@njongomato]

Incredible how prophetic this movie and the literature it pulls from has proven to be

[@jessicadavis8865]

THIS. IS. INCREDIBLE. You are doing good work, friend. These types of ideas need to be talked about, we need to wake up to what is happening, before we find ourselves living in A Brave New World. I read Brave New World for the first time last summer, and told myself that I was going to outline the parts that felt relevant to our current world… let’s just say, I began to regret it within the first few chapters. There was simply too much to underline. It was one of the most frightening yet awakening experiences I’ve ever had. Anyone who has not read it needs to, right now. It is even more relevant and important than 1984. Thank you for making this piece of true art, which makes us question things and pushes us out of our comfort zones. If we keep choosing comfort and happiness, we will lose everything that makes life beautiful and worthwhile.

[@mmm-mmm]

i read 1984 in, well, 1984, the book was about 40 years off, it seems. i don't know if they even read books in school any more... :(

[@fernwood]

There’s a pretty good book on the subject called Ourselves to Death comic by Neil Postman’s, that delves into Orwell versus Huxley dystopia. A great one page comic summarized it, but the author got threatened by the Postman estate and removed it. You can Google-image it I think. It’s hits home, especially now. For what it’s worth I think both Huxley and Orwell got it right, we’re living in both worlds.

[@Lux_Lethal]

@@mmm-mmm How ironic 1984 has been used as a handbook.

[@jackspringheel9963]

Anthony Burgess (who wrote the book with all the ideas in) also wrote "1985", which when I read it in 1979 seemed like a very really possible update of "1984". Worth a read.

[@Captain_MonsterFart]

Never heard of it! Very interesting to know that. Clockwork Orange is a great book.

[@logicalchaos9008]

Thank you. I will read it.

[@adamvasquez9926]

Thought Orwell wrote 1985

[@echohotel7975]

@@adamvasquez9926 he wrote 1984

[@xrxs1020]

Make 1984 fiction again.

[@dallashill23]

I feel it’s true, a Clockwork Orange really mimics our current society more closely than any other novel of our time

[@darkhobo]

Heh. Brave New World be lile "am I a joke to you?"

[@The1stDukeDroklar]

Personally, I think 1984 is closer with all the "newspeak" and "doublethink" going on and of course the electronic surveillance.

[@burtknighten4438]

We are in an amalgamation of.1984, brave New world, and Fahrenheit 451

[@Joefrogigolo]

It certainly is one of the novels of our time.

[@onlinemoneymadeeasy1317]

1984 is equally vital to understand these times. When we are being force fed propaganda such as "diversity is strength" or "smash the patriarchy" and having our history re-written by "journalists" and activists, you know that Orwell is spinning in his grave, pointing to The Ministry of Truth!

[@coreycoh7464]

The Wanting Seed a novel written two years after Clockwork Orange is a sequel to Orange, set around 100 years after Alex and his droogs. Both novels deal with a Britain that is on the edge of societal destruction. By the time of the Wanting Seed liberalism discussed in Clockwork Orange has run amok and forced moralizing by the authorities has driven people to madness. Both novels written by Burgess feature brutal police, overblown bureaucrats and a culture in decline. The two novels are truly one in that both are cautionary tales.

[@noiseofknowing8964]

“But as the jurist Richard Posner has pointed out, the recurring fallacy in lamentations of modernity is ‘to compare an idealized past, its vices overlooked, with a demonized present, its virtues overlooked’.”

[@ozymandiasramesses1773]

I find that quote hopeful. It implys we can push for modern social reform without using the 'Appeal to Nature' fallacy.

[@fritzthecat8158]

This film not only woke me up politically but introduced me to a world where movies meant something. God bless Stanley Kubrick for his massive contribution to human consciousness

[@amarissimus29]

I think Anthony Burgess deserves the credit for the political commentary, no? Kubrick's genius was for bringing literary worlds to life on the screen and I agree, he's awesome. But as far as political awakenings go, the source material is always going to hold the torch. A film adaptation is just icing on the cake.

[@Mia-yq1mx]

@@amarissimus29 well said

[@mickdeegan4651]

@@Mia-yq1mx I agree ,as always Kubrick's cinematography was great.Burgess included a dictionary of slang,good read.

[@moottori_paa]

I'm with you at this!

[@johnnymontalvo5620]

Thank you for this. I am always interested in the freedom/authoritarian dichotomy, and this gave me a lot to think about. Also, it terrifies me to see how trapped in the life of “bread and circus” we are, as more films and music is produced that appeals to base desires, and not anything higher.

[@RedDogRichard2112]

I totally agree, I love any film that leaves you thinking for days. This all reminds me of one of my favorite albums 2112 by Rush, the title song is about any authoritarian religion that rules the world by controlling everything, destroying the individual but brings peace to a war torn world where its best and brightest individuals left for the stars to grow and learn.

[@powertuber3.047]

Perhaps this is the real reason Kubrick was ostracized after its release... for exposing the plans of the globe. elites.

[@powertuber3.047]

Perhaps this is the real reason Kubrick was ostracized after its release... for exposing "their" plans.

[@rickyaguilar7572]

Jesus Christ is the only truth .

[@arcturus4067]

I find this freedom Vs authoritarianism 'issue' interesting as well. I think the problem is we think of it as a dichotomy. Perhaps it is more of an equilibrium or a balance. Too extreme on either side leads to dystopia. Humans need freedoms and yet be controlled as well. We are both "based"(animal) and "divine"(moral/ restrained) . Whatever values we have constrain some of our freedoms and can lead to a stable society but too much constrains lead to civilizational stagnation and ultimate sterile degradation. Exercising our freedoms can lead to progress and innovation but also to anarchy and collapse of society. This duality is part of human nature. Then we have political, social and economic ideologies from thinkers on how a 'perfect'/'best' society should and must be. Whether they be religious or secular(Communism, Socialism, Liberal Democracy, Capitalism etc etc), rigid adherence to these ideals always lead to totalitarian regimes. There is just no ideal society or government, there never will be because we are humans, not the gods. My interpretation of this video is society can have democracy and freedoms yet live in a totalitarian state and have the WORST of both worlds - when democracy means the majority of people who hold debased and debauched cultural values elect leaders with similar values + freedoms is defined as doing anything one feels happy to do , leading to anarchy whilst 'higher culture ' which demands "some" restrain of such freedoms is seen as "authoritharian"/ "totalitarian " and a totalitarian ruling elite that allows democracy and freedoms that make the majority happy(even as society descends to chaos) so long as their hold on power is sustained. It is the worst form of dystopia because those living in such a dystopian state are oblivious that they live in a totalitarian state because they feel free indeed and do have a thriving democracy.

[@christopherbarney8424]

Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. This was an excellent watch. Bravo sir!

[@nerfytheclown]

As a connoisseur of essays about dystopiae, let me congratulate you on perhaps the most well-executed and good-ful take I have ever come across, vis-a-vis ACO. Nailed it, bud.

[@jasonfrew2394]

Dystopia seems to be showing itself to us more and more everyday. More examples of that going on than I can even get into here.

[@doscaminos204]

Yea, because everyone keeps chasing utopia by supporting the corrupt politicians that promise goodies.

[@lazerhosen]

We already live in a dystopia. Have been for some time. We're headed straight from Oligopoly right into Techno-Feudalism.

[@shannonm.townsend1232]

@@lazerhosen pretty accurate

[@xenonemos5835]

In the late 1990s or early 2000's a very large survey was conducted in which people were asked, which single experience of a work of art has affected them most deeply in their life. I remember looking through the top 100 answers - mostly songs and films. The first 4 were songs - Number 1 being Like a Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan, Number 5 was a film - guess which.... Kubrick is unsurpassed.

[@jackpavlik563]

But still surpassed by Bob…

[@jonathangems]

It isn't really Kubrick (although he did a good job); it's Anthony Burgess.

[@jasonlynn1017]

So the moralized Aesthetic of this cute narrative is Rock n Roll is shallow and doesn't count as higher art? That's pathetic. Think The Stones' Sympathy for the Devil or Hendrix' Machine Gun is shallow? Ha.

[@brucehitchcock3869]

​@@jasonlynn1017 If folks actually heard the messages in some of these songs they would hear wise words. For instance vegangelics by antichrist demon core.🙏🖖🌎❤️

[@michaeldavid6832]

It was once required reading in some of the English classes at my elementary school. I'll wager that's no longer the case.

[@DeanAdventure]

We are living in this dystopia time now.

[@moottori_paa]

I have seen this movie more than 100 times. Most important movie in my life. Thank you for this great video!

[@a4a72698]

The brutalist architecture is what most terrified me in the film. So many things you brought up made a lot of sense but the analysis of Alex's family life, the apathy of the parents, and lack of strong family bonds in society touched me. The indifference, especially of the mother, can cause so much arrested development in a child which is transferred to society at large.

[@TuathaTuna]

The indifference of the mother? Is that especially the problem? Y’all really adore blaming women. Males abandon their children constantly, let alone all of the other evils they commit, as the majority, since time began.

[@moreplease998]

Apathy towards one's own children is considered to be one of the main reasons humanity was so awful for most of history. Modern medicine is what changed things. Parents used to emotionally distance themselves from their children because so many children died during infancy or early childhood. It was too hard for people to form close bonds like what we consider to be the expected norm now

[@whitmanturner5416]

I would add that people then turn to the State to assume the role of parenthood.

[@bryanmiller8604]

Apathy is a powerful coping weapon for an individual who is scorned, used, abused, neglected, & even hated by society. It is not necessarily the InCel, for example that is the greatest threat to women, & society, as the media often like to portray, but rather the young men who have become completely disenfranchised with society, & are checking out completely from society, & its women. There is no amount of shame, blame, humiliation, or even the promise of rewards, versus punishment, strong enough to sway an apathetic resolve. Apathy after-all, is the polar opposite of Love, not Hate. For to hate, one must exert emotional energy. Apathy, is simply not caring at all. One way, or the other. Thus there is no energy exhorted in benefit, or malevolence toward anyone, or anything. Merely a simple fact of lying down, & letting it all rot!

[@johnsavage7507]

A society largly bred by apathetic single mothers.

[@hunteralderman4867]

This is really good! But it does bother me when people always credit the director and not the author, Anthony Burgess had the vision that wrote the scene where Dim becomes a cop, Kubrick had the sense to understand and include it.

[@cryptoorgie]

Love that scene! It's not even satire just the perfect depicture of a lot of those who choose that profession.

[@haltersweb]

I’m glad you brought up the point about the willing turning over of parenting to the state. The result being angry, parentless “adults” who demand their own satisfaction and whims, while savagely challenging dissent. They seem to subconsciously act out their anger toward their own neglectful parents on others, while becoming the very neglectful parents and authorities they most hate.

[@numbersix8919]

What a good analysis! It falls in line with the "parentified child" -- even doting parents can parentify their children, when they turn over their parental authority to them. And the parentified child, given all that authority, and being only a child who requires parental authority, is left terrified and neglected, with no good role model for themselves as adults -- no matter how well they cope. You've really got it. Kids need love, and that's more than just having sentimental "kind" parents.

[@NoahBodze]

What if Mr Kubrick - via Mr Burgess - was trying to get you to see that some people are just born rotten no matter how much money and time we spend trying to fix it? You know that when men say “this is why women shouldn’t vote,” this is what they mean? Why are so many women purposely naive to human nature and history? Why are you so bent on trying to save the unsavory at the cost of civilization?

[@6Haunted-Days]

Yea glad you grasped basic psychology....yay 🙄🤣

[@6Haunted-Days]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@numbersix8919sorry parentifying a child is NOT the same is NOT the same as neglect or doting on a kid so they end spoiled. Parentified means TURNING INTO A PARENT. They turn the kid into a parent. And just cuz a kid is neglected or sPOILED DOESNT MEAN they are now children parenting adults. They might be sure.....but ISNT A GIVEN. If they're a drug addict or whatever etc....that's when an adult wants the kid like that. Anyways...you use the term very wrong ....just being neglected or the opposite is always abusive behavior but isn't ALWAYS parentifying children, has to be certain behaviors & mood being presented.

[@numbersix8919]

@@6Haunted-Days I gave you a Like for being 200% correct.

[@ggarvey]

Absolutely stunning. So much to reflect on in this video... Much thanks!

[@Tomas-to9kz]

Very insightful. Kubrick, like all geniuses, was ahead of his time. Interesting how he died of a heart attack despite having no heart problems. .

[@stevejones8660]

Makes one wonder if Eyes Wide Shut was a work of fiction or a documentary.

[@1439315]

its a long list of smart men who die of heart attacks . . . . . . . . .

[@richharvey9153]

True ... but let's give credit where it's due, and not forget author Anthony Burgess. There would not have been a movie without his novel.

[@workhorse7134]

"Well obviously they had to murder him before he spilt the beans about the fake moon landing" LMAO!

[@mickdeegan4651]

@@richharvey9153 the book is better than the movie

[@boris1932]

I am a Stanley Kubrick fan and Clockwork Orange is not an easy film to watch. Definitely not a casual viewing experience. It makes very important statements. Your video is one of the finest analysis of this film.

[@jerrygrimes8813]

I'm not sure I could "viddy" the "ultraviolence" again. I saw that movie back in high school, and it was really disturbing. As an adult, the themes, the metaphors, would be understandable now. But the movie itself would be really tough to watch, I think.

[@boris1932]

@@jerrygrimes8813 I too saw it for the first time when I was in high school too. I think it was on Cinemax --- It definitely is jarring to the viewer and for being a older film it really packs a wallop.

[@kateanderson8384]

​@@boris1932 There is no way to not be a Kubrick fan if you have taste. I still find The Shining to be more disturbing but I can see how Clockwork Orange is harder to watch for many.

[@boris1932]

@@kateanderson8384 I love how Kubrick uses the camera, the visuals are always superb. Kubrick being a professional photographer before getting into film really benefited his work. He had a way of doing material that was disturbing and controversial, making it in a way that "sucked" the viewer in even though you might feel a "little guilty" about it. One of the things said about Clockwork Orange is that you are torn between hating and being sympathetic to Alex throughout the film. You know he's wicked, but when he goes through the treatment you feel a little sorry for him. It can leave you with a unbalanced feeling. I have seen the film at least 3 times over the years. One thing about Kubrick that can be said is that he made films that will stand the test of time because of his craftsmanship and story content. He was a true artist.

[@patrickstockton2091]

ARE PEOPLE SUPPOSED TO WATCH IT NAKED???

[@guilhermecosta7938]

Man... this is one of the best videos I've seen on KZbin!!! Thank you so much for that! Cheers from Brazil 🇧🇷

[@soldier09r]

This was well put together and very thoughtful! Loved it!

[@fraterseamus]

Your analysis of Clockwork is bang on. Kubrick had a huge influence on me in my younger years, at the time I was not able to intellectualize what it was that his films did to me, but I felt his films deeply, especially Clockwork. It took me many years of studying philosophy, psychology and the human condition to begin to intellectually grasp the reasons why Kubrick moved me so much. The genius of Kubrick is that his films can work on you on a deep unconscious level that simmers within you for years. . .new aspects are revealed with each new viewing.

[@Thespeedrap]

It just shows that we really don't have films that can challenge you in away that we need to be challenged.Scorsese right Marvel films aren't cinema they're amusement parks🧐

[@soulthriver-oz6470]

@@Thespeedrap current hero films are greatly dumbed down, they are Kidults films.

[@barneyronnie]

I worked with Kubrick in 2001: A Space Odyssey as a technical advisor.

[@Thespeedrap]

@@barneyronnie Really how do I get that position?

[@barneyronnie]

@@Thespeedrap Well, I only did it twice. I am a retired mathematical physicist who has retired from teaching and research. My job was to clarify how the mechanics of various activities would occur without gravity... and other phenomena as well.

[@stickybuns8626]

You blew my mind. I never truly appreciated classical art until now. Bravo.

[@trollmastermike52845]

Don't use pepe like that he deserves better

[@EmperorStarscream]

Classical art? The 1970s is the classical age now?

[@trollmastermike52845]

@Emperor Starscream it's older than dinosaurs at this point

[@stickybuns8626]

@@EmperorStarscream Not the movie lol.

[@EmperorStarscream]

@@stickybuns8626 modern art of today will be the classical art a century or two from now. Impressionism was shit on by critics in 19th century France, now it's one of the most beloved movements

[@1400IntruderVS]

Thank you. I've been trying to pass on these lessons and was beginning to believed no one understands. This is an excellent presentation.

[@thewildbody]

Nice work. Thank you for putting this together.

[@74357175]

There's a reason we love thrill seeking and theater -- that non-lethal shock to the system is one of the ways we feel alive; whether on top of a mountain or in front of a tragedy. Happiness is not the absence of suffering, as many traditions have long pointed out...

[@echofoxtrot2.051]

If anything, suffering and overcoming leads to the greatest happiness and sense of satisfaction/accomplishment.

[@hungedteddy7971]

@@echofoxtrot2.051 So the Story of Jesus?

[@Garry_Combine]

@@hungedteddy7971 I mean, is Christ not the example of what to follow?

[@hungedteddy7971]

@@Garry_Combine That's Why I'm christian.

[@thegreendank1]

As a kid that grew up in the hood, never went to school because of the violence. You put my thoughts into words i never learned and it was beautiful and terrorizing at the same time. Beautiful in language, terrorizing because what was in my head is actually happening. Hopefully we can get back to 0, and learn to love one another once again. Sure we fought about politics and religion in the 80's and 90's but we never disowned family because of it. Billions of people are destined to think differently and disagree, which is fine as long as we do it in a loving and civilized manner, but what ive seen the last decade or so is more frightening then anything ive been shown in 44 years including the darkest depths of human depravity. Fell into the drug scene, stared death in the face, dated a girl who was being abused by her own father, saw it all yet these times scare me the most because without love and unity, theres nothing left. Even at my poorest in the 80's blacks looked out for whites, etc. We were all in the same shithole and we looked out for eachother because we knew the government didnt care so we leaned on eachother. Now people actually believe the government cares, they push 1000 genders because they know its a way to devide us more because the more labels there are, the more people you can devide. And history is key because we all know the adage DIVIDE AND CONQUER. I wish people would stop being "woke" and start waking up to the evil that is surrounding us. Anyway, amazing video and you've definitely earned my sub. Fucking amazing.

[@shawnmclean7932]

The relentless attack on the family and against religion has been successful. How can we love people who don't want truth, beauty and freedom? I only love those I respect.

[@arghbarf419]

was with you until the gender stuff. you’re taking an example of extreme leftism and grouping it with people who just want to be accepted for who they are. You claim you want unity yet you think the “woke” is trying to divide us. In every generation progressiveness is social politics is always looked down upon by the masses. You’re falling for the same trap your parents and grandparents fell through. These “woke” people didn’t come out of know where. If you actually listened to what they’re trying to say you would get that they’re just trying to change what they think is wrong with society. Maybe you don’t agree with what they think is wrong but you can at least understand where they’re coming from. No one actually pushes 1,000 genders but this is a common talking point used to discredit trans people. Go out in the world and actually talk to them.

[@Acoustic-Rabbit-Hole]

There is a reason the media and Hollywood attacked Trump from the beginning. He refused to subscribe to their social rules, and he pushed to make fundamental changes. Who is Hitler?

[@bongodave13]

@@shawnmclean7932 Please describe this "attack on the family and against religion." Cite data, or STFU.

[@ssQ2U]

"Back to zero?" Why?

[@francescopili1286]

I think you're doing an amazing job. I've seen those movies in my youth when they came out in the cinemas. They have influenced my life forever. I'm 70 now and they still keep teaching me. Thank you.🙏✨️

[@alpayne7190]

Beyond amazing thank you for unpacking this

[@peregrinusdeflandria3143]

Excellent video. The loss of paternal care is a very much underrated aspect of our societal pains. Noticed in the film of how the priest is the only one who attacked the experiment, and cared for Alex...yet he was powerless against the evil of the world. Also noticed a change in production quality, or is that my imagination? Anyway you truly offer a meaningful insight into these movies. Keep doing them!

[@EmpireoftheMind]

Thanks! Definitely trying to improve production quality the best I can--been able to make a few upgrades here and there.

[@eldermillennial8330]

Indicative of the general impotence of Anglicanism. He had no orthodox subtly of Will or discipline in which to instill any fear of God, (Wisdom) into Alex, the true path of rehabilitation for lost souls. Never an easy thing to do, but he showed no sign of really trying that path.

[@AbrasiousProductions]

yeah.. I have no father figure and it's provided me a lonesome harsh life, sometimes I wonder if i can ever be a good or normal person because I'm without a dad..

[@eldermillennial8330]

@@AbrasiousProductions It’s never too late to find a spiritual father.

[@AbrasiousProductions]

Dad?..😢💕

[@fredgarv79]

I want to say, and this is important, what huxley said was so very profound. I have brought back into my life great classical music. something when I try to share it, people have no interest. it's as if they can't see through the fog that has been put before their eyes and can not see the truth and beauty of it. He says "an encounter with true beauty is too tumultuous of and experience, a reflection of the eternal" This is what I sometimes feel when listening to this music, it puts me in a state of timelessness, all you feel is the music and it's pure unadulterated beauty.That a great work of art can make you wonder how it's creation was accomplished by a mere mortal. To be "astonished" by it. This is what I feel when listening to Handel, Vivaldi, Mozart, etc. many, many more, too many to count. It has woken me up out of a slumber. Almost every day I discover something new and astonishing. It sends chills up my spine. I never liked opera much, now I realize the sheer beauty of an aria that reaches down into your very soul. Just my personal experience. One thing and this relates to this great video, when the whole covid 19 came out, I was very skeptical of what our government was telling us, stay home, keep indoors, wear a mask at all times if you do go out, drive alone in your car with a mask on, at first I thought how can a government tell you what to wear on your face? then I saw the masses just comply, not out of any real fear, but out of they would be shamed if they didn't do what everybody else was doing. I was very surprised at the level of compliance. nobody objected to shutting down schools, forcing 3 year olds to wear masks all day, nobody objected to firemen, police etc being fired for not wanting a vaccine. Just stay home and watch your netflix , drink your beer and be quiet. if you dare post objections on facebook, it is labeled "disinformation" and taken off the platform. I could go on. I could not believe the attitude of "well, I dont mind wearing a mask" that's not the point whether you mind it or not, it's that you are being forced to wear it by some greater authority who knew nothing whether it made any sense of not. Just stop questioning things Just try to listen to some great inspiring works of art such as this kzbin.info/www/bejne/en3JkmN7eL98p7M and this kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4SogmmmnL2knqM instead of binge watching season 4 of stranger things on netflix

[@danielczarnecki2862]

I couldn't agree more !!!

[@joedmac78]

I also agree. Learning to self analyze would help people.

[@danbradley3294]

Well put. We found out who the "sheep" are. Moreover, what our government is really up to in terms of controlling us.

[@bruceschurgot3536]

You are spot on my friend!

[@claudiocruzat8777]

i love classical pieces, as well as rock but the virus? , i don't think that the people dying by the covid were Holograms. Its a fact. And dont be absolute, there are great films.

[@tannerbudge8459]

This is a very eye opening! Thank you!

[@Ottotherepoman1]

Thanks for creating thoughtful content that truly makes a person think. I have noticed that music is being dumbed down, and architecture is a sad pastiche of cheaply made mcmansions and office towers now. And not many people read the classics, they are being phased out in school.

[@Maldoror2112]

According to those who want to control society and push their venomous message under the cover of the DEI directive, the classics (in both literature and music) are all manifestations of the patriarchy (especially that of the straight, white male); thusly, they are deemed unprogressive and must be replaced by uninspired, modern creations.

[@lionelschweetz4844]

That’s because they don’t want people anymore. They want droogs.

[@patrickstockton2091]

CAN'T WAIT TO DO SOME SHROOMS AND WATCH IT BEGINNING TO END...

[@finalgirl640]

Agreed. Everything is vapid and dumb. Being a musician my whole life, I'm consistently frustrated with the state of popular art. Although I have some good original music on my channel. 😉

[@AbrasiousProductions]

I rarely say this but this video is a work of art and an indisputable masterpiece

[@thebetterlemonjello]

I mean, my god. This video represents the dream of the internet to me. I'm old enough to remember a time when the only media presented to people was necessarily curated, and the advent of the internet meant a decentralization of that. This and a few other channels are like the first light of that sunrise I've been hoping for these last few decades.

[@AbrasiousProductions]

now, I'll be honest my videos aren't as fantastic as this but I do put genuine effort into my film reviews, there's no wokeness, no trends or gen z slang in sight on my channel so i think you'd dig my content

[@rickrivethead]

@@AbrasiousProductions I Dig!

[@freedommatters2900]

You will get no dispute here.

[@lance9749]

Agreed

[@nicsimon9361]

Thankyou..this was truly magnificent. The last 2 years has shown that the majority of people think the government is always there to help and a minority who think ! As Jefferson said the price of freedom is eternal vigilance. I was already familiar with 1984 , Huxley , CS Lewis and how they predicted where we are today. I was not aware of Clockwork orange story ... despite Barry Lyndon being a masterpiece and Eyes Wide Shut ..when I actually stood up in the theatre at the end and clapped alone..another masterpiece .. Kubrick was a genius. My view is since WW2 the elites have controlled by creating a consumer, entertainment world to keep people happy and distracted (Huxley technique) and also the 1947 NSA facilitated 'perpetual' overseas wars (Madison's 'instruments of tyranny at home' ) on communism.. then came additional control by fear .. war on terror, pandemic and now climate change...not saying there is no risk but they can use it as a vehicle for greater control. Huxley warned us of the use of distraction as control technique and the irony is that both Huxley and CS Lewis died on the same day as JFK ! Also noted that the new Italy PM quoted CS Lewis ! Anyway , thankyou again , I'm off to research Clockwork orange and any related Kubrick interviews !!

[@shannonm.townsend1232]

I think you're mostly talking about capital, capitalists, or capitalism not an elite cabal, sinister conspiracy, etc. But there is an elite, as evidenced by their capital (wealth), and I would agree the taxonomy doesn't make much difference, as regarding the I'll effects of this "cabal " hat we're all experiencing. You recognize the problems clearly, but your explanation places the onus for redress out of the realm of possibility, for the benefit of those whom the onus would otherwise fall on.

[@skinhead5]

@@shannonm.townsend1232 capital and communalism are both runned by the same type. The jew.

[@happinesstan]

Have you seen 'Under the Silver Lake'?

[@shannonm.townsend1232]

@@skinhead5 oof

[@shannonm.townsend1232]

@@skinhead5 why is it important to you that the elite be Jews. Isn't it enough that it's a small percentage of people holding most of the wealth and having an undue nfluence over us? Does it matter who it is?

[@jamesshevnin981]

And I wondered why this was one of my all time favorite movies. Sometimes it's the intellect alone that's revealing. Thnx, well done.

[@richlinlaw]

This was a tremendous essay. Thank you!

[@Psycopathicus]

The concept that has stuck with me from the film (and presumably the book, though I haven't read it), despite having seen it only once, decades ago, is this: goodness is not truly good if it's forced upon one. If you cannot make a CHOICE to do the right thing, then you are not truly doing it; a society that focuses on forcing people down the 'right' path, while giving no consideration as to why they might have chosen a different one, is only chopping out a new and horrible path of its own. There are concepts obsessed over by western culture these days: equality, diversity, inclusivity, compassion - all undeniably positive, taken on their own. But forced equality makes everything bland and featureless; forced diversity results in amorphousness, with no stabilizing core allowed to dominate; forced inclusivity foregoes true skill, merit, and genius in favor of a checklist; forced compassion leaves the innocent defenseless, for fear of upsetting their tormentors. By enforcing these concepts at the end of a whip, nothing good results - the holes in society are merely wallpapered over, and those who look too closely at them are thrown to the mob. If we, as individuals and as a society, cannot choose our own path, then we become little more than lemmings, marching happily off the cliff's edge. Ultimately, I have far more respect for a man who mouths vile obscenities that are truly his own, rather than one who recites something positive that's been drummed into him - at least the former speaks honestly; the latter says nothing at all.

[@usarmyveteran177]

Great observations.

[@Psycopathicus]

@@usarmyveteran177 Thank you. (bows)

[@clarahudson8283]

Excellent point

[@shannonm.townsend1232]

What

[@shannonm.townsend1232]

@@Jason-hg1pc (clears throat) There is still monarchy in the world, and enforced religion, and authoritarianism; what are you talking about. Predictions or aphorisms or

[@advicepirate8673]

I feel not so much taught as led to my own understanding. A rare gift.

[@durden91tyler]

this was fantastic, these are my two favorite stories ever written. in one video. im floored, this is a wonderful take. thank you.

[@jackiegarroutte8970]

Wow! This was really put together well and very well reasoned. We are on a slippery slope in this country I am afraid 😨 😱

[@MahkyVmedia1]

Be afraid, that always works out well.

[@AllinWhenPlaying]

Oh wow even the mom's hair dye is spot on :D Everyone's thinking we're heading for Orwell's 1984 while we were actually heading for Clockwork Orange...

[@YourMomfailedu]

😆 So true!

[@EmperorStarscream]

Can't it be bolth?

[@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq]

She dresses like a 20-year old girl, the typically Baby Boomer, emotionally immature mother.

[@Matthew.E.Kelly.]

If you make a Venn diagram of concentric overlapping circles for dystopian novels, we exist where all of them intersect at the middle: 1984, Brave New World, A Clockwork Orange, Bladerunner, The Hunger Games, The Running Man, Soylent Green, Fahrenheit 451...

[@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq]

@@Matthew.E.Kelly. Yes.

[@jsp1611]

This was a fascinating talk. I didn't realise I'd missed so much from a Clockwork Orange, both book and film.

[@chazzmccloud36]

Same here. I haven't seen it since I was a teenager, and I didn't get it then. I liked it, but didn't get it. Gotta watch it again.

[@Legbreaker1]

I’ve never watched your videos or heard them, and I have to say this one was very eye-opening, and really had me taking a look at the balance of things today and what hopefully won’t end up being our near future. 🙏

[@thomasszymczak4983]

WOW. Thank You seriously!!!

[@horusfalcon]

I would recommend those who watch the movie should also get and read the book. Anthony Burgess's book takes a bit of a different turn in the final chapter than does the movie. It's not a hard read, but it is a deep read.

[@lawr5764]

I read that the final chapter was not in the book given to Kubrick. In some copies, the book didn't have the part where Alex basically outgrows his younger self, and his new gang of droogs. Can't remember for sure, but I think there was different editions, in different countries.

[@tommythetrain4288]

Hardest part of the book is nadsat language. Get a book with the definitions in the back. Helps a lot and is fun.

[@lawr5764]

@@tommythetrain4288 I would agree, wish my copy would've had it. I found, and printed, a list online after I finished reading it. I'd have to go through the whole book again to get the benefit. though.

[@ml5955]

A Clock Work Orange is a prophetic vision of blue cities in the USA circa 2022. Thank you Demoncratic party.

[@happinesstan]

@@ml5955 You just don't get it, do you? It's not a red v blue issue.

[@aaronrowell6943]

1970s London or 2022 New York City it's hard to tell the difference

[@moritzulrich2168]

Beautifully done!

[@DonnieBrook69]

I think I just found my new favourite channel. Impressive work.

[@Thespeedrap]

Sometimes our real society can actually be worse than what we see in the movies and our world's news😔🧐

[@areuarealman7269]

Just move too any city in America and you will find nobody likes you or cares for you as a stranger it's cold and annoying saying hello too people only too be frowned at and looked at like a bug all because nobody knows you it's sad and humorous at the same time I've given up on the beautiful people since smart phones no talking just blankness I'm not antisocial but I am now .

[@MondoReyTV1]

@@areuarealman7269 Try New Orleans sometime, it's probably one of the last american major cities with any old world kindness left in it. Even the homeless wave and say "hello" when you walk by. The only city in the US with any magic left in it... Of course a bar on almost every block also helps! 🤣

[@Thespeedrap]

@@MondoReyTV1 But what if you don't drink than what

[@blackneos940]

Escapism comes to mind.

[@TrueNeutralEvGenius]

Sometimes? All the time. Real works is far worse and more tragic than any most horrifying dystopia or tragedy book or work of art.

[@floydforthought9998]

This is why Dystopian science fiction is my favorite genre of media. As crazy far gone as they once seemed to be, we as a society end up not being far off. Creating a Dystopian Future is like telling a joke, 30% exaggeration and 70% truth. Enough exaggerated ideas to get away with telling the truth.

[@smokingcrab2290]

At this point, it's 100% truth and no joke

[@Celticowl4136]

No longer science fiction

[@josephcaserta5692]

Your statement is similar to the quote, "today's conspiracy is tomorrow's news."

[@rjlundholm89]

Its disturbing. I do enjoy my dystopian concept but only in works of fiction.

[@ericross5048]

I’m listening to your whole Kubrick series. It’s good.

[@tomodote1421]

This analysis was much needed

[@vallivergano239]

We already live in this kind of society. We just didn't think it was possible. Often the real criminals are the ones we admire the most

[@xrxs1020]

I don't admire Biden, Harris, Garland, McConnell, Fauci or the rest of these mediocrities. Our hope is in the Rand Pauls of the world. And even Trump who for all his annoying excesses had our borders solid, no new wars, midEast peace deals, and we were energy independent until Biden's first week.

[@xrxs1020]

Biden and the ideas of his handlers are a bad as it gets. Pray we survive the next two years.

[@SFTaYZa]

You've outdone yourself on this one. And it's one or my favourite films ever. Too good.

[@eeverett2]

Very good, thanks for making this.

[@teamtomahawk5901]

Well done. Thanks. Subscribed. Keep'em comin.

[@13StJimmy]

“the average man does not want to be free. He simply wants to be safe.” - H. L. Mencken

[@djangofett4879]

you know who had a lot of freedom? Genghis Khan. Vlad the impaler. those guys had lots of freedom.

[@KylePawluk]

FREEDOM!!

[@neo-filthyfrank1347]

@Bobby Brown say morons

[@neo-filthyfrank1347]

@@djangofett4879 Good. Freedom is more valuable than morality the modern western conception of which is worthless.

[@grapeshot3462]

I simply want to get laid with a non-obese female. I'll support whatever system increases that probability.

[@anthonydimichele837]

Wow! as a tradional artist (etching & engraving) I found the insights about Art profound. Best analysis of Clockwork I have heard. Many thanks. I will share this with friends and collegues.

[@RobertoCardella]

Outstanding job

[@JPGoertz]

This is truly excellent. Exactly what we are living - and what we need. Thank you!

[@Carl-qe8fm]

How can these videos be made by a mere mortal? The most thoughtful and thought-provoking content on the platform. Thank you for this.

[@leonardticsay8046]

We don’t know if he’s immortal or not. Are you going to try to find out?

[@Carl-qe8fm]

@@leonardticsay8046 He is way too enthusiastic and positive to be immortal. The promise of eventual sweet release is one of the few redeeming qualities of life.

[@horusfalcon]

@@leonardticsay8046 Be careful... there can be only one!

[@jalander8817]

If you like themes of this video definitely look into what is referred to as the “dissident right.” There are plenty of content on YT that provides this sort of criticism of modernity as it applies to culture and politics. I can post specific names if anyone is interested. 🤠

[@Carl-qe8fm]

@@jalander8817 seems like a dangerous proposition to profile oneself as dissident right atm, what with the arrest of supposed right wing royalists in Germany.

[@shyman3000]

Im an old fan of the film, just recently read the book for the 2nd time only this time it was the original british version with the final chapter included. I highly recommend. A true classic of literature.

[@edmouse1293]

This was dope! Well done!

[@markrobertson2052]

Thank you for this video

[@MephiticMiasma]

"Fatherhood and motherhood are indispensable to a flourishing, functioning society." ...and we live in a society which actively seeks to ban both of those words.

[@bcbbarnes]

Horrifies the audience during the first half. Then challenges them to decide whether the second half is better. Thanks for the hard work and insight. Paired with Brave New World really helped me see the larger picture of this movie.

[@tommoore4717]

Very well done video. Thank you!

[@batitony]

One of the best analysis I've ever seen. Thanks for posting!

[@ericddl]

Welcome back. A very timely video on such a subject that is quite easy to see parallels in our own world at the moment, although one could probably argue that this has been true for quite some time. I have a lot of opinions about how our own world is leaning towards something of this kind in the future but I feel like many have already covered this far better than I could articulate. Well done as always, I hope your summer was good and I look forward to new videos.

[@johnjeffery6638]

you left out Blue and yes green.

[@earlwajenberg733]

Kubrick and Huxley depict common pleasures and high art in opposition. It's interesting to contrast this with the relationship Tolkien paints between the two in 'Lord of the Rings.' It is more complicated than a sheer opposition. There is certainly a contrast between the common, ordinary, 'vulgar' (old sense) pleasures and goals of the Shire and Bree and the way elves and Numenoreans use beauty to express pain, and otherwise live on a high plane. On the other hand, the Numenorean Rangers are at pains to protect the Shire, and the dying Thorin Oakenshield says, "If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world." And, on the other side, Merry remarks during his stay in the Houses of Healing, that, now that he has seen beyond the Shire, he may not be able to live on "the heights" but he can see them and honor them.

[@happinesstan]

Burgess and Huxley.

[@kafkollectif525]

“Common pleasures”? There’s no real pleasure in the entire film lol, besides when Alex pulls those two girls at the music store and takes them home. The rest is all maniacal and fake bs. I don’t think one character even has a delicious meal in it 😂

[@happinesstan]

@@kafkollectif525 Paedophillia is not a common pleasure.

[@shootyall]

Great video, bro! You managed to tackle the main themes in the book/movie with great depth in less than 40 minutes.

[@AJLaRocque54]

This is a great video. You are doing such outstanding work.I’m looking forward to your next one.