The Lego Movie: Communist Propaganda

[@maxmunich]

a special one, with heart of red

[@someriversong1793]

Undertale reference?

[@Flowermations]

More like: A special one, with a heart of yellow (yes, that is a Balls Undertale Clover reference from the hit fangame Undertale Yellow)

[@nicjo_]

idk what to put here

[@Drag0n_k]

toby fox??!!?1!?!?!?11?!!?1?!

[@Everettalla]

What a bunch-a hippy, dippy, baloney

[@legendman5934]

“Benny gets everyone back to bricksburg with the power of autism.” There is nothing else beyond this point. All else is irrelevant in the face of true comedy.

[@rennythespaceguy7285]

Benny is the final form of autism

[@glowdonk]

Benny is my favorite character BECAUSE of that hyperfixation of his

[@SolunaStarlight]

Never underestimate the power of your special interests

[@sglenny001]

Ideed

[@genevivehuber7786]

@@glowdonk What’s even funnier to me is my special interests involve space too. I felt really connected to bennys character as a kid lmfao

[@TheRealSamalam]

english teacher when he pauses the movie:

[@pervert6357]

lmao

[@flutee6162]

always says the realist shit that no one wants to understand

[@Ukalnsk]

2k likes, almost no replies

[@TheRealSamalam]

@@Ukalnsk i didnt even realise i had this many likes

[@Ukalnsk]

@@TheRealSamalam lol

[@Atoll-ok1zm]

The piece of resistance is clearly a metaphor for reading theory, as it tends to make it difficult to move thanks to a massive protrusion from your body.

[@scottthejatt]

your protustion is massive? thats gotta be atleast 4 inches

[@saturnsandjupiters358]

you're so real for this 💀💀💀

[@Jackalmercenary-t7y]

Holy shit I never thought of that

[@EternalPhoenix]

Can someone here please explain reading theory? I haven’t heard of it before

[@Atoll-ok1zm]

@@EternalPhoenix not sure if this is a joke, but by "reading theory" I mean literally reading the books that explain fundamental marxist principles and the analysis that Marxists like myself base our understanding of the world on. I'm sure there are reading lists floating around but Parenti is always a good place to start.

[@fer5720]

As a non native English speaker with just acceptable enough comand of the language, once I heard "ferrellussy" I had to pause, rewind, put on the captions and read them, meticulously type each letter of "ferrellussy" on the browser search bar only to come up with no results, wonder what to do to find out what "ferrellussy" was, then had a heart-stopping realization as I splayed out my trembling fingers to type "president business man voice actor". Ah, yes, these are the research skills I get to polish as an English learner. This truly was an enlightment moment I will never forget in my road to master the language. I shall keep watching you to learn more words.

[@gavinault9662]

I spit out my water laughing

[@tvman2563]

From this comment here, it seems you're better at speaking english than most native speakers. Take that as you will!

[@EquiNoxM]

Brother I could only imagine learning English in this day and age where we are constantly making new words, or giving a different meaning to a word. Im tryna learn latvian rn n hoping I don't have to deal with that haha. bless ya tho brother man love ur determination

[@tvman2563]

@@EquiNoxM Language always changes this is nothing new lol.

[@phantasmagoricmichl4209]

Barbie had 3 times the budget, 10 years of hindsight, and 1 times the Will Ferrell

[@retrotaco11]

If I had a nickel for everytime Will Ferrell stared in a film that invokes existential thought that’s also based on a toy franchise, I’d have two nickels Which isn’t a lot but it’s weird it happened twice

[@lChaseMouse]

In his later career I cant stand him. Possibly Ive grown or he simply doesn’t have the same impact he used to. Barbie, Homes and Watson, The House. All giga shit performance

[@breadcrust4006]

@@lChaseMouseoh! Interesting take

[@joshuahughes8336]

​@@retrotaco11 I fucking love that show

[@guywith_dog]

0.5 times the will ferrell

[@philismenko]

Fun fact: octan has been a fake lego brand since 1992

[@Memezuii]

It's also in one of the oldest lego games, Lego Island (although it isn't really important, just the logos are there like the actual stickers)

[@duckface81]

before octan there was shell, im happy that they switched to a fictional brand

[@danksheev66]

Yeah it suits the whole legos sets rarely have more than like two corporations as an in-universe explanation for the monopolism dynamic.

[@goonishereva]

I was so unbelievably shocked to see the Octan logo on a Lego City set after seeing the movie, then to realize it was always there. Felt like discovering the Illuminati or something

[@jinxinx0128]

Protogen Spotted. Must. Not. Boop.

[@HaydenofEverything]

I think it's also really interesting how Emmett is completely oblivious to the redundancy of voting machines until he says it out loud, as if President Business is the only President there has ever been for quite some time.

[@compassrose1466]

I just realized this…oh my goodness. I got like “oh he’s voted cause his company makes the machines” but it just clicked in my brain that he’s been the ONLY one voted for who knows how long. Ironically, I find it more funny because it calls back to it being about the dad of the kid. The dad makes the rules so obviously he’s always be the one in charge when it comes to the legos LMAO

[@commandercorl1544]

@@compassrose1466 Honestly, I think there's probably more candidates that people can vote for, but the voting machines rig them to all be in favor of President Business, just to give an illusion of choice.

[@thorinpixelshield3951]

@@compassrose1466 theres also a sign in the background of the Everything is awsome scene saying "I'm President, Because I said So" (or something to that effect) just adding to the beauty that is this film

[@rjseditsandcleanytps]

ohhhhhhhhhhhh 😮

[@Superricesticky]

@@thorinpixelshield3951 you can see the poster your talking about in this video at 8:51

[@Corium-s]

24:04 , “After, everyone hugs and congratulates themselves on ending capitalism, we are met with an even bigger threat, WOMEN”

[@thekivster]

The only true part of the video.

[@Corium-s]

Fr

[@dunsparcedm43]

When we were being taught about 1984 in highschool. At one point during analysis of the book I had an epiphany and I said out loud that the story, themes and messages in 1984 reminded me a lot of the LEGO movie. I then went back and rewatched the movie after finishing the book and it all made so much sense. The LEGO Movie is the true movie adaptation of 1984

[@BovaClips]

I just read the book and now my KZbin is all like: "You want to see this fun video about the Lego Movie and communism!" In the beginning of the video I was thinking: "This sounds almost like 1984." And the direct reference at 7:34 was like: "See, it is like 1984"

[@Walkdplankfrank]

Capitalism is productive communism is destructive

[@I.am.not.in.your.house.or.am.I]

“Ignorance is strength Smiling is happiness Instruction is creativity” -President/Lord Business

[@Precipiceofwind]

1984 is a garbage attempt of piracy.

[@lazarussevy2777]

I hope, then, that you realize both the LEGO movie and 1984 are not communist propaganda but anti-communist, and that nothing described in here criticizes capitalism but the opposite.

[@ultimate_pleb]

I love it when benny's like "it's spaceshipin' time" and spaceships over all those guys

[@cranberrysaucekrazybloke1.891]

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[@lakaboss9313]

@@cranberrysaucekrazybloke1.891The dying breaths of your final braincell be like

[@THE_CARBON]

Ksp lore

[@cranberrysaucekrazybloke1.891]

@@lakaboss9313 average reply in ohio ☠☠☠

[@TheRealStikShady]

This is actually pretty much how it goes in the movie, first time a comment like this was accurate

[@TheRoseAlmighty]

The unstoppable power of autism is something that I just have to use more regularly

[@CherryThGreat]

LMFAO I AM STEALING THIS

[@zafranorbian757]

Would like to upote but you currently have 1111 likes and I do not want to disturb this nice order.

[@TheRoseAlmighty]

@@zafranorbian757 you know how to respect the peace. ✌️

[@clintonbehrends4659]

but isn't the power of autism balanced by the fact that it is hyper-specific?

[@TheRoseAlmighty]

@@clintonbehrends4659 hmmmm you got me there

[@Bananajosuke0]

“Oh, you like the Lego movie! What do you think is the best part of it?” “Well, I suppose it’s the subtle hints towards communism and the manifesto of ignorance being bliss, it very smartly hides this premise hidden within a silly funny story for kids. Speaking about the kids, the movie seems to make children aware of the differences between social classes and how the rich benefit off the poor, and how we should rise against our so-called ‘superiors’.” “…” “So why do you like it?” “…Lego funny”

[@titan5695]

SPACESHIP

[@justancomment4279]

@@titan5695*SPACESHIP*

[@antonmerscher5005]

SPACESHIP

[@DriedJizzSock]

SPACESHIP

[@finixmoon127]

SPACESHIP

[@aidansmith3821]

"This is how cops are made in real life" had me dying

[@maxmunich]

so glad someone liked that one

[@void-creature]

It's true, you never see cops with a second face on the back of their heads, it gets removed during training 😔

[@Prophet_of_Colour]

@@maxmunich More than you think. Great joke.

[@kazakhstanobamarunesports1350]

same

[@oishi_sammich4542]

I thought It was a genuine metaphor for how people have their humanity essentially erased through the training process

[@Halfendymion]

I wish you'd mentioned that Lord Business's cape is actually a giant red tie, like the one a businessman would wear

[@maxmunich]

not something i'd noticed, good observation

[@Envy_May]

I NEVER NOTICED THIS

[@st0lf]

more specifically the tie that the dad wears

[@croissantlover1]

or agent 47

[@Nemeia982]

his helmet is the knot of the tie

[@foxpokemonforever4775]

I remember watching this in theatres, the movie hits the ground RUNNING with its comedy, the theatre was laughing out loud before our main character is even introduced.

[@profex.]

I clicked on this video, thinking it was gonna be an extremely political, sort of “out of left field with its takes” negative review of one of my favorite childhood films. When I instead watched was one of the most well written, funniest, most thought out video essays on one of my favorite pieces of media. Thank you for this :)

[@tumultoustortellini]

Read my comment under the author's comment. It was well-written, but it still managed to miss the point. The movie is simply anti-conformist. It has just as much negative things to say about collectivism as capitalism, as both can force conformity out of people.

[@PaendaTube]

@@tumultoustortellini yeah dude missed the point by a mile and a half

[@jonfeeshman]

@@PaendaTube Idealogues are often only capable of viewing their experiences through a single lens, leading to interpreting everything as for/against, or related to their worldview.

[@reecerinehart8419]

"Thankfully they are prevented from being sent to room 101 through the power of Heterosexuality" Absolutely Banger line

[@EEEEEEEE]

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[@Arquis_]

Literally 1984

[@JosieCooper09]

Help I read this as they said it

[@friendlyperson9841]

This is a masterpiece XD

[@S.D.323]

blashempy! Big Brother hates all sexuality due to it not advancing the destruction of Goldsteinism

[@Leggo_Waffle]

Guys I have a theory!!! Octan: Began in 1992 Cold War: ended in 1991

[@maxmunich]

collusion ⁉️

[@CrilTump]

4th Reich ass conclusion

[@matthewe3813]

Octan is actually the SOVIET UNION confirmed. Illuminati confirmed

[@Shattered_Starstorm]

Real

[@josho7138]

😮

[@DrIncrdblyEvlFshFce]

the birds being not real in this film is a reference to the fact that birds aren't real irl

[@pendremacherald6758]

Who knew The Institute was watching them too?

[@RestiveRecord]

yeah because theyre goverment drones

[@MeisterSchwabbo]

Fallout 4 reference? Under a video about the lego movie... i love it! ​@@pendremacherald6758

[@GeneralThiccins51]

@@pendremacherald6758r/unexpectedfallout

[@Thepeanutcollector]

IF IT FLIES IT SPIES!!!

[@magicalawnmower4764]

it's funny how a film that has a socialist/anti-capitalist message was used as a way to sell more material goods via themed sets

[@riztiz]

Capitalists do sell us that rope

[@lokio5453]

capitalism subsumes all critique etc etc

[@jacobdallas7396]

It's anti-corporatism not anti-capitalism

[@riztiz]

@@jacobdallas7396 corporatism isn't real.

[@jacobdallas7396]

@@riztiz type "define corporatism" into google and I think the top response would say otherwise.

[@hotpocketsat2am]

as an autistic guy, i can confirm we become incomprehensible when allowed to engage in our hyperfixations

[@toxi101yt5]

Idk if every autistic person also has these but i get hyper fixations in specific things for a bit of time before moving on to the next interesting thing The Lego movie being released at the same time as my “space” phase definitely made him my favorite character

[@Pickle_Candy]

​@@toxi101yt5 I get the same thing, I go through "phases" I always thought it had something to do with the fact that I also have ADHD.

[@tobyandahalf]

sometimes i play genshin so hard that i have to get up and jump around the room. same with subnautica when i get the fear-of-deep-spaces jitters

[@Salvacottontail]

As another autistic rabbit uh Yeah can confirm I go utterly silent when I do my trains

[@kaspanovaVT]

one glimpse of a rotary phone and it's so joever for me i will simply go wacky

[@theseus0467]

Also I would like to point out that, because of the timer at the end of the movie, we know that *Mississippi is canonically a real place in the Lego world.*

[@memerminecraft585]

I figured it's a time measurement in the Lego world and is just an import from the real world, since there are real people in the movie

[@theseus0467]

@@memerminecraft585 I mean Idk how they'd import concepts when other concepts which Lego people haven't discovered are completely unknown.

[@heyoyo10gaming4]

The location of Middle Zealand implies both a knowledge of New Zealand and its connection to Middle Earth

[@birdmcturd1626]

@@theseus0467The kid is imagining all this (for the most part,I’m looking at you scene where Emmet moves on his own in the real world) so we can assume that’s how it got imported

[@burritocat6038]

Space, Wild West, medieval castles and Mississippi, all the famous lego themed

[@mangoeater6919]

Took this man 9 minutes to put lego movie and Adolf Hitler in the same video

[@eges72]

I now understand why Lego movie goes around my head almost always when I read about Marxist theory and history of anti-communism.

[@GoldBean2752]

and ten for ben shapiro.

[@Critic115]

Isn't that an Internet rule? About bringing up AH in any topic

[@Amonimus]

@@Critic115 Godwin's Law

[@skandto]

it's almost like MatPat reincarnated. it's like he's still with us

[@helenavii.6544]

9:37 "like Ben Shappiro, Lord business must wear lifts" AYOOOO 😭💀💀

[@oliviersavard8676]

it came outta nowhere but it's true lmao

[@quartz930]

remember when stalin built the double-decker couch? hundreds died....

[@restofman6403]

I think that’s a folk tale by some random person who said he was the only person who lived through the couch of 47’

[@thespiritofhoxhawell4413]

Can't forget the big communist bed made out of the flesh of siberians, poles and baltic nationalities Truly a horror of cummunism..

[@Cascade7155]

Communism couch incident 100 million dead

[@tellanov]

@@Cascade7155 100 gorbillion died when lord business ate the lego kulaks with his spoon

[@Rootiga]

@@Cascade7155 *200

[@ravenm4890]

when emmett is listing off all the things octan makes he lists music with a clear punk singer and band in the background something very anti capitalist becoming something a capitalist makes just something i noticed

[@eduardog3000]

“Capital has the ability to subsume all critiques into itself. Even those who would *critique* capital end up *reinforcing* it instead.” Which has a double meaning here for both the corporate published punk music in universe, but also the movie itself.

[@scrittle]

Sounds like you've never heard of the pop star conspiracy in South Korean.

[@sp4c1ng_0ut8]

The entire subculture of punk has been actively commoditized since its inception

[@scrittle]

@@sp4c1ng_0ut8 The original punks died out, however the values live on. Punks modify copyrighted works for their own creative interests, it's argued the free modding scene is the result of punk mentality, like modelling a Thomas the Tank Engine and slipping it into any game.

[@sp4c1ng_0ut8]

@@scrittle fair enough

[@Xukkus]

22:02 "Benny gets everyone back to BricksBurg with the unstoppable power of autism." I'm dead 😭

[@gmandunn]

as a wild autisticm, i can agree

[@AvarageYoututbeUser]

​@@gmandunn Same

[@user-AADZ]

I always knew Benny was somewhat autistic!

[@SamsungStupidFridge]

Just bouta comment this

[@TheRyleeFella]

i love how this video is: *talks about the main point of the video* “this one detail in the movie is so cool” *continues to talk about the main point*

[@pablopastenesrojas378]

Haha, funny bird. Anyways, Racism is a-

[@susengineer5767]

"after everyone hugs and congratulates themselves on ending capitalism, we are immediately met with an even bigger threat. wome-"

[@Rainfire-forgets-to-animate]

I can't believe how long it took me to get the "security cameras, all history books, voting machines... Wait a minute-" joke. I never got it till I was like 17

[@ZealousWins]

I guess when we were younger, we were never taught about despotic rule, or anything in-depth about governance or power. I ended up teaching myself quite a bit when I got older, and my brain also developed enough to form these connections more easily.

[@Rainfire-forgets-to-animate]

I could see that Octan was a massive corporation working with a corrupt government to do bad things, but I didn't get the significance of the items listed.

[@ZealousWins]

@@Rainfire-forgets-to-animate Exactly! That's what I thought too. I was stuck in a basic, child's mindset of "red team bad, blue team good", so I did not understand the following things.

[@JamesTDG]

Yeah, when you notice the problems with modern society, you'll understand a lot more of the deeper jokes within some of these films.

[@theflyingkipper2]

I'm cryinf i realized when I was like 10 or 9😭😭

[@retro_roy5591]

chris pratt voicing the most regular guy in the world makes s much sense

[@Foxtrot_Lima]

Only gets truer the more movies they decide to shove him into

[@Somoneyippe]

It’s a me. Mario.

[@DoisZvcar]

​​@@Somoneyippe not Mario, *A Mario*

[@harrisontownsend910]

Normally, I hate hate Chris Pratt's roles placements but I actually like his acting in this movements.

[@hencethebeetroot]

@@harrisontownsend910 And that's because he really does sound generic - perfect for a character like Emmett, less so for a lot of his more recent roles.

[@elfrog9054]

So you said Vitruvius's death comes unexpectedly, however i think different. His death follows a very common part of the heroes Journey (a theory on how to build stories and is used pretty often in fantasy), when the protagonist loses the mentor. Vitruvius is literally a caricature of classic 'mentor 'type characters in movies eg. Dumbledore, Gandalf and Obi-wan. So really, the Lego movie is playing into another cliche by killing him off. It's just such a self aware movie and I love it.

[@-Alarion]

Also I love the detail that lord businnes quite literally kills him with his money, through cutting his head off with a coin. This also could interpreted as showing how the money gives him and the mega corporation the power to dominate everything.

[@maxmunich]

​​@@-AlarionI can't believe I didn't notice this. The voice of wisdom is literally killed by money Edit: PLUS, it's a penny, representing that Business considers even the most worthless form of currency to be above Morgan Freeman

[@CatInSuit69]

@@maxmunich morgan freeman (and vitruvius) is also black while business is yellow (the lego universe equivalent to white i believe) hm

[@justanicemelon9963]

6:18 "his double-decker couch, his one original idea, only works with friends." *fu@# that is such a good little detail* seriously, the Lego Movie IS one of the best animated movies.

[@samsveryniceaccount9258]

I used the lego movie in an eglish paper once in high school. I had to write about how fictional dictatorships relate to real world ones. I got a B

[@ahuman9391]

you got a B because you were right and to give you an A is to agree, people dont want to admit they've been brainwashed, people dont want to admit they are wrong

[@Prororo]

@@ahuman9391I think brainwashing would be seen as “too extreme” in today’s world That’s why a I think a better word to use is indoctrination

[@ahuman9391]

@@Prororo brain washing is the perfect word. Tell me when you hear the word "communism" I guess you have a negative connotation to the word, but "capitalism" you do not, unless you are educated this is how you see the world. Communism is bad, capitalism is good. But in reality it is quite the opposite. You see communism as bad because it goes directly against capitalism and the power that the rich get in this society, in a communist society it's classless, there are no rich, there are no poor, we are just people, humans. This is further backed with how we go to war with any country that tries to convert to communism, not because communism is bad but because the second there's a proper successful communist country we will ALL realize we've been lied to. Brainwashing is the perfect term

[@bp42s56]

@@ahuman9391ngl i like the idea but his paper itself might have just been a B anyways

[@ahuman9391]

@@bp42s56 always a possibility, not given enough information to say otherwise and I always like finding a place to call out society terrible, the more that accept it now with be more accepting of a revolution in the future, even if their hatred isn't fully real, which yes, is propaganda, and yes, it's not good, but it's very useful

[@joshuawhyte2638]

"Don't know what the fuck is up with the dude throwing the tomohawk" It's a dude. Throwing a tomohawk. In an old timey saloon. "Cowboy and Indian" lego sets were numerous.

[@Fellow-computer-nerd]

@blackcontentcreator this isn't about history in any way, this is about modern life, so his lack of knowledge of history which you didn't explain means absolutely nothing.

[@lividlife213]

​@@Fellow-computer-nerdwhile i agree with what you're saying here. He does bring up history at multiple different times in the video for the sake of his point.

[@godmadebushi]

@@Fellow-computer-nerdit’s about how a kids movie relates and depicts a fallen liberal extremist regime… that’s pretty historical to me

[@Garrett_McGregor]

It’s Native Americans bro, not Indians.

[@-karma-2426]

@@Garrett_McGregor I think they used "Indian" because that's typically what those sets were calle despite it being incorrect

[@Mannye3]

2:47 insane tone shift

[@nintenprox4639]

I didn't expect hearing "Ferrellussy" in a video essay about communist lego media but it became infinitely better because of that

[@divyankrana16]

what does that word mean? I tried to search it on google; surprisingly no results.

[@sus-kupp]

​@@divyankrana16 Ferrel + ussy Ferrel is the last name of the voice actor who played lord business I have no idea how to explain the meaning of ussy without triggering comment censorship but you can just google that part.

[@AuroniRahman]

@@divyankrana16 sus-kupp, dw about censorship, im risking it for the sake of education (listen here yt) anyways people just add on -ussy to the end of nouns, which includes people (like Will Ferell) to talk about.... doing the devils tango with it, sticking their 👉 in its 👌(those two particular hand emojis refer to intercourse, if u were wondering, so i hope you can extrapolate from that!) it's like a suffix that turns the noun into a variant of pussy (in the sexual way, not the cat way lol), making the subject a sex object really. its often humorous and lighthearted, when used as a bit of a gag for a shock response. so Ferrellussy is, well, referencing his 😺even though im pretty sure he doesn't have one. because hes a cisgender man.

[@Jetstreamsamsbiggestglazer]

​@sus-kupp they mention the man in paris we can explain what ussy means

[@cheebuu3360]

And we even got Lego Batman Movie out of this AND a fun musical sequel.

[@thesoaringscepter4325]

sadly also lego ninjago

[@Averagemomrespecter]

Lego batman was s tier childhood movies

[@thetoastnbutterpodcast64]

'Fun musical sequel' was shit same as ninjago movie (The others are great though)

[@thesoaringscepter4325]

@thetoastnbutterpodcast64 debatably

[@cheebuu3360]

@thetoastnbutterpodcast64 yeah it wasn't as good as the first movie but I like the music!

[@sobanoodles4286]

A bad kids movie has no deeper message for its story a good kids movie has a deeper message that older watchers can get and a great kids movie can tell that message in a way that even young kids can understand without sacrificing quality, that's what the lego movie is I loved the movie many years ago, and even though I wasn't very old, it managed to still get its point across while still being an amazing movie, even if I maybe didn't know all the terms and whatnot like I wouldn't say it told me "Communism is good and any other economy is bad", but it at least told me the message that capitalism isn't perfect by any means and that corporations aren't selfless entities but are more often then not some level of evil

[@scitimas12]

Reminds me of Kung Fu Panda

[@Goat_gamering]

The only good corporate entity is the dead one that had its parts repurposed.

[@Chromono22]

Pixar also does a great job of putting immense meaning into most of their films

[@WinterRoleplayNetwork]

"We are immediately met with an even larger threat... WOMEN"

[@theeyeflashwithoutabudget171]

this title goes so hard like what do you MEAN taco Tuesday is included in a communist manifesto? thats crazy

[@heyheyitsjae2475]

15:40 Funny thing that, Octan was not invented for this film. Octan is a fictional fuel company that's been popping up in just about every single LEGO product line since 1992. While originally just a stand in for when LEGO couldn't license the rights to Shell or the like, it since became a piece of crossover establishing iconography and branched out into businesses other than fossil fuels. When working on this film it was just obvious to the people working on it that they could use the already established megacorporation from the old toys and add some lore beyond a color scheme and logo.

[@Calvinfromcalvinandhobbes]

when i was a kid, i was convinced Octan was a real company

[@IceFlower22]

@@Calvinfromcalvinandhobbes Same! The logo just looks like a logo for a real company. And seeing Octan be shown everywhere in the movie to just (ahem, *just*) be treated like a fictional company was so wild when I first saw the movie

[@nanorider426]

Back in the 70's Shell had a deal with LEGO.

[@SOSTOL_CAT]

- The power of heterosexuality - The power of misogyny - The power of autism These were the ingredients chosen to create the perfect movie. But LEGO accidentaly added an extra ingredient to the movie: - The power to turn hearts and minds towards sympathetic ends

[@balls9420]

Its like the fucking infinity stones.

[@JohanBautista-fm9xy]

But turns out I'm ALL of them

[@zixvirzjghamn737]

yep, romance, with drama, and weird stuff, = perfect movie

[@bugs.012]

"until they were met with an even bigger threat women"

[@LordShrek13]

the power of socialism

[@grunt0022]

21:15 german scientists in 1945 trying to avoid execution

[@ForFucsSakeWhyDidYTchangmyName]

The cold war was basically who had better germans

[@bestwitch2931]

Underrated comment 😂

[@Bread403]

underrated af

[@pablopastenesrojas378]

Now you're making me think that NASA arrived to the moon only because of nazi autism.

[@Raspberr3-d9i]

HOW A RANDOM PERSON IN THE COMMENTS COMES UP WITH A MORE ACCURATE LINE WHEN THE VIDEO IS ALREADY SUCH DETAILED

[@cycloid2326]

Honestly I think Benny’s representation of autistic hyper-fixation goes even deeper. Every time he says “spaceship!” but especially when he says it repeatedly when he actually gets to build and use one, I interpret it as him spouting out lots of technical terms and lingo, but since none of it registers with anyone else they just perceive it as him saying “spaceship!” Credentials: Have had many an autistic ramble myself that makes no sense to the average person.

[@IVWRYMUCHLIKEMUSIC]

I love that

[@Thegoldenaerobar2]

What my friends hear when i talk about hoi4

[@deepspacecow2644]

Not autistic, but start foaming at the mouth any time I find any interesting telecom infrastructure. This is probably how people see me go on about bands and mimo, and microwaves lol.

[@scrittle]

He was never confirmed, therefore all you get out of him is a cartoony caricature of a space obsession. Reminds me of Benedict Cumberbatch ranting about his portrayal of ASD characters (Turing, Sherlock). He researched his Frankenstein scientist role for a stage play and had this to say: “I went to schools and met people, some of whom are very high functioning on the autistic spectrum. I met a 17-year-old who had the mental age of a one and a half year old. Everything was just about bodily functions. Smell. Sexual arousal. Shitting. Whatever. So when I hear people use diagnostic labels casually - Sherlock is autistic, Turing is autistic - it really upsets me.”

[@cycloid2326]

@@scrittle What’s wrong with noting the very autism-coded attributes of a character? If anything, Benny is a breath of fresh air compared to the horrible representation that autistic people (myself included) have to put up with. It’s nice to see a clearly autistic-coded character that isn’t just a bunch of stereotypes thrown together.

[@wrigglenightbug8679]

the algorithm that keeps me trapped in an endless cycle of media consumption cooked with this one

[@TastyChicker1L17]

,,after everyone hugs and congratulates themselves on ending capitalism, we are immediately met with an even bigger threat, women" this killed me

[@tristandaries1129]

20:09 Metrivious’ scream here is genuinely one of my favourite pieces of cinema, I watched this movie as a Lego obsessed kid and I’ve never forgotten it

[@ghastlyghandi4301]

I can’t believe the goddamn Lego movie is the greatest piece of modern socialist media but I’m so glad it is

[@mansb3528]

I know now why I turned out why I did, it’s because I watched this movie as a kid

[@tinysneakybagel782]

The greatest piece of-not Robots from 2005? Not a A BUG’S LIFE??

[@TheMenaceHimself2006]

I watched this a TON yet I'm still capitalist. I guess I just don't do starvation lol.

[@Jaquavion36]

​@@TheMenaceHimself2006 yes because socialism means that every one starves, no one starves under capitalism, no one ever, no one had ever starved under capitalism

[@genevivehuber7786]

@@TheMenaceHimself2006how in the WORLD can you confidently be a capitalist in the wake of late state capitalism??? Like dude look around you, this isn’t working and people ARE starving???

[@NeoBing]

This is an amazing breakdown of what made the Lego Movie just.. stand out from the rest. I’m definitely on board for more and I can’t wait to see what else you can do. Here’s to 100k soon, you’d deserve it.

[@ironwill2]

Can't believe i got neobing jumpscared on accident.

[@nan0wav]

Can't believe i got neobing jumpscared on accident.

[@ibish9513]

why is this man jumpscaring people is he fnaf at freddies

[@psy-fi64]

NeoBing??? What the hell lmao

[@lisatroiani6119]

14:22 to be fair, the prophecy does say “[…] this *master builder* […]”

[@maxmunich]

fuck

[@The_Distortionist_Waits]

​@@maxmunich The only acceptable answer

[@geoffdavids7647]

It still works if the line was just changed to "Wildstyle assumes the Special must be a *stereotypical* master builder" 😋

[@commandercorl1544]

@@maxmunich thanks for this thoughtful insight on this newfound information

[@ohshiditsgriff2793]

He *is* a master builder! Not of actual lego pieces, but a builder of relationships and an integral part of the revolution.

[@FritzTheGerman]

i hate how nobody talks about how they immediately had a replacement for bad cop in the spaceship scene, the guy who says "all units attack that spaceship!" is obviously a replacement. as if they had, had a replacement The whole time.

[@airbound1779]

"Comrade there's political dissonance in Lego Utopia" 👮‍♂"Heeeeeyyyyy!" "Build the Gulag" "Round up the enemies of the proletariat and give them a pickaxe!"

[@aturchomicz821]

I cant tell if this is Anti Leninist or not💀💀

[@anitaremenarova6662]

While I disagree with your likely political leanings this comment is hilarious

[@thegreatsallingerkaiser2545]

@@anitaremenarova6662 wdym, it's a sarcastic joke, ofc it's not to be taken seriously lol

[@mickvd4]

☝️🤓

[@ChunkSchuldinga]

​@@aturchomicz821The answer is yes.

[@sp4ce_explorer]

“Benny gets everyone back to Bricksburg with the unstoppable power of autism” (22:02) - Maxmunich 2024

[@Dipshit1900]

I think you weren’t trying to tell us this was about communism, you just wanted to talk about the best movie ever

[@garrettrinquest1605]

I would way more argue that this story feels way more like 1984. Replace lord business with the government there and violla, Lego movie. It is certainly about individualism, but that stands in stark contrast to the ideas of communism.

[@gruby_0924]

I'm not sure how he was able to bunch up Communism, Individualism, and a little bit of Facism. All three of those ideologies are like the extreme opposite to eachother in most ways. I also felt like he was trying to review the lego movie than proving his points. It was however a solid review.

[@SideQuestStories]

@@gruby_0924 Communism and fascism are basically the same thing, the latter was just a competitive reaction to the former.

[@deathisdead270]

@@SideQuestStories uh, no, wtf are you talking about. “a socioeconomic order centered around common ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange that allocates products to everyone in the society based on need. A communist society would entail the absence of private property and social classes, and ultimately money and the state (or nation state).” VS “a far-right, authoritarian, ultranationalist political ideology and movement characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy, subordination of individual interests for the perceived good of the nation and/or race, and strong regimentation of society and the economy.” They could not be much more opposed

[@TheX-Philes]

@@SideQuestStories In theory communism isn't like fascism, but in practice that's what always happens

[@slug3982]

@@SideQuestStories Smartest centrist. everyone how disagrees with me is literally a fascism

[@Xentipiiides]

I love how incredibly straightforward this is. no intro, gets straight to the point, various random "this doesnt prove any point that im trying to make i just love it" bits throughout, the wonderful social commentary, the just general awesomeness of the video, the line "the unstoppable power of autism" this is one of the best videos ive watched so far this year. it, and im autistic so i mean this as a compliment, exudes autism energy. like before you proofread or edited it you wrote in in one stream of consciousness infodump. incredible.

[@PedestalPrime]

I'll give this, the anti democratic title got my attention. Now it's getting my ⬆️➡️⬇️⬇️⬇️

[@Fishnuke14]

A true patriot

[@Bananamanmk53-yv2ph]

This must be the work of the Automatons. We've got another Major order.

[@watch_foxFX]

HELLDIVERS 2 REFERENCE SPOTTED

[@thesithofearth3617]

Doesn't have enough aoe, gonna use ⬆️➡️⬇️⬇️➡️

[@Magosspud]

Helldivers is everwhere. Keep spreading patriotism men

[@at_omic8578]

0:05 you could say, if you will... that the communists have the music...

[@sapphoschild3019]

i love you

[@th3kgbdog385]

We've always had it

[@at_omic8578]

@@th3kgbdog385 absolutely we have

[@raenotray_]

oh my god amazing comment

[@Mini_Knight17]

11:00 "prevented from being sent to room 101 through the power of heterosexuality" why did that joke get me?

[@dylswerb7492]

There was absolutely no dead air in this video, big props for that

[@theexistenceshow]

An interesting fact about about Octan is that actually has been appearing in Lego sets for decades as a generic company.

[@BattyBest]

I'd say instead of communist the movie is more just general anti-authoritarian. "Lord Business" is also functioning as the state, and Libertarians and Socialists agree- Corporatocracy is shit. (The point they disagree on is that Libertarians think less government will solve the Corporatocracy conundrum while Socialists think more government will solve the problem)

[@crzychill7623]

Correction, socialist think workers owning the means of production is what will solve the issue. Socialist don't like big government at all.

[@BattyBest]

@JN-so6wt Socialism is when the collective as a whole decides allocation of resources rather than the individuals participating in the collective deciding for themselves, which is capitalism. For big nations, the only reasonable solution that wont involve asking each and every person every economic issue in the population census is having government regulation decided through democracy. So, Socialism CAN not be when the gov does stuff, but it often works out to that, just due to the fault of how the current system works.

[@LorenzoNivellini-wz6wh]

True. A lot of the way maxmunich descirbed things also seemed more anti-government and anti-corporation rather than pro-communism. Not a bad message🙂.

[@QTwoSix]

​@JN-so6wtis it not though?

[@maxmichalik4938]

@@BattyBest What, according to you, is anarchosocialism?

[@Heavy-TF2]

>Modern dystopia that seems good on the surface until you realize what's really going on >Villain is a capitalist overlord AND capitalism itself in the real world >Main working class protagonist overthrows the capitalist villain and lives a happy life alongside everyone else >Perfect world where everything is quite literally awesome >"This is communist propaganda" >What did Max mean by this?

[@joaojonito3764]

> The capitalist tyrants are overthrown just so that the power vaccum is filled by communist tyrants that instead of enslaving the workers(which is bad) completely ruin the nation with a failed ideology(which is also bad) and then a new capitalist regime takes over and then communist and then capitalost again and the cycle repeats itself until society colapses

[@ItzJupiter]

Everything Is Propoganda

[@peanuttm428]

It shows an inherently non-capitalist society where no one works in the name of profit motive, the state and large businesses are so intertwined that the market is not free, it's not a free market society, then advocates for a collective focused style of life with no government.

[@Walkdplankfrank]

But remember the second Lego movie is a communist world hell scape Communism promises everything but takes away the little things

[@FatalFrostbyte29]

>The next movie has the Utopia turn into an apocalypse

[@acidicalportal4418]

I am happy to see you got this finished. I remember watching this movie when it came out, it was like the perfect age for me to watch this movie and I still fondly remember it. Hope this video gets more views because it's well deserved for the time and effort you put into it.

[@maxmunich]

thanks king

[@commenterthe3rd]

I watched it when it was pretty new too, Im happy to say it and others like it affected me very positively

[@isengarde9490]

I'd like to point out something I only just now noticed. Benny builds the spaceship in the same amount of time it takes for the entire group of Master Builders to build the base of the sub. (Which was like maybe five seconds.) So, either Benny gets hopped up on meth levels of autistic stimming, or he's genuinely just *that* fast.

[@broman-id5sy]

it's both

[@mostcertainlyben]

benny solos goku, easily /j

[@cycloid2326]

Can confirm, the power of autism lets you build Legos fast

[@K_J_Coleman_Composer]

It's not capitalism vs. socialism. It's Dictatorship vs. Freedom of Thought and Choice.

[@fasteddy9312]

​@@trapadvisor Come on bro, let's not act like most communist nations aren't or haven't been dystopian nightmares to the average westerner. The happiest and most free countries in the world have mostly capitalist economies.

[@napoleonbonapart430]

so capitalism vs socialism then

[@K_J_Coleman_Composer]

@napoleonbonapart430 I hope you understand that Capitalism and Socialism are systems of economic structure, not forms of government control. And out of the two, Socialism is inherently more controlling. So if you want to stick to the narrative, then yes: Socialism can be a bit of a dictatorship.

[@slayyy401]

15:26 "He really does put his whole ferrellussy into this persona" made me do a double take lmao

[@qwertka123]

I just went "wait what-"

[@ondrejsvehla425]

I wouldnt really think of lego movie as communist I would istead say that it certainly is anti authoritarian

[@proleterriert8075]

Communist ideology believes in the idea of a classless and stateless society. Ergo meaning communism is an anti authoritarian ideology. You’re right in saying that it being an anti authoritarian movie doesn’t make in a communist movie. But apart from probably anarchism there isn’t really any other prolific ideology that is both anti authoritarian and is opposed to the mechanism of capital. Without the context of the movie as a whole you could say this was a libertarian movie, but liberalism and capitalism go hand in hand. That’s probably why he called it communist.

[@Retsiger]

@@proleterriert8075amazing observation

[@ondrejsvehla425]

@@proleterriert8075 You are correct if we are using ideal textbook definition of communism but in practice most (if not all) communist regimes are very authoritarian. Thats why I find the use of communism in this case a bit misleading. Calling the message of the film anarchist or anarchocommunist would be a lot more accurate in my opinion but I still stand behind anti-authoritarian as best descriptor as the critique of capitalism didnt seem as prominent to me and it could in my opinion be seen more as a critique of being forced/brainwashed to conform to societal norms.

[@proleterriert8075]

@@ondrejsvehla425 I was actually going to talk about how the discussion was only applicable to communist theory and actual countries that call themselves communist obviously do not conform to the ideology completely. I removed that from my initial comment because I didn’t want to completely bore people with a wall of text so I shortened it just so I could make my point. in hindsight to me making my original comment I concede that you’re probably right in that this is more anarcho-communist than outright communism but I still stand by my point that this is still very much so a communist movie in its message

[@ondrejsvehla425]

​@@proleterriert8075the overall message shifts from just anti authoritarian depending on your interpretation of the beginning, where we see bricksburgs society, which is very subjective. That means there is sadly nothing more to debate about so fare well and may the force be with you.

[@zekejanczewski7275]

I know its a bit of a joke in reveiws to say "X" is communist/capitalist propaganda. But I don't think that sort of semi-ironic tone really does the analysis justice. Here are my honest thoughts on why I think the Lego Movie is so memerable. The Lego Movie is the heros journey; perfected. I mean, it has all the clichés, but it's written so well, it's incredible. A prophecy, a dying mentor who comes back as a ghost, genaric loose cannon love intrest, exceedingly boring protagonist whoes just like a normal guy, worthless animal sidekick, sappy inspiring speech to tell the citizens to think for themselves, greedy corperate/political villan ect. It isn't even using these tropes ironically or deconstructing them. It full-heartedly embraces them. Only when irony starts being introduced in Lego Movie 2 does the whole thing fall apart. How come it does everything right to make such a boring story work so well? I think one of the best reasons is that everything is carefully designed to support the main motifs of creativity as an escape from a society. Emmet is a backseat rider for the majority of the plot and letting the more colorful charaters take the wheel, while emmet himself serving as comic relief, and also serves as a reminder of the evil the resistance is battleing. Id imagine he would get annoying if he took the spotlight for the middle third of the movie. Despite the bulk of charaterization comming from a trickle of new quirky charaters, and Emmet being a backseat protagonist for the middle third of the movie, we still get to learn about his journey. The audience has sutle hints dropped to him that he has some sort of untapped creativity.(The double-decker couch bit that ends up saving everyone, the fact that his mind is so empty that there is nothing to clear in the first place, ect) This conflict is echoed on 3 separate levels; scocietal, literal, and personal, and all of them are resolved in the exact same beat at the climax. First, the scocietal. "Honey, Where's my Pants " show is just like the "Ouch my balls" show from idiocracy. What's funny about it is that Emmet nearly thinks for himself in like the first 5 minutes of the movie. The famous line "What was I thinking? Eh, I don't care. " It is nearly explicitly clear that that is designed for the populace to stay conforming and to ignore how the people in power hold onto that power. From the only music on the radio being a dong about not worring. "Everything is awesome! Everything is cool when you're part of a team!" Are very orwellian lyrics when you co sider the state the scociety is in. In Mr Presidents Tower, the robot minions draw a lot of parallels to the citizens of Brixville. The robots behave in a way that is litterally indistinguishable from the citizens at large. The logical next step for this society is to reach a litteral state of conformity, which is the main evil plot that drives around, but it serves as a more methe story on a more surface level. They need to stop the bad guy from freezing people into place. It is a much more concrete goal than freeing the citizens from their shackles and letting them think for themselves. Mr. President literally plans to glue the citizens into position. This conflict is echoed a third time when the dad charater gets mad at his son for playing with his lego models. He sees it as just someone messing up his perfect world, but comes to realize that his son is just expressing his creativity. The big strategical mistake that the President makes is that he had subdued his own men to the point where stealth is trivial. Emmet is hard to track because his face is "too generic." Emmets plan is to"follow the instructions" a weakness that allows them to infiltrate the tower. Of course, a bold and bombastic plan where you build a super mega rainbow cannon would fail. Mr. President built up an organization that is a foil to creativity. Part of the reason why Emmet is special is because he is not, because he's just like everyone else. In the possi3 of master builders, he is a new perspective. The reason he is the chosen one is because he lived a life of conformity. Through his style of work, he is the only one to see that he can use conformity as a means to an end to trick the villan. The reason I think it's a good story is because it's a tight thematic ship. Each conflict goes to support the moteif of conformity vs. creativity. Just like a good joke. It makes the audience think of multiple things at once. Every conflict supports a singular message on the battle between free expression and order. This battle between "free expression" and "building the perfect world" is sort of emblematic of legos as a toy. We all mashed together some ugly multi-colored spaceship as kids. When we get older, we might enjoy the simple joy of following the instructions to assemble something like an owl sculpture or a movie set. But we lose some of that creativity which makes legos fun. Its okay to be the Dad, as long as we don't force order on others. A simple message, but one I think the lego movie makes quite well.

[@Rot8erConeX]

I've only read like half your comment so far, but that third paragraph which basically boils down to "it's playing all the tropes super straight but it's done so well" makes me think of what people (myself included) say about 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim.

[@juang1574]

Yeah i feel that this message was less about communism, infact it feels individualistic with a emmet chooses his own personality. Its more non conformist than any commu or capi. Its just anti authoritarian

[@ultraflopp2802]

Write more of those around the internet, you’re making the quality of spent time better

[@wasatarif8113]

Good lord take it to a publisher

[@blindmanflamingfishdafeesh]

A scene that was skipped here was the submarine-building scene. Everyone is building their own thing without cooperation, causing it to later explode.

[@random_number_sequence]

the starting scene of emmet rising from a lying position is clearly a reference to lenin's masoleum in of which it is visually similar to a bed...... the lbeisrlas are coming

[@GrandGurple]

I think honestly that the Lego Movie focuses more on themes of will and the self rather than any form of socialistic positivity. Hell, I could easily argue the opposite comparing Brickburg to Stalins USSR, the CCP's dictatorship etc. Marx himself, a stan for Hegel considered society before the individual, himself saying that "the so called rights of man are nothing but the rights of the member of the civil society, " Honestly, I think that the writings of Kierkegaard offer some interesting insites that the Lego Movie also deals with. While I don't agree with this video, and I think that some of the arguements brought up don't really work, I'm glad to see somebody else who likes the movie as I do.

[@stealfromthehomelessv2]

CCP is a dictatorship? I thought members of the CCP were voted in by the Chinese people?

[@LeafiestOfGreens]

ok- im only 2 minutes in and you've convinced me to bookmark this video, watch the movie again, and then come back to this. great work dude!

[@thatcoolcat1]

the script for this video feels like when you get assigned a stupid prompt for your essay

[@sonicsupersam7793]

no way you just used 'ferrelussy' in a video essay... in all seriousness i love this satire yet completely accurate and truthful style of video essay, i enjoyed every minute of it.

[@eq2360]

when this movie came out i watched it almost every day, because i appreciated how smart the story is and gives kids the benefit of the doubt. its not talking down to you, or treating you like you need your hand held to understand it, its genuinely a good story for anyone to watch. and the writing is so clever and thorough and fast paced that you could watch it 100 times and see a new bit every time. its probably still in my top 5 movies of all time. thank you for making this video!

[@spiralspark8523]

5:51 what does this mean? Are you implying rebellion? Protest? Simply changing your mind? Education? Communism isn't a good solution to the flaws of capitalism.

[@suspicioussand]

Exactly. Communism and capitalism lie on a spectrum, and both extreme ends suck

[@eliadonato2625]

I'd say it's people that bring there ideologies to the extreme

[@rappakalja5295]

​@@suspicioussand Communism abolishes capitalism. They by definition cannot be on the same spectrum.

[@suspicioussand]

@@rappakalja5295 have you ever heard of the political compass? there the communism and capitalism lie on the same axis, exactly for the reason that a society can't be extremely right but also extremely left at the same time

[@LftRhtGN]

8:52 don’t forget the poster that says “I am the president because I said so” in the top left area

[@holynder3181]

Really the only things this movie has to say about government is that totalitarianism is bad and cooperation is good. Everything beyond that requires mental gymnastics because they never clarify just how much cooperation is the right amount. Also, it’s not even completely anti-capitalist because we never get to see a free market in action. It’s just anti-totalitarian and the anti-capitalism is arbitrarily implied because the totalitarian entity happens to be presented as a corporation. And yes I know this video is largely satire, I just wanted to present a more serious take on the topic.

[@ferntheinkling]

"through the power of heterosexuality" THAT MADE ME LAUGH OUT LOUD XD 10:59

[@Bunnikitten]

As a kid I didn’t really have any friends and I was really lonely, Emmitt really helped me come to terms with that when I was younger. I also I have autism and it’s always been really hard for me to “fit in”, the Lego movie was a really good way for me to understand that it’s ok that I’m not the same as everyone else.

[@KGfy-eq3mc]

No one's talking to me too

[@carrot_lovly]

25:38 Oof... I'm so sorry to break this to you, but the Lego Movie is entirely CG

[@Ciaran-pi7vl]

never thought a feature long advertisement would be labeled as communist propaganda

[@onebrickatatime9097]

Hey so usually I don't like to comment about "oh this has so few views crazy" but like, damn bro. This is some good content. God speed. Edit: called it

[@pekkow]

"this movie is so good with childhood memories" 1 minute later "this means that the Lego movie has an underlined saying for communism ☭"

[@dapperpotato4243]

"Through the power of heterosexuality" I am definitely stealing that one

[@ByteBits]

I came into this thinking “there’s no way the title is true” now I look at this movie entirely different

[@nicholasdrost693]

I don't really get the communist propaganda title, the movie criticizes fascism and corporate authoritarianism. Great video though, loved the movie as a kid, and does hold 10 years later

[@tylerbozinovski427]

Fascism and corporate authoritarianism are both forms of social and economic control (i.e. socialism), just like how Marxist communism is.

[@Rootiga]

the fact you just threw out the word fascism really says it all... even if you were right how would that invalidate the title of the video? if that were the case it would make the title even more valid

[@nicholasdrost693]

@rootigaroot9922 Facism is characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralization of power, suppression of opposition, belief in a social heiarchy, and the rejection of individual interests for the good of the nation or race. That's what Wikipedia says, and I agree with that definition. Communism is harder to pin an exact definition for, as there have been different forms of it throughout history (ex: USSR is not the same as China). In general, communism goals are common ownership of the means of production (of everything) and its equal distribution done through a one party system. I think the description of fascism fits the movie much better. Every fascist state had a dictator figurehead and was a police state, which is why it's a better description imo. Also, both systems are about the same when it comes to how authoritarian they are, so why not use authoritarian in the title? Like, the point of the comment was that I wasn't sure how communism fits into the the Lego movie.

[@Tespri]

But the movie fails. Basically everything they criticizes... literally happened under socialism and communism even today. It's like this weird left wing projection.

[@foxybohv7732]

​@@Rootiga the best part about being against "fascism" and "corporate authority" is like saying it's still pro communist, but still disagreeing on it

[@noutwf]

Aren’t most of these arguments for it being anarchist propaganda?

[@deathisdead270]

Communism and anarchism are very similar, both are societies without government.

[@noutwf]

@@deathisdead270 not falling for the bait

[@deathisdead270]

@@noutwf the bait?

[@noutwf]

@@deathisdead270 oh sorry I thought you were trying to provoke me with that statement. Communism has a very very active government that essentially aims to control society as much as possible.

[@eges72]

Both are more or less the same in definition; a stable, stateless, classless, and moneyless society under a decentralized order. At some point of this video he pokes fun about utopian socialism being unrealistic which as a commie I'll admit if we live in a "utopia" a tiny mistake would bring a catastrophe. If we did ever reach communism even, it's the societies responsibility to keep themselves afloat.

[@Nervete]

You can be anti corporate and not communist. These things are barely in similar paradigms.

[@thivjan3022]

How so? the communism fundementally is a socio-economic system based around workers owning the means of production instead of private individuals which is the foundational structure of corporations, if I misunderstood your point im sorry and would like it if you explain it to me

[@calebrumsey4838]

@@thivjan3022I think he means anti extreme corporation

[@Nervete]

@@thivjan3022 What I'm saying is that something can be against mega-corporations and wage slaving without falling into the camp of communism because, while related, the two things do not need to interact (For example, there are plenty of communist nations WITH extremely powerful mega corporations, such as Vietnam and China. Though Communism often espouses anti-corporate sentiments, the reality is mega corporations and communist states co-exist in more of the communist nations than they don't). In the case of the Lego Movie, I think the original poster of this video essay missed the point that life is about living and pursuing happiness. It's a story about the virtue of creativity and playfulness, and has almost nothing even tangentially related to communism *except* that it is also against corporate corruption, (but I reiterate, that wasn't the point of the story. Lord Business is still a business tycoon at the end, he just isn't evil because he rediscovered the honest joys of life)

[@Karl_Marx-der-Befreier]

@@Nervete That's quite nonsensical since China is not actually communist exactly because they have company/capital owners and a significant bourgeoisie class. In countries that followed Marx' ideas of communism a little more like the USSR and Cuba, that did not exist or at least not in private, but in public hands. A lord business could exist in China because it isn't communist at all since the 1970s but not in countries that actually try to be communist.

[@Nervete]

@@Karl_Marx-der-Befreier Cuba has embraced private businesses too, so really all you're left with is North Korea. All that said, I have to ask if you read my comments. My point was exactly that Lord Business is still "in business" at the end, meaning that if this movie really was trying to be communist (I don't think it was), it did a poor job of it. Just let communism die in the shadows of history. There are better ways to care for the poor than centralizing all power into one source. It's an inevitable recipe for corruption.

[@notlogical4016]

the message of this movie is to seperate yourself from society, be yourself, an individual, with other creative individuals. as individuals we come together to create society, its a choice, not a demand

[@thegreatsallingerkaiser2545]

14:45 This map looks creepy af. Like my brain immediately assumed that this is Europe, with the communist Eastern Block being Bricksburg (GDR reference, with the half-German name lol), and Vladek's realm is the Soviet Union 💀🗿

[@TomBombadil3791]

Great work. Is unbelievable how every time I rewatch The Lego Movie, talk about it with someone, or find a video about it; I find a new reason to love the film even more. It's simply that awesome.

[@ianeons9278]

13:59 “Not everyone can become a great artist, but a great artist can come from anywhere.” Is that line from Ratatouille or something?

[@Captainbob4444]

Nope it’s a line from 1915 the same person who said no to Adolf Hite-

[@broman-id5sy]

I didn't know the FU*KING LEGO MOVIE was this deep

[@the_seer_0421]

Well, time watch it again...

[@geoff420]

Childhood is enjoying your favourite movies, adulthood is realising that they are all political propaganda.

[@sufferingincorporatedtm1781]

i just thought how cool it would've been if the real life lego sets made to tie into the movie were only straight-and-narrow 'realistic' scenes that lord business wants. then you'd have to dissassemble them and ignore the instructions to get the fun mechs and cloud cuckoo land and whatnot. it undercuts the film a bit to give you instructions for the expressive, revolutionary builds. this could be taken as an analogue for corporations/governments that pretend to be gay/environmentally concious/morally sound, when in reality they are just trying to pull you back into the system.

[@BoserPSN]

I always appreciate when creators add proper working captions. Had to turn them on for the golf ball part cuz I couldn’t understand what he said lol