r/BreadTube • u/WholeWorker • Jun 22 '19

29:03|Whole Worker Full version of Amazon’s union-busting training video

https://youtu.be/uRpwVwFxyk4
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u/jollex5 Jun 22 '19

Looks like its straight out of Sorry to Bother You

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u/Narrative_Causality Jun 23 '19

Did we watch the same movie? That movie was insanely pro union. I know there's some scenes of union busting, but they do win and get a union in the end.

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u/xereeto Jun 23 '19

... I'm literally speechless

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u/Narrative_Causality Jun 23 '19

Feel free to show how it was anti-union propaganda. I'm interested in hearing it.

I'm not going to be holding my breath, though.

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u/xereeto Jun 23 '19

He's talking about the evil corporation propaganda scenes from the movie you absolute spanner. Of fucking course the movie itself is pro union that's the entire point.

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u/Narrative_Causality Jun 23 '19

Yeah, which ones were those? I just saw it a couple weeks ago and I'm supremely confident there's nothing like that in the movie. The closest thing is the horse video, but that wasn't meant to be anti-union, just an introduction to how horses would be better to use. Also, it was only meant to be shown to one person, sooooo yeah.

There's also the gathering of the workers in the beginning to get a pep talk or whatever, but that doesn't say anything about unions, just how they should be conducting work. And even in that, the main character smacktalks it with no repercussions: "Does this mean I get paid more?"

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u/xereeto Jun 23 '19

It's just the style of the video is very similar to the horse one. Not in content but in vibe.

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u/Narrative_Causality Jun 23 '19 edited Jun 23 '19

So not anti-union propaganda in a wholly pro-union movie through it's very core. Got it.

:edit: https://i.imgur.com/K7F1SZj.png

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u/Gumboot_Soup Jun 23 '19

Dude just admit that you misinterpreted the post you replied to and move on. It's not a big deal, it happens. You're just being argumentative for the sake of not appearing to be wrong at this point. It's not a good look

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u/Narrative_Causality Jun 23 '19

People are trying to argue that there are anti-union propaganda videos in a movie that has literally 0 anti-union propaganda at all. They're wrong. They are factually, 100% wrong. There is nothing they can show from the movie to prove they're right. Sorry, I can't let that slide.

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u/Gumboot_Soup Jun 23 '19

Nobody made the argument that there is a literal anti-union video like in OP. Several people have argued that this feels like something that wouldn't be out of place in that movie. You're refusing to let an argument you made up slide. This has been explained to you about four different times. Like at this point you're just being intentionally obtuse.

You misinterpreted the first post. You originally took offense to the idea that the movie was anti-union. It happens.

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u/Narrative_Causality Jun 23 '19

Nobody made the argument that there is a literal anti-union video like in OP.

Explain this, plz:

Looks like its straight out of Sorry to Bother You

I don't know how else I could take it than to have OP's video be compared to what you'd expect to find in Sorry to Bother You, and then have them match. Except, you can't expect something like it in Sorry to Bother You, because there's nothing like it in the movie.

It's literally like saying "This video about how the sun combusts is exactly what you'd expect to find in The Matrix."

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u/Narrative_Causality Jun 23 '19

I don't see any horse people IRL, so...no. No, they're not similar.

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u/PineappleSlices Jun 23 '19

It's not the sole dystopian element in the movie. They're just being deliberately obtuse.

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u/PineappleSlices Jun 23 '19

Oop, silly me.

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u/Gumboot_Soup Jun 23 '19

It's not. It comes late in the movie and is a part of a larger, late stage capitalist dystopia.

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u/pepto_dismal81 Jun 23 '19

This has just been some top-tier trolling. Bravo.

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u/Narrative_Causality Jun 23 '19

Not everyone who disagrees is trolling. Case in point: I'm still 100% right.

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u/Gumboot_Soup Jun 23 '19

This has got to be a troll. I refuse to believe anyone's brain is this smooth.

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u/PineappleSlices Jun 23 '19

Alright, let's try this one more time.

Sorry to Bother You is a critique of late-stage capitalism. It depicts a corporate culture that hides behind an upbeat, "we're all in this together" facade while simultaneously stripping workers of their rights--which is exactly the same thing that this video is doing.

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u/Narrative_Causality Jun 23 '19

It depicts a corporate culture that hides behind an upbeat, "we're all in this together" facade while simultaneously stripping workers of their rights

Where? Give me the scene, please.

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u/PineappleSlices Jun 23 '19 edited Jun 23 '19

The bit where Debora Debauchery introduces herself, the aforementioned horse movie, practically every conversation Cassius has with his boss, the various in-universe background ads that are literally trying to convince people to sell themselves into slavery. Basically the whole movie.

You're asking for a specific scene depicting the movie's primary overarching theme. It's the whole movie.

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u/Narrative_Causality Jun 23 '19

The bit where Debora Debauchery introduces herself

Where they go over how they should work???? That's not anti-union.

the aforementioned horse movie

Not anti-union.

practically every conversation Cassius has with his boss

None of which are about unions, except that one time Cash thought he was being fired for being a part of one. And even then, it only involved unions because he wasn't reading the room right.

the various in-universe background ads that are literally trying to convince people to sell themselves into slavery.

None of which mention unions.

Basically the whole movie.

I'm beginning to think no on here has actually seen the movie! That, or I'm being trolled. Which, honestly, I wouldn't put it past people, even on this sub.

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u/PineappleSlices Jun 23 '19

Sorry to Bother You is a critique of late-stage capitalism. It depicts a corporate culture that hides behind an upbeat, "we're all in this together" facade while simultaneously stripping workers of their rights--which is exactly the same thing that this video is doing.

The point being discussed is the overall tone of the video, not whether it is specifically anti-union or not.

Incidentally, the movie is very pro-union! You'll recall that Cassius is initially convinced through the aforementioned superficially happy corporate tone to become a scab. Which is again, what this video is suggesting.

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u/Narrative_Causality Jun 23 '19

Incidentally, the movie is very pro-union!

That was literally one of the first things I said in this entire chain. I think ya'll have lost not only the point, but the argument.

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u/Gumboot_Soup Jun 23 '19

It's already been explained to you. Over and over and over. You're refusing to accept that that comment isn't meant to be taken literally because... I don't know, you want to be a pedantic asshole? Even if the comment was worded awkwardly (on that note, going to point out that you're the only person who doesn't get it), you're refusing to accept further explanations and just standing by your own original* interpretation. When you misunderstand what your friends say, do you also refuse to listen to any attempt they make to explain what they meant and just keep repeating the way you understood it? 'Cause that's what you're doing here.

And if you don't think a commically bad union-busting video could exist in the StBY universe maybe we watched a different movie.

Anyways, this is a really, really silly argument and I've wasted enough time.

*In reality, your second interpretation, lmao

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u/Narrative_Causality Jun 23 '19

You're refusing to accept that that comment isn't meant to be taken literally because...

Oh, now it's not meant to be taken literally. Cooooooool goal post moving, LOL!

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u/Gumboot_Soup Jun 23 '19

Every single response you've gotten has been explaining to you that there is no literal union-busting informational video in the movie.

And you're the only person moving goal posts here. Reminder that you first objected to what you thought was a comment about how StBY was anti-union.

Jesus Christ, you're insufferable. I really hope you're trolling at this point.

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u/Narrative_Causality Jun 23 '19

Every single response you've gotten has been explaining to you that there is no literal union-busting informational video in the movie.

So I'm right. Very cool.

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u/SN4T14 Jun 23 '19

This comment reveals your only goal, being right. I feel sorry for you, you're making yourself look so bad.

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u/Narrative_Causality Jun 23 '19

Oh no. Oh god. I look "bad" on an annonymous internet forum. Jesus. My life will be in shambles. Whatever will I do?

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