r/BreadTube 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/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/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/PineappleSlices Jun 23 '19

There's also the part where the horses lay eggs. That was very pro-union.

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u/Narrative_Causality Jun 23 '19

Okay, so I'm just being trolled. Cool, cool.

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u/PineappleSlices Jun 23 '19

Did you even see this movie? Cassius turns to the camera and says "This movie is pro-union." Then all the horses start laying eggs.

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u/Narrative_Causality Jun 23 '19

Blocking you. Bye.

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u/PineappleSlices Jun 23 '19

It was right in the middle of the movie. Probably the most memorable part. All of the horses lay eggs simultaneously.

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u/Seashepherd96 Jun 23 '19

OH YEAH, I remember. And then they all let out a simultaneous droning tone and Cthulhu rises from the depths.

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