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Beau talks about the absurdity of "Dr. Strangelove," urges for a cooperative system over competition to prevent catastrophic risks, and provides hope for a peaceful world despite nuclear threats.
Global citizens, peace advocates
Deeper insights into the impact of historical events and the importance of collective efforts towards peace are best understood by watching the full transcript.
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Well, howdy there, internet people, it's Beau again.
So today, we are going to talk about Dr. Strangelove
as a documentary.
And we'll kind of go on from there.
This is a movie that I have mentioned a few times
throughout the course of these videos.
And somebody went and watched it.
However, because of the way I talked about it in the videos,
they believed it was a documentary at first, and it prompted a message, and while that
part is funny, the rest of it's kind of a little bit more provoking.
Okay, so, you mentioned Dr. Strangelove a few times.
I finally watched it.
I thought it was a documentary or a docudrama.
Imagine my surprise when I found out what it really is after a few minutes of watching.
I thought it was entertaining, but it didn't really make me feel better.
The whole thing is absurd.
Not just the movie, but the idea that just a few people can cause the end of the world.
I'm not a Cold War kid.
Climate change is scary enough, and that's years away.
The thought of everything disappearing tomorrow is even worse."
Yeah, it is.
It is.
And there's a lot to it.
Dr. Strangelove is absurd, that's a good term for it, because it's all absurd.
It is all absurd.
Your read on it is absolutely correct.
And this is why we have to move to a more cooperative system rather than a competitive
one.
This is why nationalism is politics for basic people.
This is why the system that we've built around lines and militaries isn't a good one because
that risk is present.
But it's not a massive risk.
Keep in mind that situation, it existed for a long time because of a concept called MAD
mutually assured destruction. And yeah, things can go wrong, two sides can make a mistake at the same
time, and everything can go bad. But it's unlikely. Now, hearing that from me, it's one thing.
I'm going to have a link to a video down below. And it provides context. It provides context.
And it provides a little bit of a history lesson. And even if this particular topic
isn't interesting to you.
It's a newer channel.
I think most people who like this channel would like that one.
But it is a little different.
So I would watch that.
And maybe you can learn to stop worrying,
even if you don't learn to love the bomb.
You can take solace in the fact that there
are things being done.
There is a move to limit it.
I know it doesn't seem like it right now.
And that a lot of the posture really is a deterrent.
We hear that language all the time.
And there's so much governmental language
that means the exact opposite of what it says
that I think a lot of people may feel that way.
But when it comes to nuclear weapons, the way they're set up, the way they're dispersed,
it is a deterrent.
And it's one of those just very harsh realities that in our current system, you have to live
with.
You can't let that overwhelming dread take over your life.
You have to continue to press forward and continue to strive for change.
Every generation can move a little bit further towards peace, towards a world that doesn't
rely on systems that are pointed at each other that could literally wipe everything out.
So maybe the information presented in the fashion that it is in that video, maybe that
will help.
But if not, just remember, this situation, that fact, that a very small number of people
could end everything, it's been that way for a really long time, and we're still here.
Anyway, it's just a thought, y'all have a good day.
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