2081 Trailer | Based on Kurt Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron"

[utuber554]

We watched this in our Language Arts class a few months ago, and I must say, after reading the short story this was amazing to watch. To see how people interpret this story. A masterpiece in itself.

[fisforfriday]

i watced this in my littiture class it was amazing so i had to see it agaim:)

[Awesomeness9003]

I watched this in English class today.

[otacon451]

This is why I dont care for any leftoid 'priviledge analysis'.

All of liberalism is a failure by Alain de Benoist's analysis

[jtortoriello]

Absolutely beautiful and thought provoking !

We are all equal before God and the Law. Let us fend for ourselves for the rest. "Live Free or Die for Death is not the worst of evils."

[ang3l941]

I read the book and saw this trailor. This just makes you wonder. ...

[Riellysdad]

The Nazis WERE socialists.....they were the "right wing" of socialism...that's what the original "right wing" referred to...not capitalism but fascism....communisms blood brother.Both are socialist,which is collectivist.Later "right wing" came to encapsulate ALL other positions to left wing socialism as we know it now.

[BarbarasUrates]

@Riellysdad. the nazis were socialists? no, the nazis were fascists. the political spectrum is not as black and white, nor is it as easy as right wing/ left wing... nazism demonizes karl marx, while socialism idolizes him... you might want to use that as a starting point for distinguishing between the two... because socialism's end game is communism. And this is ultamately about equality.. racial, economic, social, etc..the very opposite of nazi germany's ultamate goal for the world.

[Riellysdad]

@BarbarasUrates ...sorry but Nazism,like fascism ,communism,social democracy etc is socialist at its core. Socialism in turn is collectivism. Remember the Mussolini was a lefty socialist who broke away to form fascism but still held to its ideals...he and Lenin mutually admired each other. Hitler and Stalin were allies before Hitler stabbed him in the back..before they they got on well because they shared many ideas in common. Marx helped inspire Hitler's anti Semitism.

[Riellysdad]

@BarbarasUrates ... Fascism and Communism differ only in how the state manages the economy in one respect. The fascists allow private ownership while dictating to the owner what to do...the Communist go's all the way and takes the business over altogether. Both dogmas,like all socialist examples have at heart the state controls of the economy. No socialist system yet tried has succeeded in creating permanent high living standards and wealth for its people.

[sandbothe1]

They already made this into a movie in 1995. It had Sean Astin from "Rudy" and "The Lord of the Rings" as the main character. look here ... imdb.com/title/tt0113264/

[shyeah1234]

@CRYtoGodforLIBERTY Nazism wasn't left wing, it was a totalitarian right wing government. It was based on the ideals of National Socialism which is to benefit the nation and its identity as a single party state. It has a basis in Italian Fascism. And Fascism is clearly right wing.

[CRYtoGodforLIBERTY]

Naziism is left wing. Right wing extreme is anarchy, sorry Zamboro. All "control" governments are leftists. The less control, the more to the right they are.

[SchnazzyMcdoo452]

@CRYtoGodforLIBERTY Nazism was right wing. Control governments use whatever rhetoric they want to justify their reasons for control; that includes both leftist and right-wing rhetoric. The Communists used the leftist rhetoric of protecting economic and social rights; putting everyone on an even playing field. The right wingjustifies their control in terms of protecting the people and country or "ensuring freedom and democracy abroad". The powerful desire power; no matter what side ofthe spectrum

[CRYtoGodforLIBERTY]

@SchnazzyMcdoo452 totally disagree, to me, no difference between "statist" type governments, except small meanings and word they use to justify tyranny. Ultimate leftist government is totalitarian/statist, ultimate "right wing" is self government, more freedom, more like anarchy. Right wing/conservative want less government.

[SWilliamJackson]

@CRYtoGodforLIBERTY That is insane. The purest form of a leftwing government is a truly liberal government. A government where anything is allowed, nothing is prohibited. A Libertarian is just someone with socially lef twing views and fiscally right wing views. Liberty is the root of both the word Libertarian and Liberal. A rightwing government preaches personal freedom but then wants to enslave us with money and Capitalism.

A liberal government wants us to be fiscally and personally free.

[seanmartvt09]

@SWilliamJackson A liberal government want to remove your responsibility over your own life and decisions. Not letting you fuck up is not freedom, it's being treated like a child. In this idealistic liberal world, there are no financial gain incentives, therefore there is no reward for going through hell to become something important. There is also no incentives to do jobs that suck. The right wing is not 'enslaving' us with money and Capitalism, they simply put the control in your own hands.

[RGaffney43]

Homeschoolers are not allowed to be in the Geographic Bee because people think that the homeschoolers are too smart and would beat the other kids. They wanted the Bee to be "fair", so they kicked the homeschoolers out. 2081, anyone?

[naruhinaaddict1000]

one of Vonnegut's most brilliant short stories.

[DustinKoffman]

I liked most of his novels ... not sure about this one, though. Looks pretty dark and decidedly not funny.

[SeskaLien]

@DustinKoffman It wasn't a novel, it was a short story and it was definitely not a comedy. It's a good read though.

[sbanks14]

What I got from it was Vonnegut's desire to avoid excess. While he championed equal rights and opportunities he by no means wanted people to hide the extraordinary things they had to offer. He just doesn't want people to be a douche about it. In short, it's wonderful that you're smart or can sing beautifully, but that doesn't give you the right to think you are better than anyone else.

[DscntnuousMgntic]

I think you mean, everything the powerful (corporations or governments) try to force is painful and heartbreaking, whether it's "Freedom" or "Equality". Vonnegut was way too strong to hate anything he wrote, it was written for a reason: remember that even the cause you champion most can be perverted by money and corruption.

Are you trying to imply that Vonnegut didn't want people to know where he stood

in later life? Because he was always bold with words and more so towards the end.

[Zamboro]

@DscntnuousMgntic

By contrast, the Third Reich was a manifestation of the fascist Right's vision of utopia. Endless war, suppression of women's rights, extermination of minorities and gays, etc.

If given the choice between these two...

[KarmaLyser]

Not to put too fine a point on it, idiot, but "Nazi" is an abbreviation for "National SOCIALISTS". You know, Socialists... As in "Democrats"? The Nazis were Lefties, sweetums, no matter what you Obama-slurp "Progressives" screech to the contrary. No matter how many times you repeat a lie, it's still a lie.

[Zamboro]

@KarmaLyser

No, not "socialists as in democrats". You have to have zero understanding of what Naziism was to think that just because it had socialism in the name, it's somehow leftwing. The Nazis were anti-immigrant, racist, pro "traditional women's roles", anti-gay, corporatist and racist. Moreover, Mein Kampf includes long, angry screeds against liberals. You've been brainwashed by Fox News.

[Yetem1234]

@Zamboro "were anti-immigrant, racist, pro "traditional women's roles", anti-gay, corporatist and racist." And who said this is right-wing? Seems like total manichaeism to me. I consider myself right-wing and I'm pro-immigrant, anti-racist, pro women liberation, pro gay rights and anti-corporatist (croney capitalism). And Mein Kampf was talking about market liberals, only in US and a few other countries liberalism is left wing.

[Zamboro]

@Yetem1234

I commend you for taking those positions, and I can sympathize with how you must feel when lumped together with the mainstream right. But can we be real for a moment and acknowledge that I did accurately describe the positions of the American, mainstream right wing?

[InfinityxShark]

I love how people just JUMP on this like it's some sort of flag to wave without doing any research on the story's author. It's kind of cute :)

[DJMotorbike]

@InfinityxShark Yes, Vonnegut was a Marxist & a hero of the left, so fucking what? This story is about the government's attempt to force equality, a dream of the left. The results are painful and heartbreaking, like everything the socialist left does.

K.V. wrote this story when he was trying to get established. It was something he could sell. I'm sure he hated it in his later years. It revealed the utopia that he truly dreamed of.

[InfinityxShark]

@DJMotorbike Why do people not get that not every work of fiction is meant to be a statement on society and life in general? Often, works of fiction are just that, works of fiction.

[TheSlimySeconds]

@DJMotorbike Actually, Vonnegut was neither a Marxist or a Capitalist. He opposed both.

[DeejayDisaster]

@InfinityxShark definatly! if you've read the story, its gonna be easier to understand(:

[beyo5]

A world where only the outlaws are extraordinary....political correctness, wealth redistribution, everyone's fragile ego's protected - sounds like our government's dream world

[BigGator5]

Move over John Galt, I'm Harrison Bergeron!

[donrefni]

@BigGator5 Wow...with a statement like this, in addition to the trailer, I have to read HB