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  • This is simply brilliant.

    Great song, a lot of thought was put into it.

    And the video was excellently made, too.

  • whats the vid saying?

  • POW!!!!!!!

  • serj is doing wat he did in system of a down sending a need to know political messege...this is a kick ass song also is lie lie lie ... and i spelt messege wrong i know

  • You belive that USA did that?

  • prob serj hes pritty good with these things

  • WHAT A LOL !

  • 1:50 Joker reference for whoever finds it. Btw, this song is awesome.

  • arguing on youtube is like winning the special olympics..sure you won but you're still retarded lol

  • it was a stupid idea for bush to put troops in iraq there was no reason and now there is no exit if oboma suddenly takes those troops out of there the war is going to come over here oboma is also gonna make a war with cuba.

  • hindsight is golden lol it would be over already if they had let collin powwel run the war rather than that idiot rumsfled

  • if you could spell obAma then I MIGHT consider your opinion on this subject.

  • i knoe how to spell it!!.....itz oBOMBa...that mofukkas an arab......his name is barrak hussein obomba how many more klues do yall need...+=}...-(s)A1nt-

  • he may be Satan but he is not a muslim he has the name from his heritage not current religion

  • Don't fancy the song alot, but it does make a good point...

  • Bush sheet!!! Obama powa!!! xD

  • cool

    i saw this like a year ago and went, na its not that good, but its pretty good actally (Y)

  • Seems to be a lot of "Overkill" in this video. Does that mean anything?

  • Kick ass!

  • Serj Tankian

  • i wonder what kind of music serj will write with obama as prez.

    obama kicks your ass!

  • Serj rocks!!!! its music with a message and brilliant music at that

  • Serj knows how to make very deep and disturbing songs and videos.

  • woo hoo!

    i love Serj!!!

  • nice song.

    serj is very talented! =O

  • One of my favorite songs from Elect the Dead.Serj RULES!!!

    (>'-'>

  • i try not to take any drugs including advil. but sometimes they are nessary

  • but these days they use them to solve everyhing

  • He certainly has a way to say things most other wouldn`t and i like that :P

  • a true insperation!

    LOVE SERJ TANKIAN

  • I think he was just being weird..... because Smilex is hardly 'common place', heck, hardly anybody knows what it actually is, considering it's not actually real

  • No.... no I don't mean the cartoons.... if you're talking about the animation in the video. My question was really really simple actually. I knw what the song is about, I know what the video is supposed to mean. All I want to know is why use the drug named Smilex (also known as Joker Venom, Joker Gas, Laughing Gas etc etc)

    "Joker venom (Smilex) is a fictional toxin, a favorite murder weapon used by The Joker in the Batman franchise of movies, comics, and cartoons."

    (taken from Wikipedia)

  • Really my observation was never meant to cause this much discussion.

    All I wanted to know was why he used a fictional toxin in the video instead of a real drug...

    Really it's not complicated

  • because it shows people intentionally taking a poison just for its euphoric effects

  • It is to say that these drugs are used to make the people who take them happy, and not realise what is going on around them. If they are happy, they would be smiling. I think this is the explanation...

  • people need to to put down the pills and pick up the cannabis : >

  • 'kin Oath!!!

  • Wow..... should I feel weird for knowing that? Yeah....I don't

    Anyway.... my question was

    Why is on this video? Surely this song is talking about REAL anti-depressants, not ones made by fictional characters

    It just confused me to be honest.

  • What?

    No I'm talking at about 1.50 you see a truck with the word Smilex on it

    Smilex being one of the many names for the fictional drug that the Joker (from the Batman comics/films/animated series) uses in order to either have uncontrollable spasm of laughter, eventually causing death, or causing uncontrollable laughter that forces the victims face into a unnaturally large grin (depending entirely on where you're watching/reading about it)

  • Hmmmmmm......... I spy Smilex

    After that point in the video I spent the rest of it waiting for the Joker to pop-up.... or at least for every little soldier guy to start laughing madly and eventually die with huge smiles on there tiny tiny faces. HA!

    Seriously though... I wonder if he had to get permission to use that.... or is Serj just a big Batman fan?

  • So deep.

  • THIS SONG IS SO FUCKIN AWSOME MAN

  • Heavy song.

  • das lied ist sooo geil!!

    da ist echt alles drin!

  • i guess i didnt understand the true meaning of this song back in the days when it first came out, now i can really appreciate it, wake up humanity

  • this song rocks!!!!!!@!@!!!

  • all u people are so dumb u all on here talking all deep about shit u know nothing about.. well instead of wasting ur time on here go do something about it... nevermind that'll never happen u shatting ignorant bullshitters

  • yeah !!!

    serj 4 ever !!!

  • this video is just ART!

  • the amish owns ya.

  • MALDITO PETROLEO

  • okay for people who dont know what this song is the part where he says anti depressants controlling tools of your system is about how we're stuffing ourselfs with unnatural pills which is literally poisoning ourselfs from the inside. dont belive me about the pills poinon thing? look it up idiots -.- and as for the oil briggade its about how we're using up as much as we can from other countrys [the oil] and we have plenty to spare. the goverment is supporting dictatorship NOt FREEDOM. and no one

  • will do anything about it they're too cowardly. and as for the unthinking majority thats the army. they dont use freedom they just do what they're told.

  • Maybe the unthinking majority is just society at large? I take psychology at University and they tote anti-depressants (and other pharmaceuticals) to be this great solution to the world's problems. Governmental agenda? Or just bad science...either way, the people who are supposed to be thinking the most are making some of the biggest mistakes! We have to start talking to, and utilizing what the earth has to offer instead of bickering about fucking dead animal remains! *endrant* haha

  • The problem is is that it doesn't matter what people say. Humanity is 1. too lazy to care for earth 2. too absorbed into comfort to even care about the earth. What they're thinking is that by the time it happens. they'll be dead. And guess what? the kids'll take it!!!

  • it is people with opinions like yours that keep the stagnation and regression of society chugging along. This mentality is what the educational system would like to engrain onto your brain so you wont speak your mind and be part of the change that will happen

  • was te insult nessacery

  • fucking oil! it was nessacery jejej

  • not u riptyu's insult

  • I think the Oil Brigade is the people with funny heads, cuz in the song he says (2:12) 'Clearing the way for the oil brigade'

    And you see the soldiers defending the 'funny head'

  • oil brigade=soilders

    unthinking majority would be us than right

    ,but what were those guy standing around the flag with the funny heads

  • This is too addicting

  • I agree though i hope he somewhat crazy so he can make more CRAZY songs

  • He's not really crazy. i think he's a genius. He takes his ideas of what the problems with government is, and puts em briliantly into songs. I think he's awesome.

  • Now i wonder if he is CRAZY

  • I think he IS crazy, but he has to, so he can make more songs like this one ;-) (I hope my english isn't to bad^^)

  • dont call me a dumb*** but most of serj's song r about terrorism and the goverment

  • the unthinking majority ROCKS!! esp.serj tankian

  • wait i just thought about this

    if soad is geting back together then what will happen to scars on broadway??

    will it become the new soad??

  • I'm sure that they will each take a break from all their projects.

    Besides, SOAD is, im sure, they're main passion.

  • FUCK SCARS ON BROADWAY!!!!!!! listen to one just ONE song from Steal This Album and then play a scars song...open and shut case. i hope system come back together, darron is losing his mind with this punk alternative bullshit, serj atleast has a fucking message

  • Sämst :(

  • Denna låten äger ju, gillar du det inte så behöver du ju inte ens titta på den...

  • at least u told the truth on this stupid chain thing XD

  • It works!!!

  • o besart einai mounaki....ama to deis na ksereis pos gamiesai

  • SOAD did not break up the are getting a career for themselfs im sure the will come back together and make music

    and there are more then 1 messages in this song i believe

  • awesome vid.

  • This guy who's singin singin in a other band too called system of a down thats awsome too.

  • that band broke up and is why serj formed his own band too, but ya SOAD is the best band EVER!!!

  • Hiatus =/= Breaking up

  • uhhh they broke up, scars on broadway openly said they dont plan on getting back together with serj

  • hi five

  • Honestly why are we discussing religion in this song it has nothing to do with religion..

    Its about the war in Iraq, Serj is just trying to say that they dont want a democracy so why are we pushing our troops to be there.

    Bush is a fricking idiot he is just trying to full fill his fathers evil dream from back in the gulf war. And they have been proven that they dont have weapons of mass distruction so we dont need to be there. Thats whats he is trying to say, other than the war is depressing..

  • i understand what ya mean, but i kinda think that he means that in america (strictly by the lyrics) our democracy isn't truly a democracy, the real gov't should just go by popular vote for just about everything, i personally want a democracy not a republic

  • i must agree with emilee, you have to look at this with the perspective of an iraqi citizen. In their minds we are invading their country and trying to force democracy into it, the song is saying the "we don't need your hypocrisy" because we claim we are a democracy but we are more along the lines of a republic making us a hypocrite. As for the Unthinking Majority he claims that a post-industrial society is an society that doesnt thing (for those who dont know post means after)

  • few grammatical mistakes below sorry.

  • the message of this song is a good message, not to mention the song is good

  • Hard to understad but this is tooooooootoooooooottttttttoooo­ooo c00000000000000000000000000000­000000000000000000000000000000­00000000000000000000l love it love it tooooooootoooooooottttttttoooo­ooo c00000000000000000000000000000­000000000000000000000000000000­00000000000000000000l love it love it tooooooootoooooooottttttttoooo­ooo c00000000000000000000000000000­000000000000000000000000000000­00000000000000000000l love it love it tooooooootoooooooottttttttoooo­ooo

  • whoa how did the comments get all spirtual

    im catholic but honestly, just listen to the song

  • okay okay okay, why are we debating religion on a music video comment area? shouldn't we be talking about the music? I'll be honest with you, religion is just a theory. Something you follow by faith, that's why i don't approve or disapprove of a god. There are things in this world that we will never understand, but honestly, how can we believe scriptures from that long ago? Anyways, the religion debate is just a state of mind, regardless of facts, nobody will change their mind on their opinion

  • serj has an amazing voice and amazing lyrics!!! i love this song!!!

  • i love serj's lyrics. always

  • Thanks for sharing in Spain. Great work

  • please undestand America!

  • SAIN!

  • SAIN!

  • Best Serj than never

  • zeit geist movie . com write it together and build your own opinion about this whole/holy shiat

  • oh sry, my bad, let's obey them and kill and die for the grater good (money for the industrialists)

  • And it's dumasses like you that keep them believing they're actually doing good

  • The solider gives the protester the right to burn the flag, or what are they fighting for? I thought it was about FREEDOM.

  • Just dont give a shit to his comment! He played to much Battlefield xD

  • battlefield is awesome though

  • 2142 :D

  • Rate my comments like you want to - i dont give a damn...

  • i didnt... i said 2142 :D, didnt need to be said, but yeah...

  • very good musicvideo

  • Serj es mi héroe,siempre me encanta su música y vídeos.Ojala mas músicos tuvieran los ojos abiertos como el.

  • muy exelente seria sever ke tubieran subtitulos en españolpero muy muy bueno

  • holy sh*t man..THAT WAS FREAKIN AWESOME!!! I love these videos!!

  • god!

  • Awesome video.

  • Wow.

  • wow this is awsome. when serj wantz 2 express himself he does it good

  • Serj is god

  • we are all god!

  • That is craziness that all people want to avoid because if we were all god then we would all fight for supremacy and we are all supposed to be equal and the same but people misconcept that there needs to be a higher power when infact if everyone was good there would be no problems and if all seen equal instead of a mad grab for power

  • in mystical expirences you realize we are all one...literly, we are all one with god. ive had one and its AMAZING. you understand everything. you are the universe/everything that exists expirencing itself. th eonly that that makes us think we are seperate is the way the brain is organized.

  • The world is beautiful, and we are all one people, the human race, and it's wonderful. I love what you said, but don't give an imaginary 'God' credit for the beauty in the world caused by everyone, including you.

  • everything is one. matter dosent exist without a consious observer, it only exists as particles with infinite posibillity. all consiousness isnt created by the brain. the brain signals it in like a tv tuned to a certin frequency. and there is NO seperation between consiousness. we are all the SAME thing literly. and a mystica expirence is like waking up in the dream

  • He is free to believe in a God if so he desires.

    Rationally and scientifically it's obvious that there is no old guy with a beard in the sky who destroys "wicked people." However there is far more depth to religion/belief in God than such a childish view. Rationally speaking, we know nothing, so it can be argued that it's rather illogical to dismiss absolutely everything. For in a sense, doing so is an extreme on one side of the spectrum, with blind faith being an extreme on the other.

  • You're playing the, "you can't disprove it" card, which is a horrible argument for the existence of God. Don't get me wrong, he has every right to believe in whatever he wants, but he was putting words into Serj's mouth.

    Personally this has crossed a line, first it was just him making a comment and me trying to correct him. Now you've turned it into some sort of religious debate. Just drop it.

  • YES!

  • Serj is a genius

  • Well I guess this whole break was a good idea, but still System better come back eventually.Serj has a creative mind.System had four.

  • they will man they will

  • whys this one director's cut?

  • i can really bang my head to this song

  • freaking nice video and song meaning...This really applies to the "stick it to the man" phrase

  • Man this song is so strong. Every time I see the animation of the pills going into the guy's mouth It makes my stomache turn. Hit something deep inside.

  • wow this song is so political i didn't know serj was this political.

    sweeeeeeeeet son ann vid

  • Lol. You made a funny.

  • hahaha nice joke

  • lolol you didnt know he was that political? Have you ever listened to deep meanings of the System of a Down songs?

  • just a lil bit of sarcasm

  • brendae the farmers do a major job except then the us has to honor millions of people!

    (vid comment) this is happening!!

  • Well, yeah, but wouldn't that be like even better? The bigger the number of real patriots, the better for the honor of the nation. But indeed, it would present a problem, due farmers are not just from US, actually, most of them are jornaleros, ilegal immgrants from México and the rest of America... What a puzzle for conservers...

  • FAIN!

  • serj will be the leader of the revolution against the corrupt america :/

  • I would like to know why does the government do not honor real patriots, like farmers and such due they feed U.S.? Isn't that more valuable than killing people? Don't they do a major service to their nation by producing food for everyone?

  • well the government pays them to burn crops, to keep prices huigh, instead of shipping them to other countries o.o

  • This is a lot of complaining from the guy that just goes right along with it. If you are so opinated why don't you say something rather than just sitting in your bedroom stroking it to Serj Tankian music videos.

  • Because farmers give their lives for their countries, see friends die before there eyes and have to deal with blood on their hands from killing people... oh wait.

  • For Plankton2142: "Dying for you"? Excuse the cruelty, but all that those guys are dying for is stupidity and greed. For starters, they shouldn't have gone there. Democracy achieves through killing civilians at a subdeveloped country? Very illustrative.

  • AUUUREA: one word dude (or dudette): Thanks!

  • Agree with you one hundred percent.

  • If you're all for a free country, why do you live in the US?

  • Ammmm... Russia is not communist anymore, if that is the reason of your "insult". Free country... mmhhh... that's why immigrants are being hunted? That's why workers are not allowed to build unions or sindicates? That's why anyone who does not think that war is good is a traitor? Well... God bless U.S.

  • I say U.S., not America, because: 1)America is the whole continent (which includes Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela, Chile, Colombia, and all those countries who have been fucked by US government), not just your country. 2)Your government do not own America, maybe they try, but not without a big fight for our part...

  • r u retarded...i mean good point but venezuela.....chile....two words....SOUTH AMERICA....dumass

  • Nice vocabulary... (the proper word is dumbass, BTW) Now, let's go back to elementary school lessons: From Alaska and Canada, all the way down to Tierra del Fuego and Magallanes has been called since Americo Vespucio's times: A-M-E-R-I-C-A... North, Centre, and South is an excludent clasification, they're still America. Ask them.

  • thank you for teaching him that elementary lessons.anyways this song rocks!!!!!!!!!!1

  • Because getting out of here is getting harder and harder. Even Canada is getting hard to emigrate to.

  • Shut the fuck up you iggnorant fool. Don't you see how our government constantly fucks us over for their benifit? thats one thing serj is saying.."Clearing the way for the oil brigade" ya get it?

  • No, you and your communist friends such as Hilary Clinton, are trying to silence people like me! Pretty soon the US won't have a military, a border, or a government strong enough to keep alive, and it will be all you and hilary's fault!

  • Oy... People like you annoy me to extreme ends...

    The US is not a free country, nor are we the greatest one alive. We constantly impose our will on other countries and backstab many. Saddam was a helper of the US, but look at him now. He's DEAD. As bad as he was, it was the US' betrayal that made him die.

  • Hillary Clinton is one of the Bush's best friends. So is Bill. Even mainstream media will tell you that...Bush--Clinton--Bush--Cl­inton ahh, the czarships have reached America. What happened to choice???

    Who do you think allows the borders to be breached genius??

    Did you know that they don't even consider English the official language anymore. YOU ARE SIDING WITH THE VERY PEOPLE YOU CLAIM TO HATE!!!

  • Please enlighten me:how are 'youngsoldiers' dying for us all? Soldiers, young and old, are taking part in an illegal war, for whose benefit?

    P.S. MortalDoom, you're absolutely right on Saddam, he was the CIA's pet dictator for many years, I must recommend to plankton2142 some of the many books that support this; most notably those by Noam Chomsky.

  • If the Terrorists really hated freedom, they would go after more free nation such as Switzerland and The Netherlands. The real reason for the attacks was because of our government's oppressive foreign policies and ties with Israel. How can I be certain? Because Osama bin Laden said so. And don't try to say he wasn't telling the truth, because if someone commits a terrorist attack, they want the people to know why so they get their point across...

  • ...That's the real reason for any terrorist attack; to get people's attention, not just to scare or hurt people. That's why they attacked the WTC and Pentagon, and not just a place with a lot of people. That's why the media was wrong to say that there could be a terrorist attack at a big event like the Superbowl...

  • ...I am not trying to justify the attacks; To me, all violence is wrong no matter who does it. I am only trying to show how people are wrong in think that the terrorists hate us just because they hate us. There is a real reason, and if the government just worked with those people instead of attacking them, we wouldn't have this problem.

  • I admire the sentiment expressed in your last post,..'if the government just worked with those people'..

    :if administrations/regimes/powers­tructures worked together, instead of against each other, the worlds problems could be solved very efficiently.

  • The terrorism is a response to the open terrorism committed by the Americans in the middle east