#365: The Revolution (Kalle Lasn, Adbusters Editor in Chief)

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🗓️ 9 September 2019

⏱️ 117 minutes

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Summary

Adbusters Editor in Chief, Kalle Lasn met me in his office at the magazine to talk to me about the revolution. I see it going down only with violence but he is far more hopeful about the ways in which we're going to change the systems in place. He's a brilliant man and it was such a treat to get to sit down with him and hear him say out loud some of the ideas he's been putting forth in Adbusters.

Tour Dates:

Madison - September 19-21

Winnipeg - September 22

Brea - September 26-28

San Antonio - October 2

Dallas - October 3

Houston - October 4-5

Nashville - October 19-21

San Jose - November 7-9

Detroit - November 14

Chicago - November 16

Cincinatti - November 17

The Music:

Gil Scott Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

T. Rex - Children Of The Revolution

Black Sabbath - War Pigs

H.A.L. - Daisy, Daisy

Pete Seeger - We Shall Overcome

Transcript

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0:00.0	Ok, meta-memes are deep-down systemic ideas without which a future is unsinkable.
0:08.0	Ok.
0:08.5	So, and secrecy is one of those things.
0:11.3	If you say to yourself, okay, like if we're going to survive through the 21st century,
0:14.9	then what sort of a political system do we need?
0:17.0	You know, it can be democratic, it can be republican, it can be some green party, whatever.
0:21.9	Is that really the game we have to play all?
0:24.2	Do we have to look much deeper into our political system?
0:26.9	Identify what's wrong, deep-down, what's wrong with our political system?
0:31.5	And one of those things is secrecy.
0:33.2	Like, why do we allow secrecy to continue on every level, on the local political level,
0:38.4	all the way to the national level, all the way through the international level,
0:41.5	that secrecy everywhere, and this is holding us back.
0:44.3	So, let's dream of a political future where secrecy is taboo.
0:48.0	So secrecy is taboo.
0:50.8	Make secrecy taboo is a meta-meme.
0:53.3	It's a big idea that has the potential to change the whole ambience of the political game.
0:59.0	The revolution will not be televised.
1:02.0	The revolution will not be right back after a message about a white tornado, white lightning, or white people.
1:07.1	You will not have to worry about a dumb in your bedroom, the tiger in your tank or the giant in your toilet bowl.
1:12.2	The revolution will not go better with coat.
1:14.6	The revolution will not fight germs that may cause bad rep.
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