Network

[Dave Monroe]

>From Network (dir. Sidney Lumet, 1976) ...

Mr. Jensen: It is the international system of currency
which determines the vitality of life on this planet.
That is the natural order of things today. That is the
atomic and subatomic and galactic structure of things
today! And you have meddled with the primal forces of
nature! And you will atone! Am I getting through to
you, Mr. Beale? You get up on your little 21 inch
screen and howl about America and democracy. There is
no America. There is no democracy. There is only IBM
and ITT, and AT&T, and DuPont, Dow, Union Carbide, and
Exxon. Those are the nations of the world today. 

Mr. Jensen: You have meddled with the primal forces of
nature, Mr. Beale, and I won't have it! Is that clear?
You think you've merely stopped a business deal? That
is not the case. The Arabs have taken billions of
dollars out of this country, and now they must put it
back! It is ebb and flow, tidal gravity. It is
ecological balance. You are an old man who thinks in
terms of nations and peoples. There are no nations!
There are no peoples! There are no Russians! There are
no Arabs! There are no third worlds! There is no West!
There is only one holistic system of systems; one
vast, interwoven, interacting, multivaried,
multinational dominion of dollars! 

Mr. Jensen: The world is a business, Mr. Beale. It has
been since man crawled out of the slime. Our children
will live, Mr. Beale, to see that perfect world in
which there's no war or famine, oppression or
brutality -- one vast and ecumenical holding company,
for whom all men will work to serve a common profit,
in which all men will hold a share of stock -- all
necessities provided, all anxieties tranquilized, all
boredom amused. And I have chosen you, Mr. Beale, to
preach this evangel. 
Howard Beale: Why me? 
Mr. Jensen: Because you're on television, dummy. Sixty
million people watch you every night of the week,
Monday through Friday. 
Howard Beale: I have seen the face of God. 
Mr. Jensen: You just might be right, Mr. Beale.

Howard Beale: All human beings are becoming humanoids.
All over the world, not just in America. We're just
getting there faster since we're the most advanced
country.

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