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1:02:11
The reality is that we already
treat people in the Third World

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far worse than we treat
our domestic animals.

1:02:18
That's-that's not saying it's right.
It's just saying that's the reality.

1:02:30
Well, after thinking about it
for a little while,

1:02:32
it seems the Plattsburgh lecture
just went great,

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and it went exactly the way we
originally expected these lectures to work,

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which is that, at a certain point,
it was like a light bulb's going off

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in the heads of the different people
in the audience,

1:02:45
and they were realizing that it
was just too crazy to be real,

1:02:48
and yet it was
sort of based in reality.

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So, you know,
they started throwing globes at us,

1:02:54
they got angry,
they got frustrated.

1:02:56
It worked exactly
like we thought it would.

1:03:02
They don't ask if you believe in it.
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You don't get to vote
on World Trade Organization treaties.

1:03:06
They don't let you vote on it.
They don't give you a say.

1:03:09
They let you listen
to the one-sided propaganda.

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Name me a single columnist in America
who doesn't stand up and cheer

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under the banner
of so-called free trade.

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There's no public discussion,
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there's no dissent
in any of the political parties.

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There's no debate,
there's no discussion, there's no vote.

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In fact, the only nation
which has called for a vote is Brazil,

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which is saying that it
will not sign any more trade treaties

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without a plebiscite of its people.
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And the world trade barons
are losing their damn minds

1:03:41
trying to prevent this type of democracy
from spreading planet-wide,

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'cause once people know what this stuff
is about and get to vote on it,

1:03:49
no one's gonna vote themselves
into poverty.

1:03:55
Here we go.
"Australia country code."


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