SNEAKO - Why Breaking Bad is Just The Red Pill

00:00:00.000 What Breaking Bad teaches us about politics, Moon.

00:00:02.820 Breaking Bad is one of the most important TV shows ever made.

00:00:06.420 It's undoubtedly the greatest social commentary in existence,

00:00:09.840 and its core message will continue to transcend time.

00:00:12.580 Which is why Breaking Bad won the Guinness World Record

00:00:14.800 for being the most critically acclaimed show of all time.

00:00:17.540 So what's so important about Breaking Bad?

00:00:19.460 What's the reason behind its popularity?

00:00:21.440 What does Breaking Bad actually tell us about the world around us?

00:00:24.160 And most importantly, what does Breaking Bad tell us about ourselves?

00:00:27.000 Well, truth is, Breaking Bad's about far more than meets the eye.

00:00:30.700 Because Breaking Bad serves as an essential message

00:00:33.040 that has never been as relevant as it is today.

00:00:35.600 The story begins with Walt's life falling apart.

00:00:38.060 Walter White is trapped in the mundane.

00:00:39.840 He's trapped in a loveless marriage,

00:00:56.140 trapped inside a dead end. 1.00

00:00:57.320 Working in a job he hates, scrubbing tires and shit like that. 0.99

00:01:00.180 He's a wagey. 0.99

00:01:01.360 He's in the Matrix.

00:01:02.300 He has no control of his life.

00:01:04.140 And his wife, like you see the sex scene, 1.00

00:01:05.740 his wife just gives him a limpy ass handjob 1.00

00:01:07.880 that he doesn't even want on his birthday. 1.00

00:01:10.000 It's sad. 0.99

00:01:11.040 There's no balls left in him. 0.99

00:01:12.560 He's stuck in the Matrix. 0.99

00:01:14.120 They have taken all his power away.

00:01:16.480 So the main transition in the show in season one,

00:01:19.120 when Walt shaves his head

00:01:20.420 and decides to start selling meth,

00:01:22.260 he goes,

00:01:22.700 I am awake.

00:01:25.820 I'm awake.

00:01:27.800 That's what I want to do with the stream.

00:01:29.380 I want to awaken people.

00:01:31.020 Not woke.

00:01:32.720 Become awake.

00:01:34.860 Become who you naturally are again.

00:01:36.900 Become alive again.

00:01:38.480 People suppress it so much,

00:01:40.080 they tell you to take your meds,

00:01:41.920 do the,

00:01:42.340 like they want to control you.

00:01:44.360 They want to domesticate you 1.00

00:01:46.560 and be this.

00:01:48.600 Then teaching job.

00:01:49.820 Trapped economically with little to no money,

00:01:52.160 working another job on the side

00:01:53.440 just to pay the bills and survive the next day.

00:01:55.940 Everyone in this life sees him for what he is,

00:01:57.980 a lifeless mule.

00:01:59.220 But this wasn't always the case.

00:02:00.720 Prior to being a teacher,

00:02:01.860 Walter earned an award in proton radiography,

00:02:04.420 which was given for his contribution

00:02:05.780 for his research that earned a Nobel Prize.

00:02:08.140 After graduating from university

00:02:09.640 with his stellar credentials,

00:02:11.160 he went on to create the highly successful company

00:02:13.220 called Grey Matter Technologies,

00:02:14.920 co-founding the business with his intelligent

00:02:16.380 and respectful girlfriend, Gretchen.

00:02:17.960 In this time, Walter White had it all.

00:02:20.100 Respect, money, a loving girlfriend

00:02:21.720 and limitless potential.

00:02:23.280 But all of this was now just a distant memory,

00:02:25.520 with Walter now living an entire life of regret.

00:02:28.480 In season five, episode six,

00:02:30.240 Walt tells Jesse about his deep-seated resentment.

00:02:32.820 He tells Jesse about his time

00:02:33.920 co-founding Grey Matter Technologies

00:02:35.300 and that after his breakup with Gretchen,

00:02:37.360 Walt decided to leave the company

00:02:38.580 and sell his shares for a measly price of $5,000.

00:02:42.080 What ended up becoming like a billion dollar company.

00:02:44.380 He sold out so that he could be with my wife 0.94

00:02:47.720 and then be in a small little condo

00:02:50.040 and work a wagey job washing cars

00:02:53.100 and teaching chemistry to high school kids that hate me.

00:02:57.300 He conformed.

00:02:58.740 He did what they tell you to do.

00:03:01.460 Get a job that you hate.

00:03:03.700 Marry a wife who hates you too. 0.79

00:03:06.140 Don't do anything you like doing 0.50

00:03:07.800 because that's mature. 1.00

00:03:09.520 Fuck maturity. 1.00

00:03:10.540 If that's what mature is, man, 1.00

00:03:11.560 I want to jump in pools, be on private jets all over the world,

00:03:15.660 making bread, smashing a hose. 0.89

00:03:18.380 I don't want that lame-ass life. 0.92

00:03:20.040 I don't know about you, 0.91

00:03:21.240 but if that's what you think mature is, go ahead.

00:03:23.920 Since leaving the company,

00:03:25.220 he tells Jesse that the company is now worth $2.16 billion,

00:03:29.380 stating that he looks at the company's valuation every week.

00:03:32.420 I sold my kid's birthright for a few minutes, right?

00:03:35.280 After leaving the company behind,

00:03:36.760 he went on to work in a research lab

00:03:38.260 until meeting Skylar at a diner

00:03:39.660 where they had their first child and bought their first house.

00:03:42.360 But in this time,

00:03:43.120 Walt was still ambitious,

00:03:44.300 thinking of bigger things,

00:03:45.440 certain of fulfilling his destiny.

00:03:47.060 Which is why Walt tells his new wife Skylar

00:03:48.660 that they need to get a bigger house

00:03:49.940 and take a risk to live above their means

00:03:51.820 as he's certain they will only go up.

00:03:53.620 Of course, this dream was only a dream.

00:03:56.600 Walt's career never gets higher than being a high school teacher,

00:03:59.120 where he teaches apathetic students

00:04:00.700 mundane basic chemistry year after year.

00:04:03.340 Walter understandably feels left behind.

00:04:05.300 He never reached his full potential.

00:04:06.740 His family disrespects him,

00:04:08.280 his former business stands above him,

00:04:09.920 his money and finances are underwhelming.

00:04:12.100 And then to top all of this off,

00:04:13.940 Walter is diagnosed with stage 3 lung cancer,

00:04:16.720 which comes with medical fees that are more than enough

00:04:18.860 to completely bankrupt him and his family.

00:04:21.260 And this starts to bring in one of the most important parts

00:04:23.220 of this whole series.

00:04:24.260 Whilst it's subtle,

00:04:25.360 the series makes this key point

00:04:26.780 in showing the absurdity of how similar

00:04:28.660 Big Pharma is to the illegal drug trade.

00:04:31.080 In America, drugs for terminal illness

00:04:32.740 and rare diseases can cost over $3 million.

00:04:34.800 With these vital medicines being inflated

00:04:37.380 purely for the gain of a few pharmaceutical titans.

00:04:40.400 You can't trust anything that profits off your body,

00:04:43.580 that profits off of you, even hospitals.

00:04:45.800 Steezy told me something today that blew my mind.

00:04:47.860 He had a hospital bill for $2,000.

00:04:50.700 Then he posted on a story like, 1.00

00:04:52.140 what the fuck? 0.99

00:04:52.840 I don't even remember what this appointment was for. 0.99

00:04:54.820 And then his friend called him up, Alejandro,

00:04:56.720 and said, bro, don't pay that.

00:04:59.320 All you gotta do is call up the hospital

00:05:01.020 and ask him to break down what the bill was for.

00:05:04.660 So that $2,000 turned to $70.

00:05:08.000 What they did on the phone?

00:05:09.400 Well, I'm sorry.

00:05:10.260 Well, I'm just, well, I apologize.

00:05:12.300 Well, and we deduced.

00:05:14.160 Two-minute phone call went from $2,000 to $70.

00:05:19.140 They scam your health.

00:05:21.500 They lie about everything.

00:05:22.560 These price markups are becoming deadly.

00:05:26.760 And what's even scarier is that the FDA who regulates Big Pharma

00:05:29.640 is now becoming regulated by Big Pharma.

00:05:32.000 You see, the Food and Drug Administration

00:05:33.420 used to be funded by the government.

00:05:35.220 But today, the FDA is funded by the institutions and companies

00:05:38.320 it's supposed to regulate.

00:05:39.760 In fact, 45% of the FDA is solely funded by fees companies pay

00:05:44.000 when applying for medical approval.

00:05:45.360 And this has, in turn, led to the FDA

00:05:47.340 to almost double the amount of accepted applications.

00:05:49.640 And in diseases where there aren't many medical options for patients,

00:05:53.240 89% of these applications were approved first time round by the FDA.

00:05:57.420 Which, of course, allows Big Pharma to have an extremely tight grip.

00:06:00.740 Ha! 0.89

00:06:03.560 Whoa! 0.71

00:06:05.060 Bomboka! 1.00

00:06:06.080 Whoa! 0.71

00:06:08.600 I trust Big Pharma?

00:06:11.840 Well, 90%- 0.99

00:06:13.140 Fucking 95% of you did. 0.99

00:06:15.940 Blindly trust them. 0.99

00:06:17.060 Big Pharma and government works hand-in-hand

00:06:20.620 to control you as much as possible.

00:06:24.700 Whoopsie! 0.99

00:06:25.660 Oops! 0.78

00:06:27.440 Oops! 0.78

00:06:28.780 ...over American society,

00:06:30.320 where the most influential businesses in America

00:06:32.440 profit from the suffering of its customers.

00:06:35.660 But not me, though.

00:06:36.840 All of you.

00:06:37.340 To the point where prices are so jacked up

00:06:39.520 that a highly educated teacher with two jobs

00:06:41.960 faces the very real prospect of going bankrupt.

00:06:44.760 A prospect of leaving nothing to his name and family

00:06:47.540 just to pay the exorbitant bonuses of Big Pharma's CEO.

00:06:50.940 And you guys are saying this show is sad?

00:06:52.420 This is the reality for a lot of people

00:06:54.280 and they don't ever realize it.

00:06:55.620 It's exactly for this reason

00:06:57.100 that Walt is put into a nightmarish conundrum.

00:07:03.380 In business, money is equated to value.

00:07:05.540 The wealth of an individual is correlated

00:07:07.180 with the amount of value they provide to society.

00:07:09.420 However, when it comes to drugs that save human life,

00:07:11.720 does this same standard hold true?

00:07:13.200 This is exactly the question Breaking Bad works to answer.

00:07:16.260 And it's also why Breaking Bad's first season

00:07:18.060 couldn't have been produced at a better time.

00:07:19.900 Breaking Bad was first produced in 2008,

00:07:22.200 the exact same year as the financial crash,

00:07:24.420 where the banks got bailed out

00:07:25.640 and the bubble was inflated exponentially.

00:07:27.840 And the people paying the price for this

00:07:29.160 was the average American worker,

00:07:30.940 via quantitative easing, money printing, and inflation.

00:07:33.580 While at the same time, the public's wages stagnated.

00:07:36.240 Which is why Walter White represents

00:07:37.740 the average middle-aged man in this time.

00:07:39.540 Walter is repressed, overworked, underpaid,

00:07:41.820 can't afford a doctor, can't afford a family,

00:07:43.820 all while the people at the top are indifferent.

00:07:45.780 Hey.

00:07:47.780 Stop believing that rich people, money doesn't buy happiness.

00:07:51.720 Bro, I've been around a lot of millionaires recently.

00:07:53.640 I just came back from Puerto Rico 1.00

00:07:54.680 chilling with these fucking crypto millionaires 1.00

00:07:56.420 and they're trying to inspire me 1.00

00:07:57.600 and like fix my mindset

00:07:58.500 because I think like a broke person.

00:08:00.240 And being around them, bro,

00:08:01.500 they're genuinely the happiest people I've ever met.

00:08:04.180 You gotta stop believing that.

00:08:05.640 That, well, these rich people,

00:08:07.820 they are happy.

00:08:08.960 Trust me.

00:08:09.760 They live life.

00:08:10.780 They get to do what they want,

00:08:11.720 when they want.

00:08:12.360 They eat the best food, 1.00

00:08:13.180 fuck the baddest bitches, 1.00

00:08:14.640 jump in the best pools by the best beaches, 1.00

00:08:17.060 whenever they want.

00:08:18.180 Right now, tomorrow,

00:08:19.200 they work only on their phone.

00:08:20.580 They don't need to obey anybody.

00:08:22.120 Of course they're happier.

00:08:23.660 Stop believing that.

00:08:25.300 Walter is unable to afford a standard of living

00:08:27.480 that provides him with basic dignity.

00:08:29.300 Embroiled in debt,

00:08:30.220 no savings,

00:08:30.880 no money,

00:08:31.400 living an atomized, transient, lonely life

00:08:33.380 with just a few months to live,

00:08:34.760 Walt is now thrown into the abyss.

00:08:36.700 This is all a recipe for radical change

00:08:38.780 because nothing matters anymore.

00:08:40.380 His family doesn't care about him,

00:08:41.480 his peers look down on him,

00:08:42.520 and death is imminent.

00:08:43.820 At this point,

00:08:44.540 there's nothing left for Walter to lose.

00:08:47.580 Nothing.

00:08:48.480 The story of Walter White

00:08:49.580 is a story of Walter's transition

00:08:51.160 into Breaking Bad. 0.94

00:08:52.460 God damn right. 0.56

00:08:53.740 In fact, Walter White represents a concept 0.96

00:08:55.560 I talk about often,

00:08:56.740 the idea of the young young shadow self.

00:08:58.620 At the start of the show,

00:08:59.520 we see Walter's typical persona.

00:09:01.260 Walt is just your normal, mild-mannered guy.

00:09:03.400 But the reason he's so normal

00:09:04.640 is because he hasn't been in abnormal circumstances.

00:09:07.540 But now with Walt suddenly being faced

00:09:09.020 with an overwhelming set of circumstances,

00:09:10.740 Walter decides to take on

00:09:12.380 some temporary abnormal action.

00:09:14.080 Give up on what they tell you to be.

00:09:16.880 And then you become happier.

00:09:19.180 Once you realize that it's all a scam,

00:09:20.840 it's all a lie.

00:09:21.900 We all even got cancer

00:09:23.200 from a bunch of fumes in the lab, bro.

00:09:24.960 It all comes from the top.

00:09:26.620 They give you cancer, 1.00

00:09:27.620 they feed you bullshit, 1.00

00:09:28.880 they scam the shit out of you 1.00

00:09:30.040 with all the health that they lie to you 0.99

00:09:31.840 and tell you that it's good for you.

00:09:34.120 They tell you to take these jobs, bro. 0.98

00:09:35.840 They will control you until you die,

00:09:38.880 until you're $200,000 in debt

00:09:41.060 and your family's got to take it over

00:09:42.900 because you got cancer from something

00:09:44.820 that wasn't even in your control.

00:09:47.900 Wake up, man.

00:09:49.000 I am awake.

00:09:50.840 Be like Walt.

00:09:52.120 Sell meth.

00:09:52.520 And so Walter begins his journey

00:09:54.240 into the world of meth and brutality.

00:09:56.260 And all of this backstory

00:09:57.160 is essential to understanding

00:09:58.380 the broader meaning of Breaking Bad.

00:10:00.220 Because the transformation of Walter White

00:10:01.720 throughout Breaking Bad

00:10:02.660 is a warning that every member in society

00:10:04.800 can become evil in the right circumstances.

00:10:07.680 You watching this right now

00:10:08.720 could very well become a tyrant. 1.00

00:10:10.360 You could easily become the monster you hate. 0.97

00:10:12.300 And this has been documented

00:10:13.360 in the real world so many times.

00:10:15.420 One of the most famous examples of this

00:10:17.140 was the book called Ordinary Man.

00:10:18.860 Ordinary Man's this book

00:10:19.800 about German policemen in World War II.

00:10:21.340 These police were sent into Poland in the war,

00:10:23.960 rounding up stadiums of people

00:10:25.480 and shipping them off in trains,

00:10:27.100 where these policemen would commit

00:10:28.480 the worst atrocities imaginable.

00:10:30.680 It was so bad that these policemen

00:10:32.080 would become physically ill

00:10:33.380 by what they had to do.

00:10:34.460 And yet the most striking part of all of this

00:10:36.240 is that they had the choice to not do it.

00:10:38.340 They didn't have to do any of this,

00:10:39.760 and yet they consciously chose to.

00:10:41.600 The book highlights the very real way

00:10:43.240 you can end up in this evil place

00:10:44.920 just one step at a time.

00:10:46.240 It shows how these awful events

00:10:47.700 like those in World War II

00:10:48.800 can't just be understood as historical fact,

00:10:50.920 because instead,

00:10:52.200 we need to understand the casual pathways

00:10:53.960 towards this transformation,

00:10:55.480 because all these evil atrocities

00:10:57.020 happen at one step at a time.

00:10:58.640 Which is why in the case of Breaking Bad,

00:11:00.260 we need to understand Walt's full backstory

00:11:02.040 to understand the true reality

00:11:03.620 of how any one of us

00:11:04.700 could become a ruthless drug lord

00:11:06.100 given the right circumstances.

00:11:08.600 Walter first tiptoes into the drug trade

00:11:10.560 when his DEA brother-in-law, Hank,

00:11:12.360 invites him on a drug bust.

00:11:13.700 There, he sees his former student,

00:11:15.340 Jesse Pinkman,

00:11:16.060 running away from the scene.

00:11:17.880 Pinkman?

00:11:18.280 Having known Jesse

00:11:19.280 and needing a quick, easy way

00:11:20.640 of making money,

00:11:21.700 Walt offers to cook with him.

00:11:22.880 The partnership being that

00:11:23.780 Walt does the cooking

00:11:24.580 and Jesse does the selling,

00:11:26.040 using each other's strengths

00:11:26.920 to make a quick buck. 0.95

00:11:28.140 You, uh,

00:11:29.360 you want to cook crystal meth?

00:11:31.020 After some convincing,

00:11:32.080 the two begin working on 1.00

00:11:33.040 You, uh, bitch, 1.00

00:11:35.100 want to cook crystal meth, bitch? 1.00

00:11:36.680 in their first batch. 1.00

00:11:37.720 This is Walt's first step

00:11:39.340 into Breaking Bad.

00:11:40.540 Walter is outwardly rejecting

00:11:41.840 any handouts

00:11:42.620 from his former business partners,

00:11:43.860 all to earn a big amount of cash

00:11:45.320 and respect before he dies.

00:11:47.040 Because that's what matters more.

00:11:48.620 Like, that's,

00:11:49.380 it's not just about the money,

00:11:50.720 it's about the respect.

00:11:51.800 It's about how you feel.

00:11:52.980 It's about your character.

00:11:54.320 He rejected all those handouts 1.00

00:11:55.740 because then you just be a bitch 1.00

00:11:57.100 to the guy who gave it to you. 0.99

00:11:58.720 I don't want to work for nobody,

00:12:00.140 neither does Walter, man.

00:12:01.240 And as a man,

00:12:02.020 you really know that deep down.

00:12:03.480 A lot of these guys in the chat

00:12:04.480 would lie and say,

00:12:05.200 like,

00:12:05.260 if somebody offered me a million,

00:12:06.540 I would take it.

00:12:07.880 But then you really,

00:12:09.120 you're never going to respect yourself

00:12:10.740 to the degree

00:12:11.880 that you need as a man.

00:12:13.620 But in this time,

00:12:15.340 Walt is incredibly naive

00:12:16.560 to the criminal world

00:12:17.400 and sees criminals

00:12:18.060 as rational humans

00:12:19.020 he can talk to with respect.

00:12:20.460 But this doesn't last for very long.

00:12:22.100 After Jesse Pinkman

00:12:22.920 sells Steeler Crazy 8,

00:12:24.420 Crazy 8 lures them out

00:12:25.440 and threatens to kill Walt and Jesse

00:12:26.880 and steal their formula.

00:12:28.060 To survive this nightmare scenario,

00:12:29.640 Walt creates a poisonous gas to escape.

00:12:31.560 Although somehow,

00:12:32.380 Crazy 8 narrowly survives the gas.

00:12:34.360 So now Walt is faced

00:12:35.360 with his first major moral conundrum.

00:12:37.320 What possible choice

00:12:38.180 do you have at this point

00:12:39.000 when you have a drug dealer 0.99

00:12:39.900 who wants to kill you 0.99

00:12:40.880 and will kill you? 1.00

00:12:41.900 There's only one option. 0.99

00:12:42.800 So Jesse and Walt flip a coin

00:12:44.380 and sure enough,

00:12:45.560 Walt is now forced 0.86

00:12:46.400 into killing Crazy 8.

00:12:47.900 As you'd expect, 0.86

00:12:48.860 this moment taints Walt's soul

00:12:50.340 and the transition

00:12:51.240 into the shadow self

00:12:52.140 is underway.

00:12:52.940 Because not only is Walt

00:12:53.880 cooking drugs

00:12:54.520 and being involved

00:12:55.120 with the death of Crazy 8,

00:12:56.340 but Walt is constantly absent.

00:12:57.900 He's lying to his family.

00:12:59.060 He's hiding his cancer,

00:12:59.900 his relationship

00:13:00.440 with Jesse and his whereabouts.

00:13:02.020 All of these lies and actions

00:13:03.140 are eroding his moral filter

00:13:04.420 and this brings about

00:13:05.400 exactly what he's trying to avoid.

00:13:07.760 His lies are breaking apart his family.

00:13:09.940 And with the trauma

00:13:10.660 of Crazy 8's death,

00:13:11.640 this whole situation

00:13:12.660 is becoming too overwhelming.

00:13:14.280 So Walt decides that for now,

00:13:15.480 it's time to stop this mad fantasy.

00:13:17.340 Maybe he should just accept his fate

00:13:19.000 as a meek,

00:13:19.680 mild-mannered,

00:13:20.300 docile man.

00:13:21.320 Nope.

00:13:22.160 But then what happened before

00:13:23.640 on his birthday,

00:13:24.560 he just,

00:13:24.880 this was what he got

00:13:25.620 from his wife. 0.94

00:13:28.140 Weak little handy. 0.96

00:13:30.080 And he's like,

00:13:30.480 let me just fall asleep.

00:13:32.020 But look at her now, man.

00:13:33.180 The PTA meeting.

00:13:34.520 Woo! 0.99

00:13:35.400 So Walt ignores Jesse's suggestion

00:13:37.040 to keep cooking

00:13:37.800 and goes back to his regular life.

00:13:39.520 But this is a hit to his ego,

00:13:40.860 his pride.

00:13:41.740 He's back to the milquetoast life

00:13:42.980 he was so desperate to escape.

00:13:44.460 Back to having no control.

00:13:45.940 Back to being just another consumer.

00:13:48.300 Wagey! 0.99

00:13:48.880 Brokey! 1.00

00:13:49.400 I have 10 supercars

00:13:50.520 and 10 mansions.

00:13:51.600 My perspicacity's

00:13:52.520 on a different level.

00:13:53.640 I can steal your energy

00:13:54.760 with my mind. 1.00

00:13:56.240 I can kill you 1.00

00:13:57.320 with my tattoos. 1.00

00:13:59.580 All the girls in the world. 0.84

00:14:01.660 I have Aikido.

00:14:02.600 I've won four kickboxing champions.

00:14:07.000 With these feelings

00:14:07.980 and the money starting to come in

00:14:09.040 from the last cook,

00:14:10.220 Walter can't help

00:14:10.860 but quickly dip his toes

00:14:11.900 back into the underworld.

00:14:13.200 So Walt and Jesse

00:14:13.780 get back to cooking

00:14:14.620 after Jesse finds

00:14:15.520 a new distributor,

00:14:16.560 a psychotic and evil distributor 0.95

00:14:18.100 known as Tuco.

00:14:19.160 After Jesse goes up to him

00:14:20.280 to sell their batch,

00:14:21.420 Tuco beats

00:14:21.940 Tuco is my favourite character

00:14:23.240 to up Jesse

00:14:23.700 and steals his batch

00:14:24.640 without paying any money for it.

00:14:26.240 So Walt makes the conscious decision

00:14:27.620 to go back

00:14:28.240 and finish the business deal,

00:14:29.520 telling Tuco 0.74

00:14:30.000 he wants the money

00:14:30.840 in compensation

00:14:31.400 for what he did to Jesse.

00:14:32.600 After Tuco laughs

00:14:33.400 and threatens him,

00:14:34.420 Walt blows up

00:14:34.980 his entire building.

00:14:36.020 This is the moment

00:14:36.760 we get to see

00:14:37.420 a milquetoast,

00:14:38.180 mild-mannered man

00:14:38.940 merging into his shadow self,

00:14:40.420 releasing all this pent-up rage,

00:14:41.940 aggression and repression

00:14:42.800 into finally becoming

00:14:43.700 someone he respects.

00:14:44.840 With death ticking

00:14:45.560 in the background

00:14:46.200 and his unfulfilled life

00:14:47.360 awaiting him,

00:14:48.200 Walt's able to bring

00:14:48.900 his shadow self

00:14:49.520 into reality

00:14:50.180 through the persona

00:14:50.960 known as Heisenberg.

00:14:52.320 This shadow self

00:14:52.980 is manifested

00:14:53.520 through all of Walt's life,

00:14:54.920 all the sacrifices

00:14:55.820 Walt made for other people 1.00

00:14:56.740 to like him,

00:14:57.520 all the humiliation,

00:14:58.600 all the fake smiles,

00:14:59.600 all the facades.

00:15:00.560 All of this

00:15:01.100 is bubbling away at Walt,

00:15:02.220 having his business ideas

00:15:03.500 taken away from him,

00:15:04.500 having other people

00:15:05.200 take credit for his genius

00:15:06.260 with nothing

00:15:07.240 ever going his way.

00:15:08.420 For most of Walter White's life,

00:15:09.860 he has been a pushover

00:15:10.980 and Walt like many-

00:15:11.800 And now,

00:15:12.980 where's he Bugatti?

00:15:14.300 I've got a Bugatti.

00:15:16.280 I've got a Bugatti.

00:15:17.100 I've got a Bugatti 10 supercars.

00:15:18.560 Many of us think

00:15:19.040 that being a pushover

00:15:19.900 is a good thing

00:15:20.620 because Walter White

00:15:21.400 confuses harmlessness

00:15:22.280 with morality.

00:15:23.440 But just because

00:15:24.060 you can't do damage

00:15:24.920 doesn't mean you're moral,

00:15:26.060 which is exactly

00:15:26.760 what we start to see

00:15:27.500 in Breaking Bad

00:15:28.220 because the show

00:15:29.060 highlights the very real way

00:15:30.300 that harmless people,

00:15:31.300 pushover mule-like people,

00:15:32.640 are far from moral.

00:15:33.860 Angry because you're

00:15:34.700 doing your best

00:15:35.400 and you're trying

00:15:35.840 to get along with everyone

00:15:36.760 and nothing ever goes your way.

00:15:39.180 Well, it's because

00:15:39.980 you're a pushover. 0.89

00:15:41.040 Just because you can't 0.72

00:15:41.740 do any damage

00:15:42.420 doesn't mean you're moral.

00:15:43.500 It just means you're...

00:15:44.500 You don't have

00:15:45.500 the capability for mayhem.

00:15:48.200 And that makes you a pushover.

00:15:50.120 You can't say no to people

00:15:52.220 and you'll go along

00:15:53.240 with the crowd.

00:15:53.800 And then if the crowd

00:15:55.100 does something

00:15:55.580 particularly pathological,

00:15:57.360 which it's liable to do,

00:15:59.080 you won't be able

00:15:59.640 to resist it.

00:16:00.420 And that's exactly

00:16:01.080 what we see with Walt.

00:16:02.100 He's always having to lie.

00:16:03.160 He's manipulating

00:16:03.780 those around him

00:16:04.480 in mild ways.

00:16:05.320 He's even hiding

00:16:05.940 his disease to his family

00:16:06.860 out of cowardice,

00:16:08.080 with Walt doing all of this

00:16:09.220 just to escape confrontation.

00:16:11.040 But in the criminal underworld,

00:16:12.400 Walt takes on

00:16:12.940 the Elias Heisenberg,

00:16:14.020 which allows him

00:16:14.540 to be the man

00:16:15.000 he never was.

00:16:16.000 His testosterone increases,

00:16:17.300 his attitude changes

00:16:18.260 because Walt

00:16:18.900 is becoming a new man.

00:16:20.380 A man with a mission,

00:16:21.400 a man with respect.

00:16:22.820 Walter White is morphing

00:16:23.780 into a ruthless,

00:16:24.840 assertive man

00:16:25.560 taking what he wants

00:16:26.540 and saying what he wants.

00:16:28.020 With this aggressiveness

00:16:28.920 coming out to those

00:16:29.660 around him and his students,

00:16:30.940 it's a very stark contrast

00:16:32.160 to the beginning of the show

00:16:33.220 because Walter White

00:16:34.300 is finally breaking bad. 0.98

00:16:36.200 You're goddamn right. 0.98

00:16:37.580 You're goddamn right. 0.98

00:16:39.920 I am the one who knocks. 0.99

00:16:45.660 You're goddamn right. 0.97

00:16:47.240 But before we continue 0.97

00:16:48.120 the story, 0.97

00:16:48.500 Ah, you're goddamn wrong.

00:16:51.500 Well, it's possible 0.79

00:16:52.160 Now back to the video.

00:16:58.840 The first major sign

00:16:59.720 of Walt's shadow

00:17:00.300 self-dripping into

00:17:01.120 his personal life

00:17:01.960 is seen with his

00:17:02.740 encounter with Gretchen,

00:17:03.940 where Walter releases

00:17:04.760 his repressed anger at Gretchen.

00:17:06.540 A sudden change

00:17:07.140 to the friendly mild man

00:17:07.980 of front he was

00:17:08.540 so accustomed to putting up.

00:17:09.980 His abrasive rejection

00:17:11.000 of her playing a role

00:17:11.880 in his life

00:17:12.440 comes with him

00:17:13.020 aggressively telling her

00:17:13.960 to leave him alone.

00:17:15.160 Similarly, in another scene,

00:17:16.400 Walter is brutal

00:17:17.040 with his failing student

00:17:17.840 telling him,

00:17:18.380 a fail is a fail,

00:17:19.760 telling the student

00:17:20.300 that he doesn't care

00:17:21.020 for the consequences

00:17:21.800 of his own failures.

00:17:23.140 And in the underworld,

00:17:24.060 Walter's quick to capitalize

00:17:25.100 on any opportunity,

00:17:26.300 no matter the morals

00:17:27.000 behind it,

00:17:27.540 to maximize his profits.

00:17:28.940 A real businessman,

00:17:30.060 because that's what

00:17:30.500 they all do.

00:17:31.480 We think Walt

00:17:32.340 is a bad person, 0.65

00:17:33.560 but this is what

00:17:34.400 every single person

00:17:35.400 who actually makes money

00:17:36.420 to that level,

00:17:37.500 that's what they all do. 0.99

00:17:38.140 They don't give a fuck. 1.00

00:17:39.660 They don't give a fuck. 1.00

00:17:40.600 For example, 0.99

00:17:41.460 when word of mouth

00:17:42.020 spreads that Jesse

00:17:42.720 was the one who killed

00:17:43.400 the meth head

00:17:43.860 who robbed Skinny Pete,

00:17:45.160 Walt uses this opportunity

00:17:46.240 to gain more power,

00:17:47.300 reputation,

00:17:48.000 and money for his primary goal.

00:17:49.540 And again,

00:17:49.900 this is seen with Walt's 0.75

00:17:50.700 willingness to kill Badger

00:17:51.740 in prison after his lawyer's suggestion, 0.95

00:17:53.700 highlighting the newfound

00:17:54.500 ruthlessness

00:17:55.060 that has saturated his psyche.

00:17:56.920 Walter White's descent

00:17:57.740 into the shadow self

00:17:58.680 perfectly mirrors the descent

00:17:59.920 of those to scart an ordinary man.

00:18:01.800 In this book,

00:18:02.400 the author makes a key point

00:18:03.480 in showing how in every society

00:18:04.900 across cultures,

00:18:05.820 religions,

00:18:06.280 and epochs,

00:18:07.080 people always see

00:18:07.980 career advancement.

00:18:09.020 In every society,

00:18:09.820 the majority of people

00:18:10.800 will act awfully.

00:18:11.800 They will be evil.

00:18:12.780 They will engage 0.99

00:18:13.360 in disgusting behavior

00:18:14.500 in the name of progress.

00:18:16.120 The book concludes

00:18:16.800 that about 85 to 90%

00:18:18.300 of people will,

00:18:19.300 when given a sufficient

00:18:20.080 position of power,

00:18:21.200 carry out any action,

00:18:22.420 even if murderous,

00:18:23.340 in order to fulfill

00:18:24.160 the idea of improvement.

00:18:25.640 In the book,

00:18:26.160 this immoral action

00:18:26.880 comes with shooting

00:18:27.620 unarmed civilians

00:18:28.340 to ensure the progress

00:18:29.260 of the German nation.

00:18:30.180 But this example

00:18:30.800 isn't some anomaly.

00:18:31.960 The Stanley Milgram experiments

00:18:33.160 found that most people

00:18:34.040 would commit and inflict

00:18:35.080 physical pain

00:18:36.100 on another human

00:18:36.900 if they thought it brought

00:18:37.860 security by following orders.

00:18:39.820 The rare people

00:19:01.380 who didn't commit

00:19:02.060 these acts

00:19:02.560 were those who had

00:19:03.320 integrated the shadow

00:19:04.280 and persona self

00:19:05.060 to become a grounded

00:19:05.820 human being.

00:19:06.540 So if we use this

00:19:07.380 spiritual knowledge,

00:19:09.120 the idea of Walt

00:19:09.800 shrugging off his moral

00:19:10.660 framework starts to

00:19:11.440 make a lot of sense.

00:19:12.720 Now in this point

00:19:13.360 in the series,

00:19:14.080 Jesse is scarred

00:19:14.740 by the death

00:19:15.200 of the meth head

00:19:15.780 who robs Ginny Pete. 0.56

00:19:17.180 And added on to

00:19:17.920 the witnessing of this death

00:19:18.960 is a growing reputation

00:19:20.000 after Will Gets Out

00:19:20.980 that Jesse was involved

00:19:21.980 in the murder.

00:19:22.780 The combination of

00:19:23.500 these two things

00:19:24.040 brings a wave of pressure

00:19:25.040 that Jesse can no longer handle.

00:19:26.600 So after falling in love

00:19:27.580 with an addict next door,

00:19:28.740 Jesse eventually becomes

00:19:29.700 numbed in a cloud of drugs.

00:19:31.180 And yet at the same time,

00:19:32.260 their lawyer Saul Goodman

00:19:33.200 brings in a new distributor

00:19:34.360 for their product.

00:19:35.340 This time the distributor

00:19:36.280 is the calm and collected man

00:19:37.600 known as Gus Fring.

00:19:38.720 However, the catch is

00:19:39.700 that Gus only works

00:19:40.640 with reliable partners.

00:19:42.000 And after seeing

00:19:42.520 Walt's partnership

00:19:43.140 with the drug addict,

00:19:43.900 Jesse,

00:19:44.480 Gus is understandably hesitant

00:19:45.700 to work with them.

00:19:51.720 Although after Walt

00:19:52.420 convinces Gus

00:19:53.220 they come to a deal.

00:19:54.460 So now Walt needs

00:19:55.120 to get the product to Gus.

00:19:56.400 Because if he can deliver

00:19:57.320 this product on time,

00:19:58.480 Walter will have more money

00:19:59.520 than he ever dreamed

00:20:00.380 of making in the first place.

00:20:01.760 However, Jesse is becoming

00:20:02.960 less and less reliable.

00:20:04.000 Falling into a drug spiral

00:20:05.260 with his addict girlfriend.

00:20:06.500 With Jesse's girlfriend

00:20:07.380 luring him away from the business. 1.00

00:20:08.720 Look at her sucking 1.00

00:20:09.680 your energy, bro. 0.99

00:20:10.820 They're not a good influence

00:20:11.960 on you.

00:20:12.320 They're just going to encourage

00:20:13.100 your bad behavior

00:20:13.820 because they can't lead.

00:20:15.260 If you're in a bad place,

00:20:16.920 she will make you worse. 0.98

00:20:19.200 Focus on yourself, Jesse.

00:20:20.420 And into a new life

00:20:21.440 far away from home.

00:20:22.640 She wants to escape with Jesse

00:20:23.840 and threatens Walt's whole plan.

00:20:25.400 So when it comes to

00:20:26.080 the big deal with Gus,

00:20:27.180 Walter's left to do

00:20:27.900 the deal himself.

00:20:28.960 When Walter wives are Jesse's, 0.96

00:20:30.260 he sees Jesse and Jane

00:20:31.320 passed out on drugs.

00:20:32.340 With Jane vomiting

00:20:33.440 and suffocating

00:20:34.280 in a drug-induced haze.

00:20:35.760 And then added on to this,

00:20:37.220 Walt's wife births 0.96

00:20:38.040 their new child. 1.00

00:20:38.920 Whoa, that was fucked up 0.99

00:20:39.700 that I just laughed 0.99

00:20:40.280 at her choking.

00:20:40.920 Did you just see that? 0.99

00:20:42.300 Damn, why did that 0.99

00:20:43.180 trigger a laugh out of me 0.99

00:20:44.160 that I saw her conv-

00:20:45.140 Suffocating in-

00:20:45.960 Whoa, I really just

00:20:47.220 laughed at that, bro.

00:20:48.080 Is something wrong with me?

00:20:49.580 I mean, I have seen

00:20:50.240 this show seven times

00:20:51.200 because I know that scene,

00:20:52.160 but like, I should not

00:20:53.200 have just like,

00:20:54.140 that was my automatic response. 0.99

00:20:55.940 Yo, I got shit to work on. 0.99

00:20:57.100 I got like, man! 0.99

00:20:58.380 Wow, bro.

00:21:01.140 Yo, don't clip that part. 0.97

00:21:02.460 Don't clip that part.

00:21:03.780 In a drug-induced haze.

00:21:05.200 And then, added on to this,

00:21:06.640 Walt's wife births 0.96

00:21:07.480 their new child.

00:21:08.520 This whole situation

00:21:09.520 is the perfect conundrum

00:21:10.620 that represents

00:21:11.200 Walt's character.

00:21:12.240 Does he care more

00:21:12.980 about the new life

00:21:13.620 of his family

00:21:14.200 and the life of Jane?

00:21:15.280 Or is he more interested

00:21:16.320 in business and money?

00:21:17.960 The question is answered

00:21:18.820 with Walt's absence of action

00:21:20.060 in both of these events.

00:21:22.280 Jane's death marks the end 0.53

00:21:23.720 of Walt's mild-mannered

00:21:24.800 milquetoast life.

00:21:25.720 Because by this point

00:21:26.760 in Walt's descent,

00:21:27.720 there is no longer

00:21:28.380 any way out.

00:21:29.440 There is no redemption.

00:21:30.640 And that's why

00:21:31.120 it's this moment

00:21:31.840 that leads on to

00:21:32.460 one of the most important

00:21:33.460 parts of the series.

00:21:34.740 It was probably good

00:21:35.820 that Walt didn't save her,

00:21:37.020 though.

00:21:37.420 I ain't gonna lie,

00:21:38.140 like, he probably

00:21:38.660 really helped Jesse out.

00:21:41.620 Like, she...

00:21:42.460 What do you think, Chad?

00:21:43.600 If you saw this show,

00:21:44.780 is Walt a bad person

00:21:45.860 for letting her die?

00:21:47.120 Or should he have saved her?

00:21:48.720 I'm saying, yo,

00:21:49.400 he probably saved Jesse's life.

00:21:51.000 Because this next chapter

00:21:52.220 shows Walt's full shadow side.

00:21:54.080 And it's also this part

00:21:55.120 of the series

00:21:55.540 that conveys

00:21:56.040 the broader message

00:21:56.860 of the parallels

00:21:57.640 between Big Pharma

00:21:58.540 and the drug trade. 0.56

00:21:59.700 After the deal

00:22:00.300 between Gus and Walt,

00:22:01.520 Walt's shadow self

00:22:02.360 is stroked by Gus

00:22:03.120 to get him to cook more.

00:22:04.400 Gus strokes the shadow

00:22:05.240 by recognising

00:22:05.960 Walt's untapped genius.

00:22:07.600 He recognises his potential

00:22:08.840 and what he's capable of.

00:22:10.200 It's this recognition

00:22:11.060 that has been missing

00:22:11.820 in Walt's life.

00:22:12.780 Walt craves validation

00:22:13.740 for his work,

00:22:14.680 and Gus gives him just that,

00:22:16.320 offering Walter

00:22:16.940 three million dollars

00:22:17.960 for three months of work.

00:22:19.320 But the question is,

00:22:20.340 who is Gus?

00:22:21.120 What does the character

00:22:22.120 behind Gus represent?

00:22:23.900 Three million dollars

00:22:24.840 for three months of work?

00:22:26.860 It sounds good,

00:22:28.320 but Walt could have done

00:22:29.840 better on his own.

00:22:31.480 Three million

00:22:31.960 for three months of work?

00:22:36.280 Would you take that chance?

00:22:38.220 It's selling meth,

00:22:39.320 killing people? 0.85

00:22:40.620 I want 30 mil. 0.99

00:22:42.100 Well, in my view,

00:22:42.720 Gus's character represents

00:22:43.720 the cold and hollow facade

00:22:44.960 of the corporation,

00:22:46.040 and in particular,

00:22:46.900 the shadowy

00:22:47.460 Big Pharma industry.

00:22:48.300 While Gus is obviously

00:22:49.740 not trading legal narcotics,

00:22:51.440 the structure of his corporation

00:22:52.640 has a very similar framework

00:22:53.980 to Big Pharma,

00:22:54.920 which is why Gus's corporate

00:22:56.100 attitude to narcotics

00:22:57.260 is kind of scarier

00:22:58.240 than the thuggish dealers

00:22:59.100 we see up until now.

00:23:00.420 Professor David Pearson

00:23:01.400 examined this connection

00:23:02.380 between Gus Fring

00:23:03.220 and neoliberalism.

00:23:04.700 The source of capitalism

00:23:05.880 we-

00:23:06.060 Yeah, Gus Fring

00:23:07.420 is like a politician.

00:23:09.020 Gus Fring is all presentable,

00:23:10.440 cool,

00:23:11.020 has a nice front

00:23:11.940 of the burger shops

00:23:13.140 or whatever.

00:23:14.020 Los Pollos Hermanos,

00:23:15.180 the chicken store.

00:23:16.260 He's like,

00:23:16.780 nice attire,

00:23:17.460 everything.

00:23:17.640 He could run for politics.

00:23:19.660 He even had connections

00:23:20.540 with the DEA,

00:23:21.520 but deep down,

00:23:22.520 he's organizing,

00:23:23.720 like doing shady deals

00:23:25.080 across different borders,

00:23:26.820 owns the biggest drug ring.

00:23:28.900 That's exactly what's going on

00:23:30.420 in the real world, bro.

00:23:31.520 You know who the biggest

00:23:32.180 drug dealer is?

00:23:33.160 The DEA.

00:23:34.860 You know who owns

00:23:35.500 all the prisons?

00:23:36.580 Private companies.

00:23:40.540 It's just like that.

00:23:41.860 Gus Fring is the representation,

00:23:43.860 not just of neoliberalism,

00:23:45.500 of the elites.

00:23:46.400 They look good on paper,

00:23:49.280 on TV,

00:23:50.740 but they're the shadiest 1.00

00:23:51.700 motherfuckers out there. 1.00

00:23:52.900 We've been subject to 1.00

00:23:53.900 in recent years

00:23:54.500 that has led to the most

00:23:55.480 atomized,

00:23:56.300 meaningless,

00:23:56.920 nihilistic,

00:23:57.560 empty era in history.

00:23:59.080 And Gus represents

00:23:59.820 this attitude

00:24:00.500 where nothing is more important

00:24:01.760 than maximum profits.

00:24:03.340 Where to achieve

00:24:04.040 maximum profits,

00:24:04.960 you have to be

00:24:05.300 as bland as possible, 0.63

00:24:06.460 as fake as possible,

00:24:07.420 and as ruthless as possible.

00:24:08.960 Where there is no emotional

00:24:09.980 identity,

00:24:10.640 just pure greed.

00:24:11.640 I mentioned at the start

00:24:12.720 of this video

00:24:13.160 about Big Pharma's

00:24:13.900 influence over the FDA,

00:24:15.200 and how the regulators

00:24:16.020 of Big Pharma

00:24:16.800 are in fact

00:24:17.440 on the payroll

00:24:18.200 of Big Pharma.

00:24:19.240 Well,

00:24:19.500 this all corresponds

00:24:20.280 directly with Breaking Bad,

00:24:21.800 where those who are supposed

00:24:22.600 to regulate

00:24:23.140 monopolized criminals 0.91

00:24:24.000 like Gus

00:24:24.560 are in fact

00:24:25.120 on the payroll

00:24:25.800 of Gus,

00:24:26.520 with Gus and the DEA

00:24:27.620 being closely allied

00:24:28.580 with one another,

00:24:29.520 just like Big Pharma

00:24:30.320 is tied to FDA regulators,

00:24:31.740 the government,

00:24:32.300 and media.

00:24:32.800 This is because

00:24:33.640 to operate

00:24:34.180 such a monstrous empire

00:24:35.440 that feeds on the misery

00:24:36.660 of untold millions

00:24:37.860 through chemical dependence,

00:24:39.340 addiction,

00:24:39.920 and exploitation,

00:24:40.960 you have to have

00:24:41.420 this plastic friendly

00:24:42.400 and empty front

00:24:43.120 if you want to survive

00:24:43.900 under the radar.

00:24:44.840 It's fake empathy.

00:24:46.300 Look at him. 0.98

00:24:48.760 Those are the most evil people, bro.

00:24:50.180 It's exactly this framework

00:24:51.420 that led to Walter

00:24:52.140 becoming a drug lord

00:24:53.020 in the first place.

00:24:54.020 It's the model

00:24:54.560 that threatened to bankrupt

00:24:55.580 a regular high school teacher

00:24:56.960 and his family

00:24:57.500 for the sake of greed.

00:24:58.740 Now on the surface,

00:24:59.620 Gus is just a benevolent philanthropist.

00:25:01.440 He's a model citizen

00:25:02.380 providing jobs and security

00:25:03.720 for hundreds of people.

00:25:04.960 But the bottom line

00:25:05.680 is Gus is only doing this

00:25:06.940 because it's best for business.

00:25:08.400 Which is why the show

00:25:09.140 always highlights this divide

00:25:10.300 between his warm public persona

00:25:11.680 and his cold inner mind.

00:25:13.420 To convey this duality,

00:25:14.660 we see the fake smiles

00:25:15.680 that don't reach his eyes.

00:25:16.880 Basically,

00:25:18.680 Hillary Clinton.

00:25:20.700 Like,

00:25:21.280 Chilean, 0.87

00:25:21.980 black Hillary Clinton. 1.00

00:25:23.120 It accompanies

00:25:23.780 his consumer-friendly

00:25:24.560 speak and PR campaigns,

00:25:26.020 which is at odds

00:25:26.560 with the cold profit-ridden agenda.

00:25:28.200 It's the same 0.53

00:25:28.820 doggy-dog attitude

00:25:29.840 that has saturated

00:25:30.760 our economy,

00:25:31.380 manifesting the dot-com bubble,

00:25:33.320 the 2008 financial crash,

00:25:34.880 the opioid epidemic,

00:25:35.900 and now our current

00:25:36.560 economic stagnation

00:25:37.620 and massive levels of inflation.

00:25:39.560 Furthermore,

00:25:40.040 Pearson points out

00:25:40.720 that meth is just another drug

00:25:42.060 that fuels the neoliberal fetish 0.99

00:25:43.640 for productivity

00:25:44.340 because most performance enhancers

00:25:46.060 are legal.

00:25:46.860 Caffeine,

00:25:47.420 energy drinks,

00:25:48.080 steroids.

00:25:48.400 Yeah,

00:25:48.680 they make meth illegal,

00:25:50.640 but Chad,

00:25:51.580 you guys all telling me,

00:25:52.920 you know the ironic part

00:25:53.780 is that meth is illegal, 1.00

00:25:55.040 but every fucking person in here 1.00

00:25:56.540 every single day 1.00

00:25:57.680 who says,

00:25:58.460 take your meds,

00:25:59.020 take your meds,

00:26:00.160 that's meth.

00:26:02.100 Adderall's meth.

00:26:04.340 Amphetamines,

00:26:04.880 it's just meth in a pill. 1.00

00:26:06.200 It's called the same shit. 1.00

00:26:07.100 You look at the name of it, 1.00

00:26:07.720 Ritalin is called

00:26:08.260 Methylphenidate.

00:26:09.640 Adderall is an amphetamine,

00:26:11.460 methamphetamine. 1.00

00:26:12.060 It's the same shit, 1.00

00:26:12.920 just packaged in a nice little pill 1.00

00:26:14.540 and handed by a friendly doctor.

00:26:16.600 Ha ha,

00:26:17.240 take it little Timmy,

00:26:18.420 take meth in a pill

00:26:19.240 even though you're 12.

00:26:20.240 That was me.

00:26:21.020 So all of you

00:26:21.620 who are telling me

00:26:22.320 to take my pills

00:26:23.240 are telling me

00:26:24.120 to take legalized government meth.

00:26:28.220 Just if you didn't know that.

00:26:30.680 It's Viagra and prescribed Adderall,

00:26:32.020 which is pretty much meth in itself.

00:26:34.120 So in the end,

00:26:34.800 what is the moral difference

00:26:35.860 between Big Pharma

00:26:36.700 and Gus's empire?

00:26:37.900 There's hardly any difference

00:26:38.960 between the two

00:26:39.560 in terms of collateral damage

00:26:40.740 done to society.

00:26:42.040 Gus's first priority

00:26:43.040 is always profits.

00:26:44.240 Consumer and employee well-being

00:26:45.760 is always last.

00:26:47.000 Which is why the ruthlessness

00:26:48.020 and predatory actions

00:26:49.120 we associate with crime

00:26:50.240 isn't actually associated with drugs,

00:26:52.140 but more with the business behind it.

00:26:53.920 Gus represents the danger

00:26:55.040 of this neoliberal model of thinking.

00:26:58.780 When Walt sees Gus's new lab,

00:27:00.520 it seems like a success to Walt.

00:27:02.180 The lab's pharmaceutical

00:27:03.080 is industrial and secure.

00:27:04.820 Because Gus treats meth

00:27:05.900 like any other product or commodity,

00:27:07.860 meth is just another investment.

00:27:09.660 This corporate veneer

00:27:10.740 perfectly hides away

00:27:11.680 the destruction of the product

00:27:12.720 to its consumers.

00:27:13.420 It's almost as though

00:27:14.460 Walter's back to running

00:27:15.320 his all-grey matter business.

00:27:16.820 And over the series,

00:27:17.660 Gus continues to play

00:27:18.460 on Walter's deep-seated shadow side.

00:27:20.360 He understands the character of Walter

00:27:21.920 and his descent into the shadow.

00:27:23.520 Gus wants Walter

00:27:24.240 to continue his dissension

00:27:25.340 by luring him in

00:27:26.180 to becoming a full-time cook.

00:27:27.640 He plays on Walter's shadow

00:27:28.800 by using his psychology against him,

00:27:30.760 telling Walter

00:27:31.280 that a man provides for his family,

00:27:32.920 that a man does this

00:27:33.820 even when he's not respected or loved.

00:27:35.440 He simply bears up

00:27:37.440 or he does it.

00:27:39.480 Proving to Walter

00:27:40.160 that he is the great man

00:27:41.320 he was destined to be

00:27:42.340 and that Walter can be the man

00:27:43.940 to bring his family

00:27:44.640 to new heights of prosperity,

00:27:46.120 Gus strikes at Walter's shadow perfectly.

00:27:48.240 It seems as though

00:27:48.820 Walter is still motivated

00:27:49.820 by his family

00:27:50.480 and that his shadow side

00:27:51.460 is only used

00:27:52.020 as a survival mechanism.

00:27:53.600 But deep down,

00:27:54.340 Walter can't hide away

00:27:55.200 from the fact

00:27:55.800 that he's in too deep.

00:27:57.180 He knows he can't escape

00:27:58.240 his past actions.

00:27:59.220 He knows he's losing his family,

00:28:00.600 he's losing his moral grounding,

00:28:01.900 and now he's losing

00:28:02.620 his sense of self.

00:28:03.860 So in an effort

00:28:04.560 to end his pain,

00:28:05.680 Walter attempts to end his life

00:28:06.800 before things get out of hand.

00:28:08.460 As by this point,

00:28:09.320 Walt's life is spiralling

00:28:10.200 out of control.

00:28:11.160 Walter explains this perfectly

00:28:12.340 in the Fly episode,

00:28:13.560 where he tells Jesse

00:28:14.460 that he had the perfect time

00:28:15.620 to die

00:28:16.020 and become the hero 0.96

00:28:16.960 for his family,

00:28:17.800 and now he's just the villain

00:28:18.980 of his family story.

00:28:20.220 Just like the ordinary men 0.99

00:28:21.340 in Germany

00:28:21.700 who would drink themselves

00:28:22.540 to near death,

00:28:23.380 who would vomit 0.55

00:28:23.960 and commit suicide

00:28:24.900 after committing 0.99

00:28:25.680 so many atrocities.

00:28:27.160 Because like any human being,

00:28:28.560 the more extreme

00:28:29.100 your shadow self,

00:28:30.080 the more this internal pain

00:28:31.320 catches up with you.

00:28:32.340 And yet these men,

00:28:33.140 like Walter,

00:28:33.600 continued on with their actions anyway.

00:28:35.480 We continue to see

00:28:36.220 the shadow side

00:28:36.820 later on in the series.

00:28:38.140 For example,

00:28:38.680 we clearly see this

00:28:39.460 with Walt's indifferent attitude

00:28:40.620 when he murders

00:28:41.140 the killers of Tomas.

00:28:42.320 Whilst this killing

00:28:42.980 does seem justified,

00:28:44.240 considering these men

00:28:44.920 shot a child,

00:28:45.700 it's his brazen attitude 0.87

00:28:46.960 to murder

00:28:47.420 that cements his shadow self

00:28:48.680 as his primary persona.

00:28:50.000 This shows that

00:28:50.580 all the reservations

00:28:51.340 No more Walt,

00:28:52.300 just Heisenberg.

00:28:53.040 to murder

00:28:53.420 that he had

00:28:53.840 at the start of the show

00:28:54.680 is now fully dissolved.

00:28:56.100 It's the same reason 0.50

00:28:56.800 his murder of the innocent

00:28:57.700 cook, Gale,

00:28:58.460 is done so without

00:28:59.180 any hesitation.

00:29:00.360 However,

00:29:00.720 the real change begins

00:29:01.700 to happen around

00:29:02.320 season four,

00:29:02.920 episode nine.

00:29:03.840 After all the lies,

00:29:04.760 the fights,

00:29:05.460 the manipulation with Jesse

00:29:06.480 after all the deaths

00:29:07.520 and now with his life

00:29:08.440 threatened by Gus,

00:29:09.540 Walter can't help

00:29:10.280 but have another mental breakdown,

00:29:11.820 admitting his mistakes

00:29:12.700 are starting to catch up

00:29:13.700 with him.

00:29:14.140 Because his actions,

00:29:15.120 his shadow self,

00:29:15.800 his character

00:29:16.280 is bringing him

00:29:16.940 to a place far worse

00:29:18.120 than where he originally started.

00:29:20.400 Whilst at the same time,

00:29:21.600 Gus has repeated death threats

00:29:22.880 and use of brute force

00:29:23.840 to all those in his way

00:29:24.960 symbolizes the dissolving

00:29:30.320 of his fake friendly facade

00:29:31.800 where we see

00:29:32.500 the real Gus,

00:29:33.720 a man,

00:29:34.160 a corporation

00:29:34.720 who would remove anyone

00:29:35.780 in his way

00:29:36.300 as long as it ensures

00:29:37.340 his own success.

00:29:38.680 Gus's fake,

00:29:39.460 smiley public persona

00:29:40.500 is just a soft sell advert

00:29:41.840 like all these other

00:29:42.920 mega corporations 1.00

00:29:43.780 feeding their poisonous junk 0.99

00:29:45.060 into society. 0.99

00:29:46.240 Like Coca-Cola's

00:29:47.120 cringy fake happy songs

00:29:48.280 to sell their toxic syrup.

00:29:49.720 Or like Apple ads,

00:29:50.700 telling you to think differently

00:29:51.740 whilst also working

00:29:52.800 to stifle any free expression.

00:29:54.660 Because Coca-Cola

00:29:55.420 doesn't want happy,

00:29:56.280 healthy children,

00:29:57.180 just like Apple

00:29:57.860 doesn't want free-thinking

00:29:58.780 individuals

00:29:59.440 as none of this

00:30:00.360 is good for business.

00:30:01.660 And so when pressure

00:30:02.440 starts to damage

00:30:03.100 these profit margins,

00:30:04.260 the smiley happy faces

00:30:05.340 are quick to dissolve.

00:30:06.580 With the DEA on Gus's case,

00:30:08.120 a war between the cartel

00:30:09.180 and infighting

00:30:09.740 between Gus's workers,

00:30:10.960 the true face of Gus

00:30:11.900 starts to show.

00:30:12.840 And with Walter realizing

00:30:13.740 he's Gus's next target,

00:30:15.280 Walt's shadow self

00:30:15.960 grows exponentially

00:30:16.700 for him to survive.

00:30:17.620 Why is everybody

00:30:18.440 bald on this show?

00:30:19.240 The whole ordeal.

00:30:20.180 We see this through

00:30:20.820 Walt poisoning a child

00:30:21.740 to get Jesse back on the side,

00:30:23.280 where Walt puts his

00:30:24.000 innocent neighbor's

00:30:24.680 life in jeopardy,

00:30:25.640 and then of course

00:30:26.340 Walt eventually

00:30:26.960 blowing up a nursing home 0.99

00:30:27.980 to destroy Gus.

00:30:29.220 Walter has gone so far

00:30:30.580 into his descent

00:30:31.380 that he's at a point

00:30:32.240 where he would willfully

00:30:33.000 destroy the lives

00:30:33.700 of untold people

00:30:34.740 in a nursing home

00:30:35.580 to ensure his own survival.

00:30:37.300 By this point,

00:30:38.020 Walt was now the man

00:30:38.760 he feared,

00:30:39.400 giving us a good insight

00:30:40.440 to what's been forming

00:30:41.140 inside of Walter,

00:30:42.160 a pure monster,

00:30:43.380 while at the same time

00:30:44.200 Gus's final moments

00:30:45.180 are marked by his two faces.

00:30:46.200 I love that CEO.

00:30:47.460 Even though the CGI

00:30:48.180 is mad weird, 0.99

00:30:49.000 it's a fucking... 0.99

00:30:50.140 legendary. 0.99

00:30:52.140 ...basis,

00:30:52.820 his corporate

00:30:53.400 tie-adjusting orderly side,

00:30:54.940 and his empty hollow

00:30:55.900 and monstrous side.

00:30:57.060 These details perfectly capture

00:30:58.500 who these characters are

00:30:59.460 beneath the surface,

00:31:00.580 and even more importantly,

00:31:01.740 how destructive

00:31:02.340 their archetypes are

00:31:03.300 in the real world.

00:31:04.300 Now, all of this brings us

00:31:05.340 on to the final part

00:31:06.100 of the show.

00:31:06.820 Following the death of Gus,

00:31:08.020 Walter has undoubtedly

00:31:08.940 broken bad.

00:31:09.860 He's no longer recognizable

00:31:11.080 as the mild-mannered mule

00:31:12.200 of the first season.

00:31:13.220 Walter is now absorbing

00:31:14.300 Gus's persona

00:31:15.180 to further cement

00:31:16.100 his own power,

00:31:17.180 as Walter is now

00:31:17.800 the kingpin of the business,

00:31:19.300 which is conveyed

00:31:19.860 through his body language

00:31:20.740 and attitude,

00:31:21.520 all while his family

00:31:22.260 is tearing up

00:31:22.880 in the background.

00:31:23.840 But this doesn't matter anymore.

00:31:25.160 The initial point

00:31:25.860 of this mission

00:31:26.320 is now just a distant memory.

00:31:27.900 Because Walt's

00:31:28.560 repressed desires,

00:31:29.520 his repressed beliefs

00:31:30.400 and wants

00:31:30.860 are now finally fulfilled,

00:31:32.500 Walter is finally in control.

00:31:34.320 He's made the millions,

00:31:35.220 he's earned the respect

00:31:36.000 and recognition

00:31:36.540 for his genius,

00:31:37.760 and most importantly,

00:31:38.940 he's now feared.

00:31:39.980 The man who sold his shares

00:31:40.980 in Grey Matter

00:31:41.560 is not the same world

00:31:42.440 we see now.

00:31:43.100 He even has the opportunity

00:31:46.800 to sell his empire

00:31:47.620 for five million dollars,

00:31:48.960 but this doesn't even faze him.

00:31:50.260 As Walt tells Jesse,

00:31:51.160 he's no longer

00:31:51.660 in the meth business.

00:31:52.720 I'm in the empire business.

00:31:54.520 He's in the empire business.

00:31:56.100 Because his work,

00:31:56.920 his business,

00:31:57.460 now puts him

00:31:57.940 on the same level

00:31:58.580 as those he's so despised.

00:32:00.140 And besides,

00:32:00.780 he no longer has anything

00:32:01.580 to go back to.

00:32:02.500 His family and friends

00:32:03.320 are absent

00:32:03.780 and his old identity

00:32:04.740 no longer exists.

00:32:05.800 This show,

00:32:06.320 if you think about it,

00:32:07.040 is just a red pill.

00:32:09.400 Walter White is no longer

00:32:10.560 living a repressed

00:32:11.380 shadow fantasy.

00:32:12.120 Walter White's identity

00:32:13.380 is the shadow.

00:32:14.460 That's why he can now

00:32:15.240 ignore things

00:32:15.800 that would have

00:32:16.120 tainted his soul before.

00:32:17.340 Like for example,

00:32:18.060 the murder of the boy

00:32:18.680 who witnessed the train heist.

00:32:19.960 Because like Gus,

00:32:21.160 Walter only cares about

00:32:22.020 what's best for business

00:32:22.940 no matter the consequences.

00:32:24.640 Like Gus,

00:32:25.300 Walt removes his employees

00:32:26.340 without a second thought.

00:32:28.680 Walt's ensuing murder

00:32:29.740 of Mike's men

00:32:30.440 bears a stark contrast

00:32:31.720 to the Stanley Milgram experiments

00:32:33.220 I mentioned before.

00:32:34.380 Where over 80%

00:32:35.540 of participants

00:32:36.300 would inflict

00:32:36.960 near-death levels of pain

00:32:38.520 if they thought it would be best

00:32:39.660 for their own sake.

00:32:40.760 Find God.

00:32:41.640 I'm not like God!

00:32:42.820 We need to tap it

00:32:43.460 to our spiritual selves

00:32:44.400 so you don't have no empathy

00:32:45.540 like these people.

00:32:46.320 80% of people today...

00:32:47.420 These people would even

00:32:48.100 hear the screams.

00:32:48.860 They'd hear people

00:32:49.300 having heart attacks

00:32:50.160 and still continue

00:32:50.960 to inflict pain

00:32:51.820 without any emotion.

00:32:53.380 With their only reasoning

00:32:54.300 being they'd be better off

00:32:55.400 if they did it.

00:32:56.460 So as Walter looks

00:32:57.320 outside of his window,

00:32:58.500 he's able to remove

00:32:59.360 any sense of remorse

00:33:00.600 as his actions

00:33:01.340 are simply what's best

00:33:02.280 for his own sake.

00:33:03.220 But with his cancer diagnosis

00:33:04.460 coming back

00:33:05.160 and being reminded

00:33:05.860 of his ending life,

00:33:07.080 Walter starts to realise

00:33:07.920 that his shadow self

00:33:08.860 is only making his life worse.

00:33:10.640 His loved ones hate him,

00:33:11.880 Jesse fears him

00:33:12.620 and he has no one

00:33:13.380 but himself

00:33:13.840 to show his ego to.

00:33:15.100 So Walter chooses

00:33:15.940 to finally leave

00:33:16.680 his empire behind

00:33:17.620 as he realises

00:33:18.400 the true value

00:33:19.300 of the connections

00:33:19.880 he's abandoned

00:33:20.560 in the process.

00:33:21.660 After coming back

00:33:22.260 to some sort of normality

00:33:23.340 and trying to rekindle

00:33:24.280 his abandoned social connections,

00:33:26.000 Walt's actions

00:33:26.500 now finally catch up

00:33:27.740 with him.

00:33:28.280 Jesse realises

00:33:28.960 that Walter was the one

00:33:29.840 who poisoned the child

00:33:30.740 and Hank realises

00:33:31.700 Heisenberg was Walt's

00:33:32.880 all along.

00:33:33.700 Walter White is

00:33:34.280 And those people woke up.

00:33:35.860 Walt poisoned the child

00:33:38.720 He's finally met

00:33:39.400 with justice.

00:33:40.480 Everything sounds

00:33:41.380 like a metaphor

00:33:41.980 like the way

00:33:42.660 this guy analyses it

00:33:43.560 He starts to lose

00:33:44.180 everything.

00:33:45.100 He becomes responsible

00:33:45.960 for the death

00:33:46.520 of his brother-in-law

00:33:47.180 Hank.

00:33:47.780 He completely loses

00:33:48.720 all ties to his family

00:33:49.860 and any relationship

00:33:50.700 he might have had

00:33:51.280 with Jesse.

00:33:51.940 He loses most

00:33:52.760 of his money.

00:33:53.500 He's a dying fugitive

00:33:54.580 on the run

00:33:55.040 from the law.

00:33:55.940 Everyone he once knew

00:33:56.940 now despises him.

00:33:58.080 He's hidden away

00:33:58.760 on the lonely brinks

00:33:59.640 of society

00:34:00.280 in a cold,

00:34:01.060 depressing cabin.

00:34:02.340 Walter's final act

00:34:03.240 is his only redemption

00:34:04.120 as he wipes out

00:34:05.000 all the men

00:34:05.500 who enslaved Jesse

00:34:06.360 and stole his money

00:34:07.220 and the life of Hank.

00:34:08.360 The show concludes

00:34:09.240 with Walt dying

00:34:10.000 back in the lab

00:34:10.760 where it all began

00:34:11.560 with Walter's shadow

00:34:12.420 being the very thing

00:34:13.440 that brought him

00:34:13.980 to his knees.

00:34:14.620 It's all these

00:34:19.520 accumulating events

00:34:20.520 under his

00:34:20.880 Elias Heisenberg

00:34:21.800 that seems to represent

00:34:22.740 this catharsis

00:34:23.600 from the soul-crushing,

00:34:24.660 bland and mundane

00:34:25.500 life of before.

00:34:26.740 It's a reaction,

00:34:27.580 an explosion of repression

00:34:28.720 from his underwhelming

00:34:29.580 and unfelt existence.

00:34:31.180 Even before his diagnosis,

00:34:32.540 Walter was always sick.

00:34:34.020 Sick by following

00:34:34.740 a path of untrammeled

00:34:35.860 rationalism,

00:34:36.640 pettiness,

00:34:37.140 vindictiveness

00:34:37.720 and bottom-linism.

00:34:38.740 It was only after

00:34:39.740 his diagnosis

00:34:40.360 that Walter realised

00:34:41.260 how long he'd been sick.

00:34:42.340 So his whole psyche

00:34:43.500 began to produce antibodies

00:34:44.820 in response

00:34:45.360 to his underwhelming character.

00:34:47.160 Heisenberg

00:34:47.560 was just this enormous

00:34:48.520 effort at self-healing.

00:34:49.960 All the violence,

00:34:50.680 power or money,

00:34:51.340 what does this all

00:34:51.920 have in common?

00:34:52.700 It was a rejection

00:34:53.440 of his weak, 1.00

00:34:54.220 timid and cowardly character 0.99

00:34:55.500 through a reverse 0.95

00:34:56.100 version to his shadow side.

00:34:59.440 He had to run away

00:35:00.280 from his sterile existence

00:35:01.440 and the only way

00:35:02.480 he could get away from it

00:35:03.600 was a return

00:35:04.420 to what was untapped,

00:35:05.480 becoming the infamous Heisenberg,

00:35:07.560 a ruthless,

00:35:08.400 powerful and merciless man.

00:35:10.160 Ordinary men 0.94

00:35:10.800 parallels this exact

00:35:11.900 narrative

00:35:12.420 where free-thinking

00:35:13.520 ordinary people

00:35:14.320 and society

00:35:14.920 would willfully

00:35:15.520 turn into the monsters

00:35:16.400 they feared,

00:35:17.440 all one step at a time.

00:35:20.020 Because power corroses.

00:35:22.960 But if you wake up

00:35:24.300 early enough

00:35:24.920 then you won't

00:35:25.440 become insane like this. 0.77

00:35:26.700 You could still be 0.99

00:35:27.440 a good person

00:35:28.180 and get the money power respect.

00:35:29.540 We should never forget

00:35:30.600 the atrocities

00:35:31.340 of the 20th century

00:35:32.340 because these atrocities

00:35:33.560 were a warning.

00:35:34.500 We can't simply stop

00:35:35.420 of remembering these actions

00:35:36.420 as historical facts.

00:35:37.740 We have to understand

00:35:38.660 the pathways

00:35:39.340 that led to these atrocities

00:35:40.560 in the first place.

00:35:41.460 And so it all starts

00:35:42.620 with understanding

00:35:43.200 the perpetrators

00:35:44.000 of these evil acts.

00:35:45.380 To understand

00:35:45.780 how societies

00:35:46.580 would suddenly transform

00:35:47.480 into being

00:35:47.880 these nightmarish dystopias

00:35:49.240 we have to understand

00:35:50.200 the transformation

00:35:50.820 of these ordinary men 0.75

00:35:52.080 who become evil monsters.

00:35:53.820 The message of ordinary men 0.99

00:35:55.160 and Breaking Bad

00:35:55.940 is to show that

00:35:56.780 this is what

00:35:57.240 human beings are like.

00:35:58.540 You can think to yourself

00:35:59.380 right now

00:35:59.780 that you could never

00:36:00.360 be a Walter White.

00:36:01.260 You could never be 0.98

00:36:01.860 a ruthless monster

00:36:02.640 who sacrifices human life 0.99

00:36:05.000 for profit.

00:36:05.780 You can think

00:36:06.300 that you'd never be

00:36:07.000 the one inflicting

00:36:07.680 untold pain

00:36:08.420 onto another human being

00:36:09.440 because you were told to.

00:36:10.800 You could think

00:36:11.320 that you'd never be

00:36:12.080 the German

00:36:12.480 I'm a good person

00:36:13.660 guard committing

00:36:14.320 these vile atrocities.

00:36:15.680 But we're all

00:36:16.200 just products

00:36:16.700 of our environment.

00:36:17.540 But the statistics

00:36:18.420 say otherwise.

00:36:19.340 You probably would

00:36:19.960 do the same

00:36:20.520 and I'm no exception either.

00:36:21.720 I mean statistically

00:36:22.360 almost all of us would.

00:36:23.820 Which is why

00:36:24.240 we need to understand

00:36:25.120 the shadow within us.

00:36:26.360 We need to understand

00:36:27.080 what's repressed

00:36:27.780 inside of us.

00:36:28.620 The monster that's

00:36:29.220 bubbling under the surface.

00:36:30.480 Because only when

00:36:31.180 you integrate your shadow

00:36:32.160 can you be sure

00:36:32.940 of your character.

00:36:33.940 Only then can you

00:36:34.720 build a strong

00:36:35.280 moral foundation

00:36:36.000 that will guide you

00:36:36.720 through a virtuous life.

00:36:38.360 And elevate.

00:36:41.460 Hello, Iqbal!

00:36:42.360 The character of Walter White

00:36:43.460 is probably the best

00:36:44.360 portrayal of a man

00:36:45.160 who never remains

00:36:45.860 his dark side.

00:36:47.000 Whose shadow side

00:36:47.620 causes him to spiral

00:36:48.640 out of control.

00:36:49.740 Cole Young,

00:36:50.280 the man who coined

00:36:50.880 the idea of the shadow self

00:36:51.800 in the first place,

00:36:52.660 used to treat his patients

00:36:53.580 by paying more attention

00:36:54.600 to their future development

00:36:55.620 than their past actions.

00:36:57.100 To do this,

00:36:57.740 he tried to figure out

00:36:58.520 what his patient's

00:36:59.220 mental symptoms symbolized.

00:37:01.040 And that's something

00:37:01.740 which has been all too lost

00:37:03.100 in modern political discourse.

00:37:04.700 Where we blame

00:37:05.340 the symptoms that lead

00:37:06.240 to destructive action

00:37:07.120 rather than blaming

00:37:08.120 the roots of these symptoms.

00:37:09.680 We prescribe drugs

00:37:10.460 to treat symptoms

00:37:11.180 rather than integrating

00:37:15.040 and understanding

00:37:15.580 what's behind these symptoms

00:37:16.560 in the first place.

00:37:17.600 We study historical facts

00:37:19.180 rather than trying to understand

00:37:20.240 the casual pathways

00:37:21.160 behind them.

00:37:22.180 Cole Young explained

00:37:22.940 that no one is inherently

00:37:24.000 good or evil.

00:37:24.960 We all have a shadow

00:37:25.840 we keep locked within.

00:37:27.000 Under the right circumstances,

00:37:28.560 the shadow may manifest itself

00:37:29.900 clouding our judgment

00:37:30.680 or perhaps guiding us

00:37:31.560 down that behavioral path.

00:37:32.860 Walter White's shadow

00:37:33.540 was a prideful, 0.73

00:37:34.360 greedy, 0.67

00:37:34.600 and angry one

00:37:35.300 from the beginning.

00:37:36.080 He had put a heavy lid

00:37:37.200 on his shadow.

00:37:37.960 Or at least,

00:37:38.460 that's what he thought.

00:37:39.420 It just took the right 0.83

00:37:40.620 amount of pressure

00:37:41.280 for him to discover,

00:37:42.420 integrate,

00:37:43.000 and fully embrace

00:37:43.920 his shadow self.

00:37:44.960 So perhaps we should

00:37:45.700 start looking at our own selves

00:37:46.940 and what guides our actions.

00:37:48.200 And maybe we should start

00:37:49.240 to attack the roots

00:37:50.040 of our social problems

00:37:51.000 rather than always taking

00:37:52.100 temporary mitigated action.

00:37:55.660 Shout out to Moon.

00:37:57.060 Great YouTube channel.

00:38:00.280 You can steal this whole stream,

00:38:01.580 you can clip it all up,

00:38:02.300 it's all gonna go viral.

00:38:03.060 Some people are getting muted

00:38:03.880 for already from the E-Date.

00:38:05.940 I just saw people in the chat 1.00

00:38:06.820 saying that their shit 0.99

00:38:07.580 already got muted. 1.00

00:38:09.180 But,

00:38:09.920 Discord and description,

00:38:12.280 I want people to work together.

00:38:13.420 I want to keep spreading truth. 1.00

00:38:14.540 If you fuck with me, 1.00

00:38:15.480 if you want to keep spreading truth, 1.00

00:38:16.600 then we need to work together 1.00

00:38:17.420 because they censor this shit 1.00

00:38:18.160 on a regular basis. 0.99

00:38:19.320 Thank you to Aiden

00:38:19.740 for having me on the E-Date. 1.00

00:38:21.280 That shit was mad fun. 0.99

00:38:22.820 But also at the same time, 1.00

00:38:24.620 you can kind of take the red pill

00:38:25.840 from that E-Date. 0.99

00:38:26.740 Why the fuck did the large guy 0.99

00:38:29.060 who bought the bath water win? 0.99

00:38:31.460 Because the thought

00:38:32.760 wants to capitalize more

00:38:34.720 off of limps.

00:38:37.240 And the same thing.

00:38:38.300 She tried to say like,

00:38:39.080 yeah, you can't provide it for me, 1.00

00:38:40.420 bitch. 1.00

00:38:40.740 That's a shit test. 1.00

SNEAKO - July 28, 2022

Why Breaking Bad is Just The Red Pill

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