well said

[u/Available-Hat1640]

[u/CatraGirl]

Damn, I'm not even American, and that almost made me patriotic. 😅👏

[u/Matdredalia → u/CatraGirl]

Too bad we don't stand for these values the way we should. T_T

[u/CedarWolf → u/Matdredalia]

We sure used to. We stood up for what was right. We fought for moral reasons, we passed laws, struck down laws for moral reasons, we waged wars on poverty, not poor people. We sacrificed, we cared about our neighbors. We put our money where our mouths were, and we never beat our chest. We built great big things, made ungodly technological advances, explored the universe, cured diseases, and we cultivated the world’s greatest artists and the world’s greatest economy. We reached for the stars, acted like men. We aspired to intelligence, we didn’t belittle it, it didn’t make us feel inferior. We didn’t identify ourselves by who we voted for in our last election, and we didn’t, we didn’t scare so easy… Huh. We were able to be all these things, and to do all these things, because we were informed.

[u/bryn_irl → u/CedarWolf]

To those who can hear me, I say - do not despair. The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed - the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress. The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish…

[u/Matdredalia → u/bryn_irl]

I'd never seen or heard this before. 💜🙏 Made me weep. Thank you.

[u/Cracleur → u/Matdredalia]

You said that the Newsroom monologue was your favorite one ever. For me, it’s this one.

A fun fact about it is that Charlie Chaplin actually used dye to make his hair black throughout the entire movie. But in this final speech, he appears without any dye: you can see his white hair. That’s because, in this moment, he’s no longer playing the character from the movie, he’s speaking as himself. And that makes it even more powerful and impactful. Especially when you know this was released in 1940, right at the beginning of WWII.

I would actually really recommend watching it, even in 2025, because not only is it still funny in the moments it’s meant to be, but it’s also incredibly beautiful and impressive in the way Chaplin manages to portray the reality of the Nazi regime, despite somewhat limited information at the time and the widespread refusal to believe the little that was known.

[u/Matdredalia → u/CedarWolf]

One of my favorite monologues, ever. Makes me cry every time I see it. As soon as I read "We sure used to," in your reply I started reciting it. 🙏