How the World Works - Bo Burnham
[00:01.33] Hey, kids
[00:02.69] Today, we're gonna learn about the world
[00:07.99] The world that's around us
[00:09.56] Is pretty amazing
[00:11.71] But how does it work?
[00:13.02] It must be complicated
[00:15.13] The secret is the world can only work
[00:18.89] When everything works together
[00:22.32] A bee drinks from a flower
[00:24.48] And leaves with its pollen
[00:26.33] A squirrel in a tree
[00:27.93] Spreads the seeds that have fallen
[00:30.05] Everything works together
[00:33.49] The biggest elephant, the littlest fly
[00:36.96] The gophers underground, the birds in the sky
[00:40.14] And every single cricket, every fish in the sea
[00:44.13] Gives what they can and gets what they need
[00:48.13] That is how the world works
[00:52.35] That is how the world works
[00:55.32] From A to Zebra
[00:56.62] To the worms in the dirt
[00:58.73] That's how it works
[01:04.34] Hey everyone
[01:05.40] Look who stopped by to say hello
[01:07.52] It's Socko
[01:09.37] Hey!
[01:11.80] Where you been, Socko?
[01:13.63] I've been where I always am when you're not wearing me on your hand
[01:18.41] In a frightening, liminal space between states of being
[01:21.60] Not quite dead, not quite alive
[01:24.52] It's similar to a constant state of sleep paralysis
[01:28.50] Socko, we were just talking about the world and how it works
[01:31.96] Boy, that sounds complicated!
[01:34.86] Do you have anything you'd want to teach us about the world?
[01:36.73] I wouldn't say anything that you probably haven't already said yourself
[01:41.25] I don't know about that, Socko
[01:43.13] How about you give it a try?
[01:45.24] Alright!
[01:47.37] The simple narrative taught in every history class
[01:50.83] Is demonstrably false and pedagogically classist
[01:54.55] Don't you know the world is built with blood?
[01:58.56] And genocide and exploitation
[02:01.74] The global network of capital essentially functions
[02:06.01] To separate the worker from the means of production
[02:09.72] And the FBI killed Martin Luther King
[02:13.42] Private property's inherently theft
[02:16.36] And neoliberal fascists are destroying the left
[02:19.78] And every politician, every cop on the street
[02:23.27] Protects the interests of the pedophilic corporate elite
[02:27.52] That is how the world works
[02:30.96] Really?
[02:32.00] That is how the world works (that is how the world works)
[02:34.69] Genocide the Natives, say you got to it first
[02:38.41] That's how (that's how) it works
[02:43.45] That's pretty intense
[02:44.77] No shit
[02:46.63] What can I do to help?
[02:49.03] Read a book or something, I don't know
[02:51.40] Just don't burden me with the responsibility of educating you
[02:55.42] It's incredibly exhausting
[02:56.99] I'm sorry, Socko
[02:58.35] I was just trying to become a better person
[03:01.79] Why do you rich fucking white people insist on seeing every socio-political conflict through the myopic lens of your own self-actualization?
[03:10.29] This isn't about you
[03:12.43] So either get with it, or get out of the fucking way
[03:16.13] Watch your mouth, buddy
[03:17.19] Remember who's on whose hand here
[03:19.60] But that's what I
[03:21.45] Have you not been fucking listening?
[03:22.52] We are entrenched in
[03:24.09] Alright, alright
[03:24.88] Wait, no please!
[03:25.68] I don't wanna go back, please
[03:28.08] I can't go, I can't go back
[03:30.20] Please, please, I'm sorry
[03:34.73] Are you gonna behave yourself?
[03:37.40] Yes
[03:39.51] Yes, what?
[03:43.50] Yes, sir
[03:44.83] Look at me
[03:47.73] Yes, sir
[03:50.67] That's better
[03:52.51] That is how the world works
[03:56.76] That is how the world works
[03:59.72] I hope you learned your lesson
[04:01.60] I did and it hurt
[04:03.48] That's how it works
[04:13.30] No!
