George Lucas on common sense
by Capucine · old hollywood: Movies
George Lucas on the winner-take-all nature of legal and financial systems: "That's not a good society. That's not good..." When asked if that's socialism, he replied, "I call it common sense."
Transcript (en)
The legal system, the financial system, the political system, they're all based on winner take all. That's not a good society. That's not a good culture. That's a culture that is built out of a caveman mentality, where the guy with the biggest hammer wins. That's not a good society. And you want to see a society that is defined how? By everybody comes out? By compassion. It's saying we care about everybody in our society. And what we want to do is what's best for everybody in this society. We want to build the best society where everybody gets the best possible life they can possibly have. Would you call this democracy? Would you call this socialism? Would you call this some of the ism that we don't have a name for? I'd call it common sense.
