Capital game

Turner 2021-11-13 08:01:25

Capitalists can reverse the destiny of others for a single dollar bet. Capitalists are really heinous, but in the end they will find that capitalists are just slaves of capital. Capital is the natural enemy of mankind, and capitalists are nothing but the most intimate slavery of capital. The more it is, the more I can feel the greatness of communism. However, communism is too anti-human in nature. I don't know if we can see the dawn of communism in our lifetime.

In addition, what attracts me most in this film is their scientific experiment. There is no doubt that the environment has a greater impact on people. I often wonder if I am me and every choice I make. Every decision is influenced by the past. So, is this me me, or is me pieced together from different values, then who is "me"?

In the end, the arrangement of revenge in the second half is completely unnecessary. The internal struggle of capitalism, even if capitalism defeats capitalism, the knight defeats the evil dragon, and then becomes the evil dragon, such a story will not work in China.

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Trading Places quotes

  • Louis Winthorpe III: [after trading ends on FCOJ, he and Billy Ray are quickly finalizing up some last minute sales. Once they're finished, they both look up to see the cost at 29. They then look at one another and scream in celebration and hug. After they're finished, they see the Dukes looking at them] Happy New Year!

    Randolph Duke: [He drops their now-worthless sales papers on the floor]

    [hoarsely]

    Randolph Duke: Winthorpe.

    Mortimer Duke: [stunned] Valentine.

    Billy Ray Valentine: Hey! How'd y'all make out today?

    Mortimer Duke: How could you do this to us after everything we've done for you?

    Billy Ray Valentine: Oh, see, I made Louis a bet here. See, Louis bet me that we couldn't both get rich and put y'all in the poor house at the same time. He didn't think we could do it. I won.

    Louis Winthorpe III: [grinning] I lost.

    [Pulls it out of his breast pocket and shows it]

    Louis Winthorpe III: One dollar.

    Billy Ray Valentine: [Accepting it] Thank you, Louis.

    Louis Winthorpe III: After you.

    Billy Ray Valentine: Certainly.

    [They both leave with Billy Ray doing Eddie's "laugh" and Lewis giving the Dukes the Aykroyd "stare"]

  • Randolph Duke: Exactly why do you think the price of pork bellies is going to keep going down, William?

    Billy Ray Valentine: Okay. Pork belly prices have been dropping all morning, which means that everybody's waiting for it to hit rock bottom so they can buy cheap and go long. Which means that the people who own the pork belly contracts are goin' bat-shit. They're saying, "Hey, we're losing all our goddamn money, and Christmas is just around the corner, and I ain't gonna have no money to buy my son the G.I. Joe with the kung-fu grip, right? And my wife won't f... my wife won't make love to me 'cuz I ain't got no money, right?" So they're panicking right now, they're screaming "SELL! SELL!" to get out before the price keeps dropping. They're panicking out there right now! I can feel it! They out there!

    Randolph Duke: [on the ticker machine, the price keeps dropping] He's right, Mortimer! My God, look at it!

    Billy Ray Valentine: I'd wait until you get to around sixty-four, THEN I'd buy. You'll have cleared out all the suckers by then.

    Randolph Duke: This is Randolph Duke. Advise our clients interested in bellies to buy at sixty-four. Mr. Valentine has set the price.

    [He punches up the numbers on his calculator]

    Randolph Duke: Do you realize how much money he just saved us?

    Mortimer Duke: Money isn't everything, Randolph!