So, I don't know if you've seen my old videos, oh no, god no, no stop it. They weren't the best quality.
So to say I wanted to tackle a lot of topics again made when I didn't really know what I was doing. The Purge-
Was one of them and I was going to remake that video when the last movie came out but things got in the way
So when the purge on USA Network offered a sponsor those video I thought oh boy
Finally excuse to remake it the purge franchise has such an interesting concept twelve hours no laws go
So many stores could be told from that how many people would react in that scenario?
Those being a TV series. There's more time to tell multiple different stories that flesh out characters
honestly
the story
Introduces characters pretty well the longer running time allowance for a mystery to develop that you don't really get in a movie if executed well
This could fix the problems people have with the movies
Don't just follow one group each movie
But show how different characters act throughout a single night if there was one word I have for it. It's potential
It's been said this franchise should have just been a TV show to begin with and this could be the answer
So since this is a franchise meant to be more entertaining than realistic
It's no surprise that if the purge was actually real it wouldn't be anything like it is in the movies
Same can be said if Godzilla was real he'd just die under his own weight
I'm an overly critical downer on fictional worlds not designed for accuracy. I know if the purge happened in real life it would backfire
spectacularly it goes without saying there's no possibility that
Anybody would ever go along with this like people in the middle class are hiding in their suburban homes
Fearing for their lives and you think they'll vote for founding fathers in November
So on purge night for 12 hours, there are no rules except to no killing of important government officials
But I think they got rid of that and also don't use bombs or explosives somehow from just this purge night
Unemployment is down. The economy is fantastic
Everything is great because people let out their anger
The end universe explanation for this is that so many people are killed off every purge night. That unemployment goes down
That's now how economics work unemployment want it. In fact go down it get worse the entire US economy
Would just collapse none of those rules ever said anything against the biggest crimes of all white-collar crime financial crime
Can you imagine how much?
embezzlement fraud insider
trading and
stealing of corporate money could occur in 12 hours the rich people coming up with the idea of breaking the law would just be
Destroying their own lives while rich grandma was drinking that vodka martini her stock plummeted to the Marianas Trench
Who would have faith anymore in the American dollar?
How would the United States even be counted as a global economy?
If on one night all shady transactions deals in corruption
Could easily occur Americans want to be living in happiness. They'd be living like Venezuela
Counterfeit money could even be printed and then you just say that you printed it on the purge
It's not like they could prove it which is a whole other issue
I'm going to get into there's a lot to tackle about the scenario grandma
Can I have that martini now you're saying but Cody
Maybe they have some system in place that make sure no financial crimes can happen
It's at night anyway, so it's not like there's a lot of business happening
And so then I say, okay except also everything is burning down firemen and police officers
Can't be on the streets during the purge
And if you do a crime like arson
That's dandy - nothing against that and I'm sure there won't be anybody who would want to get some of that insurance money
You know your house or property burns down you blame it on some psychos the ones that are everywhere
Imagine how many buildings and cities would be up in flames left uncontrolled because the firemen can't even go outside
Nobody would want to invest in the cities think of poor California, they'd be dealing with those fires until the next purge
I talked about that in the last video
But I want to expand in this universe entire cities can catch on fire and everyone is still employed
What if one of those things I happen to catch on fire was an oil refinery?
Or a gas line or an electrical power plant now do I think of it?
Somebody could cause quite the mischief to an undefended
electrical power plant are there guards at each and every power plant across the country would people
Give their lives to defend a generator or would they perhaps want to be at home and protect their families?
I'd imagine only some people could break in and destroy a generator or two the types that take months to replace
So now not only after every purge night are the cities and wilderness on fire
But there's also potentially nationwide blackouts as well. Good one founding fathers
And the oddest thing is if it was real, how could anybody prove that a crime happened on the purge in universe?
It is your constitutional right as an American to purge
which means that any debate about a crime that happened on the purge becomes a
constitutional debate you could argue about whether you clobbered your neighbor Jimmy with a brick on the purge or not to the
Supreme Court, if there was any gray area about when a crime was committed
That could become a federal case what is happening now?
the end universe explanation is that nobody really likes the purge except the rich and
People go along with it because it makes society better
But if it was really wooden if anything the rich people have the most to lose
The founding fathers would just be creating headaches for themselves wasting government money in their own energy to rebuild the country every year
the court systems would just be a mess those rich people owning the property which does have it all burned down and their
Finances stolen nobody would trade or do business with the United States. If it became some lawless state one night a year
What kind of investment is that? Not to mention the complete utter isolation this new America would find itself in
We're feeling the pain from a trade war right now
Imagine if we had government-sponsored anarchy (wtf) once a year
If the purge was real most people would probably just move out west stay as far away from the cities as possible,
But even through the flaws of this scenario really in any medium as long as you make an interesting story
People won't care which is something that the movies haven't done which is why people talk about stuff like this
Honestly, if you enjoy the franchise, that's fine
I enjoy it for what it is what it is as a setting to explore one night of chaos with horror and action
it's not something you should really think about or your head will just hurt this new show does the characters well and
Explains their motivations which are relatable and understandable. I see the potential
I feel like it could explore the villain motivations far better
Maybe that cartoonish exterior eventually reveals itself as something more
Nuanced if you're interested in that sort of violence and mayhem then watch the new series the purge on USA Network
it's supposed to be 10 episodes taking place over 1 purge night during every Tuesday and this is Cody of alternate history of alternate history hub