Are we all slaves? | Blade Runner's Philosophy

🤖🎬 There's a line in Blade Runner you can't unhear: "That's what it is to be a slave."

This video argues the film isn't asking "what makes us human?" - instead, it's asking "are we ALL slaves?" Roy Batty's chains are visible; Deckard's come with a paycheck.

The film reveals two parallel slaveries: hard ownership (replicants) and soft compulsion (everyone else). Both kill on command. Both want out. The question is who breaks free first - and what they owe each other when they do.

Philosophy unlocks this masterpiece: Hegel on recognition through risk, Marx on time as control, Levinas on the face that says "do not kill me." Plus those pyramid-dwelling "men who would be gods" who turn out to be powerless when it matters.

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➡️ What's in this video:

00:00 The line you can't unhear
01:42 The film's story
05:46 So what does this mean?
11:37 The bad system and slavery
14:46 Agamben
21:54 Hegel on recognition and risk
29:06 Marx on alienation and time theft
36:14 Levinas, the face, and the encounter
42:36 Two slaveries, one mirror, and freedom
48:14 The men who would be gods
54:10 It was never about who is a replicant
57:39 Like and subscribe!