Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron Page #13

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Well, where have we heard that one before?

There was this big machine,

this human system that was

pushing forward with so much momentum

that it couldn't turn,

it couldn't stop in time to avert a disaster.

And that's what we have right now.

Within that human system

on board that ship,

if you want to make it

a microcosm for the world,

you have different classes.

You've got first class, second class,

third class.

Well, in our world right now,

you've got developed nations

and undeveloped nations.

You've got the starving millions

who are going to be the ones most affected

by the next iceberg that we hit,

which is going to be climate change.

We can see that iceberg

ahead of us right now,

but we can't turn.

We can't turn

because of the momentum of the system.

Political momentum, business momentum.

There are too many people

making money out of the system

the way the system works right now.

And those people, frankly,

have their hands on the levers of power

and aren't ready to let them go.

Until they do, we're not going to be able to

turn and miss that iceberg,

and we're going to hit it.

When we hit it,

the rich are still going to be

able to get their access

to food, to arable land, to water, and so on.

It's going to be the poor,

it's going to be the steerage

that are going to be impacted.

And it was the same with Titanic.

And I think that's why this story

will always fascinate people,

because it is a perfect, little encapsulation

of the world and all social spectra.

But until our lives are really put at risk,

the moment of truth,

we don't know what we would do.

And that's my final word.

English - US

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