Utopia 1×5

& Letts: What we are doing is right.
    Becky: Did you... did you say right?
    Letts: Brown people, white people, Jews... I assume you’re referring to Carvel’s supposed paper on eugenics. But Carvel was misunderstood.
    Ian: Yeah, just like Hitler.
    Letts: He wasn’t talking about race, he was talking about survival!

& Letts: We’ve now passed seven billion on this planet. When I was born it was a little over two.

& Letts: The purpose of Janus is to sterilise... The purpose of Janus is to sterilise the entire human race.

& Letts: Janus effects 90-95% of the population, leaving only one in 20 fertile. We predict the population will plateau at 500 million in just under 100 years. By then, normal breeding rates should resume... but on a planet that will feel... empty.
    Ian: You’re fucking insane!
    Letts: To do nothing is insane! You accuse us of being genocidal. Not acting is genocide. Where do you think your food comes from, Ian? A third of the world’s farmland is now useless due to soil degradation, yet we keep producing more mouths to feed. And what’s your answer to that? Energy-saving light bulbs?

& Letts: Do you know the person who had the greatest positive impact on the environment of this planet? Genghis Khan, because he massacred 40 million people. There was no one to farm the land, forests grew back, carbon was dragged out of the atmosphere. And had this ’monster’ not existed, there’d be another billion of us today jostling for space on this dying planet.

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& Jessica: What now?
    Arby: We talk to the man.
    Jessica: Where?
    Arby: The counter. .... Eggs, beans, chips, sausage, bacon, two toast and a cup of tea. You? ... Twice.

& Arby: I need to go toilet. .... I need to do the other one. .... There might be some noises.

& Wilson: You’re right. It’s better than genocide.

& Arby: Have you got your seat belt on?

& Arby: This is called tonalite gneiss. It’s the oldest rock in the world. From a rock plateau in Canada... He used to say, “This rock gives you permission to do anything, because, ultimately, we’re all just the blink of an eye.”

& Becky: It sterilises people, d’you know that? And you just want to make money from it!
    Donaldson: “Just make money”? Did you say, “Just make money”? If they do this, it’s social and economic Armageddon. What d’you think it’ll be like getting old if there are no young people to pay for it? Do you think there’ll be pension plans, healthcare, free fucking bus passes? In the future, if you’re old, you’re dead, unless you have wealth.

& Geoff: No, I don’t think I can...
    Assistant: Yes, of course you can. You see, it’s an order. I’m giving you an order.

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