Jones Plantation (2023)

Maurice Johnson: Tobias Smith

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• Tobias Smith : Other than some food, and half a day's work from your slaves. What else do you think happened today?

  Tobias Smith : I said words. I changed their perception of their situation. Other than that, nothing else happened.

• Tobias Smith : Man is a complicated beast. To master him, you must use sophisticated methods.

  Tobias Smith : Regardless of scale, the game Mr Jones, is still the same. The game is still the same.

• Tobias Smith : They think the managers are there to protect and serve them.

• Tobias Smith : Give a man power over another, and you'll see his darker side come out.

• Tobias Smith : You can control a man for a period with brute violence, but you cannot truly OWN a man unless he thinks your word is law, and that he must obey--and is virtuous for doing so.

• Tobias Smith : Don't worry, it's not contagious.

• Tobias Smith : To cover a man's face, takes away his voice, his identity. Even with animals, covering the face tends to make them docile and passive. Charles was ready to accept his fate once he got that muzzle on.

• Tobias Smith : One lie leads to another, and a thousand more lies. Keep giving them an ounce of hope and a pound of fear, and they'll continue to believe every lie until they're dead in the ground.

• Tobias Smith : I've already laid the foundation. Just keep pushing the idea that the Jones Plantation represents safety, prosperity and freedom.