Breaking Bad | How the War on Drugs Traumatizes Everybody

A deep dive into the biggest political drive behind Breaking Bad's stories: America's War on Drugs. How the minds of walter white, jesse pinkman, and hank minerals are warped and distorted by the sheer dystopia that is the drug war. The state's use of legal and cultural institutions to normalize treating citizens like dirt. We're gonna be looking at alll of the above and more in this video essay!

An icon of a show - 00:00
A cynical world - 01:36
Hank - 02:51
Walt - 08:45
Jesse - 13:56
Epilogue: El Camino - 20:05

EDIT: Many of you have been asking for the name of the song that plays during the Walt intro, so here it is! I apologize for not linking it sooner. Support DJ Richter by listening to his remix below:    • The Notorious B.I.G - 187 (Deep Cover)