The First Purge (2018)

Patch Darragh: Chief of Staff - Arlo Sabian

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• Chief of Staff - Arlo Sabian : There's nothing happening.

  Tech #3 : Look at this. Some kind of block party. There are actually a couple across the island.

  Chief of Staff - Arlo Sabian : Parties? Are you kidding me?

• Reporter #2 : So, we are here with Arlo Sabian. He is the chief of staff for the NFFA. He got this whole thing pushed through Congress. Well, you got protests all over the place now.

  Chief of Staff - Arlo Sabian : Please. The idea of the Purge was analyzed for years. We allowed Island citizens to vote on participation. They voted yes.

  Reporter #2 : Yeah, and you know why? Because a lot of those people felt coerced by the fact they don't have money, and you're offering money. So what do you say to the lower-income people who are out here risking their lives tonight?

  Chief of Staff - Arlo Sabian : Well, Van, as with any scientific trial, those who participate receive payment.

  Reporter #2 : Yeah. I'm gonna turn to you, Dr. Updale. You are the behavioral scientist who actually came up with this whole experiment. A lot of people have a lot of concerns about this, and one concern comes up over and over again. I want the truth from you. Is the Purge a political device?

  The Architect - Dr. Updale : I do not work for the NFFA. I did not conceive of the experiment for them. The NFFA had the courage to test it, but the conceit is not a political one. It is a psychological one. The benefit of acting violently without worry of consequence, that's a freeing violence.

  Reporter #2 : "A freeing violence." Okay, that's a... that's a new one on me. I have a question for you. What is your definition of success?

  Chief of Staff - Arlo Sabian : Well, the level of participation in certain areas is key. Uh, the Park Hill Towers, for example, are the center of this community. If there's considerable participation there, I think that'll be a strong indication that this night is a great success.

  Reporter #2 : Well, we'll see.

• Chief of Staff - Arlo Sabian : Did you really think you could just snoop around an NFFA building?

  The Architect - Dr. Updale : I know what you're doing. You're sending soldiers into the island disguised as gangs, as citizens, hunting people down using the tracking implants. You're making it look like people are participating because there wasn't enough purging.

  Chief of Staff - Arlo Sabian : But they're not soldiers. They're mercenaries from all over. This country is overpopulated, Doctor. There's too much crime. Too much unemployment...

  The Architect - Dr. Updale : Is that even true? Or did you falsify those numbers, too?

  Chief of Staff - Arlo Sabian : ...bankrupt governments that can't afford to take care of its own citizenry. People don't want us to raise taxes, our debt has tripled. We can't pay for anything. We, the NFFA, we inherited all this mess. All right? Something needed to be done.

  The Architect - Dr. Updale : Not like this.

  Chief of Staff - Arlo Sabian : Well, what, then? You tell me. Because we exhausted every possibility. I need for this to work. I need to sell this on a country-wide scale because this is our last hope.

  The Architect - Dr. Updale : You're trying to depopulate the lower classes just so the NFFA doesn't have to support them.

  Chief of Staff - Arlo Sabian : Come on. We both know there's... there's no easy answer where somebody, some group doesn't suffer.

  The Architect - Dr. Updale : What have I done?

  Chief of Staff - Arlo Sabian : You saved us. I thank you for it.

  The Architect - Dr. Updale : No! No! Don't... don't do this. The American people don't need this.

  Chief of Staff - Arlo Sabian : I'm terribly sorry.

  The Architect - Dr. Updale : Do not build this on a lie! I was wrong!

  Chief of Staff - Arlo Sabian : The NFFA and America will remember you fondly. As a hero to your nation.