They walk out under the branches of hopelessness
They think of this world welcoming
the bodies of their sons.

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Additional voices provided by Zac Frazier (youtube.com/c/ZacFrazier) and Laura Crone (youtube.com/c/lauracrone)

Additional footage provided by Jesse Guarascia

Robert Cockrell, Battlefield 4 Footage:
Arronmunroe, Time Crisis Arcade:
LopMusic1, Red Dead Redemption 2 Sunrise:
The Mad Rush to Bulletproof American Schools:
How UT architecture restricts activism:
Metal Detectors and Feeling Safe at School:
Were Brutalist Buildings on College Campuses Really Designed to Thwart Student Riots?:
13 On Your Side- Fruitport High School:
NBC News- Inside the Safest School in America:
CBS News- New Sandy Hook School Opens:
UNC Protests, September 8 2018:
University of Texas Austin Tour:
On the Humanist Ethic Behind Brutalism:

Games shown: Gears of War, Red Dead Redemption II, Max Payne 3, Vanquish, Minecraft, Uncharted 4, The Evil Within, Battlefield 4, Spec Ops: The Line, Time Crisis, Control

Music used: Red Dead Redemption II (Fleeting Joy, Outlaws from the West, Icarus and Friend, The Wheel), Max Payne 3 (DEAD, Painkiller), Sunset (Dancing in the Sand), Uncharted 2 (Bustin’ Chops)