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Zeitgeist - WATCH IT.
I urge, plead, and beg anyone and everyone to watch this movie if you have not already. It is called zeitgeist, it is free on google video, it is 2hrs long and, in my opinion, enthralling.
It may just be me but I find myself feeling extremely cynical and depressed over certain spheres of the world around me more and more lately. These spheres for me are free speech, religion, world politics and the limited transparency of big business/government. All of these themes have been worsening over time but zeitgeist manages to tie them together and show that the same factors are driving the vehicle as a whole. It also shows the cyclical nature of the tactics used by those grabbing for power - Drag America into war (while hiding the fact that America is actually the aggressor), sustain war for as long as possible, reap massive profits for duration, reap more profits during the extensive rebuilding of the economy after the war, seek new enemy to drum up fear in docile public... $$$.
This documentary also reveals one interpretation of modern religion and how its spin has evolved as a process of history and the skewing of ancient astrological theories. Even if the theory strikes you as absurd (putting aside the fact that people with faith in god are required to believe maximal amounts of the absurd supported by zero evidence) it is still fascinating and hard to ignore when looking at all of the similarities pointed out. I have not checked on these differences and similarities though.
Anyway http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/ has info on public screening days on the 15th of March and other sorts of activism being cooked up.
It may just be me but I find myself feeling extremely cynical and depressed over certain spheres of the world around me more and more lately. These spheres for me are free speech, religion, world politics and the limited transparency of big business/government. All of these themes have been worsening over time but zeitgeist manages to tie them together and show that the same factors are driving the vehicle as a whole. It also shows the cyclical nature of the tactics used by those grabbing for power - Drag America into war (while hiding the fact that America is actually the aggressor), sustain war for as long as possible, reap massive profits for duration, reap more profits during the extensive rebuilding of the economy after the war, seek new enemy to drum up fear in docile public... $$$.
This documentary also reveals one interpretation of modern religion and how its spin has evolved as a process of history and the skewing of ancient astrological theories. Even if the theory strikes you as absurd (putting aside the fact that people with faith in god are required to believe maximal amounts of the absurd supported by zero evidence) it is still fascinating and hard to ignore when looking at all of the similarities pointed out. I have not checked on these differences and similarities though.
Anyway http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/ has info on public screening days on the 15th of March and other sorts of activism being cooked up.
