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I found this documentary to be excellent. It is a thought provoking, well executed expose' on the manipulations of the masses by those with wealth and power. Some who watch it will find many of it's connections far-fetched, but the fact of the matter is: there are many sources to back them up.
The Truth is, this film doesn't have to be 100% correct, or 75%, or 50%. There's still some serious problems with the world if a forth of it's information holds water. And even if it's all bull, it'll shake you into questioning what is true. And that's all it needs to do.
No one should have any illusions abut what the War on Terrorism or our Federal Banking System.
As a student of both American and European History I found the explanations given in this documentary to be reasonable and logical. Watch it!
The Truth is, this film doesn't have to be 100% correct, or 75%, or 50%. There's still some serious problems with the world if a forth of it's information holds water. And even if it's all bull, it'll shake you into questioning what is true. And that's all it needs to do.
No one should have any illusions abut what the War on Terrorism or our Federal Banking System.
As a student of both American and European History I found the explanations given in this documentary to be reasonable and logical. Watch it!
- purple_mage9
- Feb 1, 2008
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I've watched this movie about 4 times by now, will definitely watch it again as i show it to others. Many interesting arguments, many good points.
While this film is aimed to prove everything presented as truth, one should watch this with an open mind. Take in all the topics, then do your own research, just with any speaker/film/presentation. To blindly follow is pure ignorance.
I do not believe everything in this film. I do however think that everyone should see it if nothing more than a thought experiment. You should be aware of all sides of an argument as to make your argument more effective.
You don't have to agree to find this film interesting.
While this film is aimed to prove everything presented as truth, one should watch this with an open mind. Take in all the topics, then do your own research, just with any speaker/film/presentation. To blindly follow is pure ignorance.
I do not believe everything in this film. I do however think that everyone should see it if nothing more than a thought experiment. You should be aware of all sides of an argument as to make your argument more effective.
You don't have to agree to find this film interesting.
This film explores three themes which seem totally unrelated: the Christian faith; the attacks of September 11, 2001; the American Federal Reserve System and Income tax. I have never seen a documentary in which images and music were put together in such a powerful and artistic way. The film depicts the fraudulent Zeitgeists that have been used through the centuries to subdue others into acquiescing. It shows that the one truth we are fed daily is a carefully crafted lie, which hold us spellbound. I regret the movie replaces the seen-trough lies with conclusions which had better not been drawn: it would have sufficed to point to the many similarities between The Bible and older books, like the Egyptian book of the dead, without adding the conclusion that Jesus of Nazareth might never have existed. Emphesizing this option as being the most likely one, takes the focus away from the extensive lies which surround Christianity for certain, as is exposed in this film.
It rightly connects the tragic events of 9/11 with the true perpetrators thereof, and does not shy from showing the terrible consequences in human life both on that day and in the years that followed in a fraudulous "War on Terror", which to most people in it is very real, but for its inventors just a cruel joke on a population of semi-sentient humans, who slaughter human life as some humans would slaughter cattle.
Finally, it reveals that unbelievable manipulation has reached a 100-year anniversary after the 1907 panic and the 1913 introduction of the Ferderal Reserve bill, which opened the way to stage not one but two World Wars, which to the casual beholder did little to change the balance of power in the world, but in truth transfered power from the open to the shadows on a grand scale.
A film worth watching over and over again - if you can stomach its dreadful horrors, both in picture and in concept.
It rightly connects the tragic events of 9/11 with the true perpetrators thereof, and does not shy from showing the terrible consequences in human life both on that day and in the years that followed in a fraudulous "War on Terror", which to most people in it is very real, but for its inventors just a cruel joke on a population of semi-sentient humans, who slaughter human life as some humans would slaughter cattle.
Finally, it reveals that unbelievable manipulation has reached a 100-year anniversary after the 1907 panic and the 1913 introduction of the Ferderal Reserve bill, which opened the way to stage not one but two World Wars, which to the casual beholder did little to change the balance of power in the world, but in truth transfered power from the open to the shadows on a grand scale.
A film worth watching over and over again - if you can stomach its dreadful horrors, both in picture and in concept.
I love this movie. and no I don't take everything they say as full truth just because they say it is. But I do plenty of my own research after watching movies like these and this one is good. But of course don't believe any one source (me included) do all your own research and get your data from a variety of sources and different countries. Then establish your own opinion. I believe they should show movies like these in public schools and in Colleges. Why let only one side of the story claim to be truth? Anyway.. this movie is fast and comes at you. It is not a slow political documentary, I love they way they lay out their cards. its almost like a Informational Action Thriller of debated Non-Fiction.
Do your family, friends, neighbors, and fellow Americans a favor and watch this film and tell everyone you know to watch it. Its free on the internet. It only costs you 2 hours of your life you would have waisted watching worthless reality TV anyway.
ENJOY!
Do your family, friends, neighbors, and fellow Americans a favor and watch this film and tell everyone you know to watch it. Its free on the internet. It only costs you 2 hours of your life you would have waisted watching worthless reality TV anyway.
ENJOY!
- Watch-Research
- Mar 30, 2008
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Watch it. It is worth to see every single second of this. Spread around.
I part: Very precise connection of astrology and religion, in facts.
II part: Another 9/11 truth, without government bull**** commission.
III part: Answer who is who in the political, military, economy of USA. Im not American, but i felt miserably after this one. Cant imagine how it would looks like that i AM American.
Sadly, American government likes to interfere in other's country business. One of it is mine :( It would be much better if they turn their heads to personal problems of common American citizen.
Along with Michal Moore's Sicko, this is a bullseye!!!
I part: Very precise connection of astrology and religion, in facts.
II part: Another 9/11 truth, without government bull**** commission.
III part: Answer who is who in the political, military, economy of USA. Im not American, but i felt miserably after this one. Cant imagine how it would looks like that i AM American.
Sadly, American government likes to interfere in other's country business. One of it is mine :( It would be much better if they turn their heads to personal problems of common American citizen.
Along with Michal Moore's Sicko, this is a bullseye!!!
zeitgeist, like the man from earth, is not meant to provide answers or change conceptions, but simply presents a possible path of evolution for mankind. I've met many people that were not able psychically to conceive that such a massive conspiracy could actually exist. I guess this is the most difficult thing to believe. To be pulled out of a world that makes sense and that they can understand and suddenly to find themselves alone facing a brutal system, governed by secrets and lies and manipulations.
It is best to ask question, but it is better to do something about it, rather than feeling sorry for yourself.
It is best to ask question, but it is better to do something about it, rather than feeling sorry for yourself.
- TudorVieru
- Feb 17, 2008
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There is a lot of arguing going on about the legitimacy of the claims made by this film. Certainly we cannot just swallow everything the filmmaker is trying to feed us. However, the film is not the first to suggest that 9/11 is a vehicle of war and profit designed by the American government. Whether or not you believe it outright or not, the questions provoked by the film are worth asking and can't be ignored. The supposed evidence provided by the government to substantiate their final explanation is feeble at best, when compared to the perhaps theoretical evidence offered by films and articles of this kind. I agree that the people are conditioned to accept media as truth, and thus have accepted the government as such also. The people have allowed the government and media to strip them of their thirst for truth by tricking them into believing anything. As responsible people we can't sit back and allow this to continue. We are entitled to the truth, and we are not getting it. I'm not saying that this film is 100% correct or anything like that. I'm only saying that to any reasonably intelligent person, it's obvious that there are major deceptions at work here. The longer we ignore them, the more we become them until eventually it just won't matter because there won't be anything we can do about it. If everyone were to demand answers, we might just get them.
I heard about this movie long time ago and like all good down loaders i was going to download it but i don't know what happened i just forgot about the movie. Then this whole wave of posts, threads were being made in different sites about this movie and things it mentioned and still i was ignorant. So today, i mean today my friend actually gave me the movie for reviewing. So what are my verdicts. i was a fool for ignoring this awesome movie and i am glad i watched it. This movie is shocking and all the time convincing. Its a must watch if your a Muslim or anyone it will make all the things clearer to you. But i must warn you, you got to have an Open mind when watching this movie, this movie touches so many things that you might get confused or totally feel betrayed.
- dfgremnants
- Mar 31, 2008
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- MonkeyVooDoo
- Jan 8, 2008
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"The belief in the Big Other as an invisible power structure is the most succinct definition of paranoia" - Slavoj Zizek
We've seen these horror documentaries before. They all claim that a "secret cabal" is slowly conspiring to reduce human rights and enslave the world. They attempt to create a mono-myth, linking various conspiracies and hidden agendas into a single all-encompassing myth. A myth that explains the purpose and point and future of everything.
"Zeitgeist", which plays on the paranoia of the internet generation, itself implies that "evil politicians" and mysterious world leaders are secretly conspiring to oppress the human race. But the truth is, such leaders are themselves servants to invisible systems, and politicians aren't evil so much as they're products of a social system that is conducive of corruption.
"Zeitgeist's" first act is essentially a short lecture on religion. It's overly sensationalistic, but the documentary's point is generally true: religions evolve over time, our current religions borrow heavily from past myths, and religion is itself simultaneously a tool for control, an elaborate shared psychosis, a social support network and a means for placating various existential anxieties.
"Zeitgeist's" second act is it's weakest. Here we get an elaborate critique of the "official 9/11 narrative", the film-makers analysing and debunking various aspects of the 2001, September 11th terrorist attacks. The jury's still out on all this.
"Zeitgeist's" third act is perhaps its most important. Here the film-makers critique various aspects of money creation, banking cartels and debt based currency. These points are all correct, of course, but amount to a fairly superficial critique of capitalism. The truth's worse, and far more shocking - capitalism is itself a shared psychosis - albeit in a prosaic way. One's far better off reading books by thermoeconomists, steady-state advocates and any neo-Marxist radically aligned against neoclassical economists.
In a more general, philosophical sense, "Zeitgeist" is false to imply that there is some conscious, scheming "order" out to get you. There is no order. These "evil conspirators" - which is not to say that shady figures don't commit conspiratorial crimes; they do, they're just don't quite know what they're doing - are every bit slaves to unconscious drives and physical currents. The actual entity doing the controlling does not exist. There is no Big Other, no master plan or entity in possession of secret knowledge.
"Zeitgeist" goes on to say that human beings will "accept this new order" because Americans are dumb, "mindless slaves" addicted to "pleasure seeking activities". Essentially this echoes Marx's ideas that a comfortable populace will never challenge its rulers for fear of rocking the boat and losing the few amenities it has. There's much truth in that (and also the opposite; as capitalism sucks more wealth up the pyramid, people have less and become more violent). And yet, according to sociological investigations, people are increasingly finding less and less pleasure in recreational activities. This growing indifference towards intense pleasure contrasts with the official view that our society is bent on instant gratification. Lacan and Marcuse foresaw this decades ago, when they essentially stated that subjects who dedicate their lives to pleasure would increasingly become so involved in preparatory activities that the joy of the official goal of their efforts fades away. We see this today, with millions obsessed with prolonging youth/beauty/pleasure, yet obviously living in permanent anxiety and under the shadow of ultimate failure.
Today the command "Enjoy!", the motto of capitalism, is a much more effective way to hinder man's access to enjoyment than out-right prohibition, which maintains a space for transgression. The lesson is that the selfish "care of the Self," and not a "repressive group of conspirators", is the ultimate enemy of intense pleasure experiences. Man's dream Utopia, where he whimsically takes part in every conceivable, masturbatory pleasure, will increasingly morph into a kind of apathetic Antonioni-like boredom. The direct intervention of pain (weird sado-masochistic sexual practises etc) or the escalations of perversions, now seem the only remaining paths to intensity.
Thus, the fact that "The Big Other" doesn't exist, has two consequences. Firstly, the failure of symbolic fiction causes man to cling more and more to imaginary Simulacra (films, computers etc), and secondly, it triggers the need for violence of the body (ie Cronenberg).
Bizarrely, we see these themes of repression, sexuality, knowledge and utopia in the Bible. In Genesis, Adam and Eve tended to the Garden (society), obediently doing their duty and obeying the orders of God (bureaucracy). They were naked, repressed and stupid, but they had food and water and enough kinky Biblical entertainment to keep them busy. Along came Satan, the story's actual hero. He taught them the truth: that it is wise to eat from the Tree of Knowledge. And so Adam and Eve taste the fruit, gain wisdom, develop a moral sense, learn of their nakedness and challenge God. In the real world, society is perhaps evolving backwards toward this Eden State. Man doesn't want to eat from the Tree of knowledge, but wants his own isolated utopia, with the right balance of abundance, myopia and external Law. What's more, he wants all his troubles, decisions and fears to be taken care of by a paternalistic God, where God represents bureaucracy and the symbolic Order. The irony is, our current social models cannot support this (it will take 6-10 planet earths worth of resources just to provide a middle class life for everyone currently on the planet). This creates little Satan's out of us all, everyone waiting in the wings, perhaps to be awakened and sent clawing at God.
5/10 - Scepticism is good, but this is mostly a sensationalist horror movie.
We've seen these horror documentaries before. They all claim that a "secret cabal" is slowly conspiring to reduce human rights and enslave the world. They attempt to create a mono-myth, linking various conspiracies and hidden agendas into a single all-encompassing myth. A myth that explains the purpose and point and future of everything.
"Zeitgeist", which plays on the paranoia of the internet generation, itself implies that "evil politicians" and mysterious world leaders are secretly conspiring to oppress the human race. But the truth is, such leaders are themselves servants to invisible systems, and politicians aren't evil so much as they're products of a social system that is conducive of corruption.
"Zeitgeist's" first act is essentially a short lecture on religion. It's overly sensationalistic, but the documentary's point is generally true: religions evolve over time, our current religions borrow heavily from past myths, and religion is itself simultaneously a tool for control, an elaborate shared psychosis, a social support network and a means for placating various existential anxieties.
"Zeitgeist's" second act is it's weakest. Here we get an elaborate critique of the "official 9/11 narrative", the film-makers analysing and debunking various aspects of the 2001, September 11th terrorist attacks. The jury's still out on all this.
"Zeitgeist's" third act is perhaps its most important. Here the film-makers critique various aspects of money creation, banking cartels and debt based currency. These points are all correct, of course, but amount to a fairly superficial critique of capitalism. The truth's worse, and far more shocking - capitalism is itself a shared psychosis - albeit in a prosaic way. One's far better off reading books by thermoeconomists, steady-state advocates and any neo-Marxist radically aligned against neoclassical economists.
In a more general, philosophical sense, "Zeitgeist" is false to imply that there is some conscious, scheming "order" out to get you. There is no order. These "evil conspirators" - which is not to say that shady figures don't commit conspiratorial crimes; they do, they're just don't quite know what they're doing - are every bit slaves to unconscious drives and physical currents. The actual entity doing the controlling does not exist. There is no Big Other, no master plan or entity in possession of secret knowledge.
"Zeitgeist" goes on to say that human beings will "accept this new order" because Americans are dumb, "mindless slaves" addicted to "pleasure seeking activities". Essentially this echoes Marx's ideas that a comfortable populace will never challenge its rulers for fear of rocking the boat and losing the few amenities it has. There's much truth in that (and also the opposite; as capitalism sucks more wealth up the pyramid, people have less and become more violent). And yet, according to sociological investigations, people are increasingly finding less and less pleasure in recreational activities. This growing indifference towards intense pleasure contrasts with the official view that our society is bent on instant gratification. Lacan and Marcuse foresaw this decades ago, when they essentially stated that subjects who dedicate their lives to pleasure would increasingly become so involved in preparatory activities that the joy of the official goal of their efforts fades away. We see this today, with millions obsessed with prolonging youth/beauty/pleasure, yet obviously living in permanent anxiety and under the shadow of ultimate failure.
Today the command "Enjoy!", the motto of capitalism, is a much more effective way to hinder man's access to enjoyment than out-right prohibition, which maintains a space for transgression. The lesson is that the selfish "care of the Self," and not a "repressive group of conspirators", is the ultimate enemy of intense pleasure experiences. Man's dream Utopia, where he whimsically takes part in every conceivable, masturbatory pleasure, will increasingly morph into a kind of apathetic Antonioni-like boredom. The direct intervention of pain (weird sado-masochistic sexual practises etc) or the escalations of perversions, now seem the only remaining paths to intensity.
Thus, the fact that "The Big Other" doesn't exist, has two consequences. Firstly, the failure of symbolic fiction causes man to cling more and more to imaginary Simulacra (films, computers etc), and secondly, it triggers the need for violence of the body (ie Cronenberg).
Bizarrely, we see these themes of repression, sexuality, knowledge and utopia in the Bible. In Genesis, Adam and Eve tended to the Garden (society), obediently doing their duty and obeying the orders of God (bureaucracy). They were naked, repressed and stupid, but they had food and water and enough kinky Biblical entertainment to keep them busy. Along came Satan, the story's actual hero. He taught them the truth: that it is wise to eat from the Tree of Knowledge. And so Adam and Eve taste the fruit, gain wisdom, develop a moral sense, learn of their nakedness and challenge God. In the real world, society is perhaps evolving backwards toward this Eden State. Man doesn't want to eat from the Tree of knowledge, but wants his own isolated utopia, with the right balance of abundance, myopia and external Law. What's more, he wants all his troubles, decisions and fears to be taken care of by a paternalistic God, where God represents bureaucracy and the symbolic Order. The irony is, our current social models cannot support this (it will take 6-10 planet earths worth of resources just to provide a middle class life for everyone currently on the planet). This creates little Satan's out of us all, everyone waiting in the wings, perhaps to be awakened and sent clawing at God.
5/10 - Scepticism is good, but this is mostly a sensationalist horror movie.
- ironhorse_iv
- Nov 13, 2014
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Zeitgeist offers a grim view of things, that connects a lot of questions that arise when one wonders why things are the way they are, while we have more than we need on this planet. (not enough compassion among those who are being given the power, by the people)
Zeitgeist offers a path to lots of topics, about which one can finally engage some intelligent debate, without being shut down by simple evasive excuses, mostly in the form of offensive comments.
Zeitgeist offers a lot of (black) humor in many ways, f.ex in the form of ridiculous criticism, like most of films that try to really make a difference and fight the commonly accepted values. It shows effectively how fear and the lack of quality education (wisdom, not talking about merits or institutions) affects our thinking.
Some critics even seem to derive a weird kind of pleasure from neglecting things and praising their narrow views about the Zeitgeist being overly one sided. F.ex, should the film digest all the information for the viewer? That kind of stuff is widely seen on many movies. Especially considering films like Zeitgeist, it would affect destructively to the effectively developing mood and atmosphere. Leading to a situation where there is less room for these kinds of great emotions and thoughts among viewers that it offers as it is. We should try to find our fears and let them go, so we could think more clearly and maybe even enjoy some new things. We have our primitive side, but we also have the power to learn to control it.
Here's a bit more of this "lunatic" "mumble" to lighten up the end (and to give some of you an excuse to keep your values):
Concern, respect and self-awareness. Mix those up and you get compassion, kindness and love. Your "heaven" on Earth.
Lets get this species evolving! ;)
With Love,
Juha K. K. Oksanen
Zeitgeist offers a path to lots of topics, about which one can finally engage some intelligent debate, without being shut down by simple evasive excuses, mostly in the form of offensive comments.
Zeitgeist offers a lot of (black) humor in many ways, f.ex in the form of ridiculous criticism, like most of films that try to really make a difference and fight the commonly accepted values. It shows effectively how fear and the lack of quality education (wisdom, not talking about merits or institutions) affects our thinking.
Some critics even seem to derive a weird kind of pleasure from neglecting things and praising their narrow views about the Zeitgeist being overly one sided. F.ex, should the film digest all the information for the viewer? That kind of stuff is widely seen on many movies. Especially considering films like Zeitgeist, it would affect destructively to the effectively developing mood and atmosphere. Leading to a situation where there is less room for these kinds of great emotions and thoughts among viewers that it offers as it is. We should try to find our fears and let them go, so we could think more clearly and maybe even enjoy some new things. We have our primitive side, but we also have the power to learn to control it.
Here's a bit more of this "lunatic" "mumble" to lighten up the end (and to give some of you an excuse to keep your values):
Concern, respect and self-awareness. Mix those up and you get compassion, kindness and love. Your "heaven" on Earth.
Lets get this species evolving! ;)
With Love,
Juha K. K. Oksanen
- juha-k-oksanen
- Mar 25, 2008
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Interesting that Thor (page2 of comments) focused solely on the religious aspects of the film. This was only 1/3 of the overall content.
While I welcome his comments and it provokes further thoughts on the basis of Christianity being ancient Egyptian mythology, there is much more to this film than simply the religious section.
Stating that Horus was born on 365 days of the year, as opposed to Zeitgeist's focus on his birth on just 1 of these days of the year does not refute the remainder of the film.
It does not address the assertion that demolition experts are saying that they could not have done a better job of knocking down WTC buildings. Ancient Egyptian 'spells' vs Christian teachings, does not refute many of the remains of the WTC buildings possessing hallmarks of demolition work...
It does not address the evidence provided of 'false-flag' operations in America's involvement in previous major wars. It does not address the evidence found for England's similar operations, and for that matter all other involved countries similar stories.
Yet another example of governments seeing what they want to see for political/financial etc. reasons is raised in documentaries like "Storyline Australia - Truth, Lies and Intelligence" which show that irrespective of the wealth of evidence that the war was without foundation, the war machine was in motion and there were vested interests politically and financially in these conflicts progressing.
As with any internet/film/media works, take this with a grain of salt as everyone else has suggested. Do not take this as the authoritative truth. Use it as a basis for your own research.
A great film, and as it was intended, THOUGHT PROVOKING.
~Bill Hicks was the king~
While I welcome his comments and it provokes further thoughts on the basis of Christianity being ancient Egyptian mythology, there is much more to this film than simply the religious section.
Stating that Horus was born on 365 days of the year, as opposed to Zeitgeist's focus on his birth on just 1 of these days of the year does not refute the remainder of the film.
It does not address the assertion that demolition experts are saying that they could not have done a better job of knocking down WTC buildings. Ancient Egyptian 'spells' vs Christian teachings, does not refute many of the remains of the WTC buildings possessing hallmarks of demolition work...
It does not address the evidence provided of 'false-flag' operations in America's involvement in previous major wars. It does not address the evidence found for England's similar operations, and for that matter all other involved countries similar stories.
Yet another example of governments seeing what they want to see for political/financial etc. reasons is raised in documentaries like "Storyline Australia - Truth, Lies and Intelligence" which show that irrespective of the wealth of evidence that the war was without foundation, the war machine was in motion and there were vested interests politically and financially in these conflicts progressing.
As with any internet/film/media works, take this with a grain of salt as everyone else has suggested. Do not take this as the authoritative truth. Use it as a basis for your own research.
A great film, and as it was intended, THOUGHT PROVOKING.
~Bill Hicks was the king~
- queensofthestoneage
- Mar 10, 2008
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- thor-teague
- Oct 4, 2016
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- mikkel_dehn
- Jan 14, 2008
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This movie goes into a lot of detail, I found it amazing, it has inspired me to look into and fact check for myself on the information provided. Between government's and church's that choose to start wars it shows you how little is paid to humans and the basic needs that we need. If you look thou shall find. Do your research and see if the information leads in the direction of the movie. Then 9/11 I at first could not believe our government could do something like blow down the trade centers but with the officials now that are now in office, I can see it being happening in some back room. If you paid close attention to the trade center buildings you can see a demo effect in the way the buildings collapsed, then wtc 7 wasn't hit at all and it as while had a demo like effect.Wake up
- trackstation
- Feb 20, 2008
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this informational Peace of documentary is in real a product of us-humans...I hope ,many people will take this movie serious and will understand,that church and priest's blessing will newer clear Your soul.THAT SIMPLY IS NOT IN HUMAN'S POWER... The history is the best "teacher" of us and to understand that we have to agre to a fact that "absolute power" exists and to stop it we have to do one thing-LIVE WITH BRIGHT MIND AND UNDERSTAND Difference Between WRONG AND RIGHT. One part three this movie explaining the conspiracy and affair of American government,-similar things had happened all over the world,is only currently USA is a powerful world's "player" and it's very important for all of to understand that the world belongs to HUMANS and ,again, we must understand WRONG&RIGHT...
This is perhaps the most compelling and intellectually stimulating piece of footage i have seen till date (21-04-2008). I personally feel that every one should see this at least once.
Peter Joseph (the director/writer) has done an excellent job. When u compare this to something like "Fahrenheit 911", this piece is much more factual,gripping, and inspiring/motivating.
The most brilliant accomplishment of this movie is that it makes you question the thoughts in your head." Are they really yours?".
I am definitely going to watch it again and again and make sure that people i know do something similar.
Finally, even if u hate documentaries .... U HAVE TO WATCH THIS ONE!
Peter Joseph (the director/writer) has done an excellent job. When u compare this to something like "Fahrenheit 911", this piece is much more factual,gripping, and inspiring/motivating.
The most brilliant accomplishment of this movie is that it makes you question the thoughts in your head." Are they really yours?".
I am definitely going to watch it again and again and make sure that people i know do something similar.
Finally, even if u hate documentaries .... U HAVE TO WATCH THIS ONE!
This film shows viewers not to believe anything they read, are shown, or told, and on the official website it says, "It is my hope that people will not take what is said in the film as the truth, but find out for themselves, for truth is not told, it is realised." Which is a true statement to make. For years people have believed only what they have been told to believe when they should be finding it out for themselves.
Another quote i'd like to use is "there are 3 sides to every story. Yours, mine and the truth." (Extreme, from the album "III sides to every story" 1992) The Media has told their story of the world, and Zeitgeist does its best to tell the opposite side, I believe that neither is right, but by researching it further i'd like to realise what the truth is. (an improbable feat, i know.)
I'd like to ask Juha what you mean when you say "we have more than we need on this planet" as i have heard that the population currently is using somewhere in the region of 1.5 times the amount of resources that are available, which makes sense to me if you think about one of the major rules of physics, "energy can not be created or destroyed, it can only be changed from one form to another." if the population is increasing constantly, where is all the extra energy coming from to support us all? I would suggest to everyone that reads this to watch Zeitgeist:The Movie and take everything with a pinch of salt, and to treat everything you watch as 'fact' like this from now on, get into discussions/debates with people about everything and anything, to broaden your view on life, and most of all, try to listen as much as you speak.
(feel free to email me with any ideas, I'm always interested to hear others' views)
Thanks, Frase
Another quote i'd like to use is "there are 3 sides to every story. Yours, mine and the truth." (Extreme, from the album "III sides to every story" 1992) The Media has told their story of the world, and Zeitgeist does its best to tell the opposite side, I believe that neither is right, but by researching it further i'd like to realise what the truth is. (an improbable feat, i know.)
I'd like to ask Juha what you mean when you say "we have more than we need on this planet" as i have heard that the population currently is using somewhere in the region of 1.5 times the amount of resources that are available, which makes sense to me if you think about one of the major rules of physics, "energy can not be created or destroyed, it can only be changed from one form to another." if the population is increasing constantly, where is all the extra energy coming from to support us all? I would suggest to everyone that reads this to watch Zeitgeist:The Movie and take everything with a pinch of salt, and to treat everything you watch as 'fact' like this from now on, get into discussions/debates with people about everything and anything, to broaden your view on life, and most of all, try to listen as much as you speak.
(feel free to email me with any ideas, I'm always interested to hear others' views)
Thanks, Frase
- gingerman87
- Mar 26, 2008
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If Dostoevsky was alive and browsing the internet he would make a website explaining Nietzsche's work. If Einstein was alive and browsing the internet he would make a website stating that everything is relative but in most cases that does not apply to Dostoevsky's work. Finally a simple everyday Joe would make a search engine that searches within the websites of those great minds.
Guess whose site will get the most visitors.
Sleep happily, dance and sing while you are awake!
An interesting production
Seen best without applying too much opinion...
Guess whose site will get the most visitors.
Sleep happily, dance and sing while you are awake!
An interesting production
Seen best without applying too much opinion...
- RadkoMilanov
- Feb 20, 2008
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- Jose Guilherme
- Jan 23, 2008
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What does Christianity, 911 and The Federal Reserve all have in common? 'Divide & Conquer' is the 'Motto'. The social manipulation of society, through the generation of fear and division, has completely detached humans from their sense of power and reality.
The movie's narrator says it all:
Narrator: The most incredible aspect of all: these totalitarian elements will not be forced on people, the people will demand them.
Narrator: The last thing the men behind the curtain want is a conscious informed public capable of critical thinking. Which is why a continually fraudulent zeitgeist is output via religion, the mass media, and the educational system. They seek to keep you in a distracted, naive bubble. And they are doing a damn good job of it.
Narrator: Christianity, along with all other theistic belief systems, is the fraud of the age. It serves to detach the species from the natural world, and likewise, each other. It supports blind submission to authority.
Narrator: Nothing is more profitable for international bankers than war.
Narrator: The bottom line is this: The Vietnam war was never meant to be won. Just sustained. This war for profit resulted in 58,000 American deaths and 3 million dead Vietnamese.
A 'must see'! I rank this documentary a 10 out of 10. Visit www.zeitgeistmovie.com.
The movie's narrator says it all:
Narrator: The most incredible aspect of all: these totalitarian elements will not be forced on people, the people will demand them.
Narrator: The last thing the men behind the curtain want is a conscious informed public capable of critical thinking. Which is why a continually fraudulent zeitgeist is output via religion, the mass media, and the educational system. They seek to keep you in a distracted, naive bubble. And they are doing a damn good job of it.
Narrator: Christianity, along with all other theistic belief systems, is the fraud of the age. It serves to detach the species from the natural world, and likewise, each other. It supports blind submission to authority.
Narrator: Nothing is more profitable for international bankers than war.
Narrator: The bottom line is this: The Vietnam war was never meant to be won. Just sustained. This war for profit resulted in 58,000 American deaths and 3 million dead Vietnamese.
A 'must see'! I rank this documentary a 10 out of 10. Visit www.zeitgeistmovie.com.
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- Jan 31, 2009
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