I have just watched Zeitgeist, an enthralling movie that you can stream online. Ok it is unsubtle, but it packs a weighty punch and should be viewed critically by anyone who cares about the way the world is run. I think the whole thing can be summed up in a quotation, from whom I have no idea, but it went something like this - "Only when the power of love, exceeds the love of power, can the world be safe." Yes i know I got it wrong but i have the memory of a gnat these days.
The movie was made in 2007, long before the current crisis, and its focus is on power and the lies that we, mere humans are subjected to. We are lied to by organised religion as well as governments, who in their turn are the puppets of those who weild the most potent weapon of all - Money. It makes the point that the world is there for the use of the big bankers and that their greed is the root cause of most of the worlds problems.
Knowledge is power, and those in the know can do more or less as they like. Fundamentally the majority of people dont question anything. There is an inherent trust that has been made use of by the rich and powerful. The church has been culpable, and in the name of a myth, has sent millions to their deaths to defend that myth. Central banks, need wars to make profits and so provocation of delicately balanced conflicts, catapults so many innocent young people to death in the name of capitalism.
Education systems thrive on maintaing a base ignorance of the things that matter and harness minds into National Curricula that have no value and no meaning to the majority. An ignorant public is what they need and flourish on.
They say that we get the governments that we deserve and perhaps that is true.
The movie was made in 2007, long before the current crisis, and its focus is on power and the lies that we, mere humans are subjected to. We are lied to by organised religion as well as governments, who in their turn are the puppets of those who weild the most potent weapon of all - Money. It makes the point that the world is there for the use of the big bankers and that their greed is the root cause of most of the worlds problems.
Knowledge is power, and those in the know can do more or less as they like. Fundamentally the majority of people dont question anything. There is an inherent trust that has been made use of by the rich and powerful. The church has been culpable, and in the name of a myth, has sent millions to their deaths to defend that myth. Central banks, need wars to make profits and so provocation of delicately balanced conflicts, catapults so many innocent young people to death in the name of capitalism.
Education systems thrive on maintaing a base ignorance of the things that matter and harness minds into National Curricula that have no value and no meaning to the majority. An ignorant public is what they need and flourish on.
They say that we get the governments that we deserve and perhaps that is true.
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