Zeitgest 2 (attendum) 2008 3 October release

[wajero2007]

You Tube

i havent watched it yet, i found it 2 mins ago


http://ru.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=77D81984A5D4786A

[waveomatic]

Interesting....seen the first part, gonna peep out the rest. Thanks

[bucking10]

Zeitgeist Addendum: A Critical Review


G. Edward Griffin

October 16, 2008
Hello Mr. Griffin. I

[bucking10]

There was plenty not to like on both sides of that struggle, but objective historians would never depict the Rhodesians (the CFR crowd in the U.S.) as bad guys but depict the Soviet puppets as good guys. In his book, Perkins reveals this same slant. He exposes the foul tactics of international corporations, the IMF, and World Bank, but he never mentions a Leftist dictator, such as Fidel Castro or Hugo Chavez without praising them. Perkins is a collectivist aligned with the Left, and that strongly influences his telling of this story. Yet the producers of the video make no mention of this bias and give him an inordinate amount of time to present his slanted view without challenge.
4. Perhaps the biggest insult to our intelligence is the main theme of the program. It is that profits are the root of all our problems today. That being the case, we must change mankind to reject profit and we must work together on some other basis. It is never quite clear what that basis is, but, whatever it is, it will be administered and directed by an elite group, at least in the beginning. I was stunned by the fact that this is pure Marxism. Marx theorized that people had to be re-educated (in labor camps, if necessary) to cleanse their minds of the profit motive. He and his disciples, such as Lenin and Stalin and Khruschev, said that, eventually, the character of man would be purged of greed, and then the state would wither away because it no longer would be needed. Sure! We saw that in the Soviet Union and China, right? Yet this Marxist nonsense is exactly what is offered in this video program. It is Communism without using the name.
The profit motive is neither good nor bad. It can be applied either way depending on social and political factors. The desire for profit is merely the desire to be compensated for our labor, our creativity, our knowledge, or even for our risk. Without profit, very little would be accomplished in the world - not even if everyone spent a few years in labor camps to be re-educated. It is a basic part of man

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Nice link Bucking, Griffin makes some very good points.

[bucking10]

Thax Waveo

[wajero2007]

Good review

yeah, solution sucks. But there is at least 1 DOPE point which was

"Defend internet!"

but he never mentions a Leftist dictator, such as Fidel Castro or Hugo Chavez without praising them.

In such little poor countries its impossible to have democracy or it will lead to their total dependence on IMF f.e. Sometimes dictatorship is not that bad and democracy is weak. When your country is attacked by corporations u better be dictator.
Note: i mentioned democracy but i doubt there are many countries on this planet where we see real democracy.

He and his disciples, such as Lenin and Stalin and Khruschev, said that, eventually, the character of man would be purged of greed, and then the state would wither away because it no longer would be needed. Sure! We saw that in the Soviet Union and China, right?

Stalin wasnt really disciple of Marxism. He even critisized some points of marxism in his speeches.

We saw that in the Soviet Union and China, right? Yet this Marxist nonsense is exactly what is offered in this video program.

What was in Soviet Union and China wasnt really communism. It was attempt to build communism which failed. The problem that there is no proof that communism can be builded.

All of the evils to which this program alludes are the result, not of the free enterprise system, but of the abandonment of free enterprise and the adoption of collectivism.

And abandonment of LAW and esp anti-monopoly law (by all politicians and judges). Nowadays Money = Law.

[Volumyn]

I agree with the general idea behind the film. I think the idea of a civilization unified and equal in everything would be swell. But we've proven we're not mature enough as a race to make something like that happen with the likelihood of greed becoming a major influence to any totalitarian leader. Zeitgeist's message=good. Now=not so good.