Zeitgeist, the movie Options

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When I searched for "Zeitgeist," the only relevant topic was on the Smashing Pumpkins, which is a shame, because this is definitely worth discussion.

Zeitgeist is an internet movie that essentially presents a huge government conspiracy, in terms of religion, 9/11, the Federal Reserve, and what adds up to be a quest for world domination that we're all helping occur by being too distracted by entertainment.

Before watching, I hadn't known a whole lot about it, except that it was generally a conspiracy theory that will make you completely mistrust the government, and that it covered the alleged internal plot behind 9/11. (I imagine we have a topic on that somewhere, but I want to discuss this documentary as a whole.) But it was actually the second half of the movie that unnerved me the most, and made me reconsider my views much more than I thought it would.

Watch it at http://zeitgeistmovie.com. It's two hours long, but definitely worth your while.

Please don't post in here unless you've watched, but once you have, what did you think? Do you feel that you benefited from this information? Do you trust it, and if so, to what extent? If you don't consider it to be conveying the truth, why not? How would you account for these discrepancies in our society? What parts would you consider to be the least credible?

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i thought it was entertaining. i agree with everyone who's said the first part is the best. it gradually gets a little bit more out there throughout the whole thing. over all i thought it was fairly convincing, more so than i thought it was going to be. i'll say i was kinda uncomfortable at the end of it. now that i've had some time to think about it and let it wear off i'm more doubtful about the whole thing.

the 9/11 stuff is eh. i've heard it for years and never believed it. there are things that i guess are weird about all of it. the movie does a good job of highlighting how perfectly the towers fell in on themselves. i don't know enough about the effects of a plane hitting a building and what it would do to the frame to say i believe that it isn't possible. i think the whole thing plays off the lack of technical knowledge about the event that most of us have. over all it's too unbelievable to me that our own government would do that. maybe i'm naive but i just don't buy that. it would take A LOT to sell me completely on that idea.

either way, this movie was more interesting to watch than i expected.

The movie has some very appealing and agreeable conclusions (we should avoid oppression, question authority, be weary of government, break free from the slavery of religion and mass media, etc. etc) but nearly all of these conclusions are founded on false pretense and supported by a slew of lies, exaggerations, and misconceptions.

i agree with this.