When I read The Da Vinci Code, I enjoyed it because I thought the historical information was based on fact. It wasn’t, and I’m glad I know that now. I’m doubly glad I didn’t know it when I read the book, as it would have spoiled the fun. Sometimes bullshit can be so delicious.
With that in mind, I recommend to you a movie on the Internet, available for free viewing, called Zeitgeist. It presents three entertaining arguments and ties them together:
1. The Bible is an obvious copy of earlier religions, designed to control the masses.
2. September 11th was staged by the U.S. government as a pretext for grabbing power and making money.
3. Rich bankers control the entire world.
Here’s the link, but don’t watch it until you have lots of quiet time to absorb it.
The beauty of the movie is not in its truth, if indeed it has any. I don’t have the energy or desire to research it. What I found amazingly entertaining is how persuasive it is, even if it turns out to be entirely made up.
For example, I doubt September 11th was staged by the U.S. government. After all, we all saw the video of Bin Laden admitting he did it. How do you refute that? Well, the Zeitgeist movie shows a still frame of Bin Laden from that video next to a known photo of him, and they…don’t…have…the…same…nose.
That’s entertainment!
One possibility is that Bin Laden got a nose job. Or maybe it’s just the angle of the photograph, or maybe I only imagine they look that different, or maybe someone doctored the photo to promote the conspiracy argument. As I said, I don’t believe the allegations in the movie, but it’s loaded with great-yet-questionable evidence that is a joy to behold. If you’re looking for facts, I can’t recommend this movie because I don’t know what’s real and what isn’t. If you want some delicious alleged facts that sound convincing, you’ll love it.
I believe the intent of the movie is to alarm people into being more skeptical of their government. It had the opposite effect on me. It made me happy to think there might be a plan. If the war on terror is real, it scares the shit out of me. But if, as the movie claims, it’s entirely manufactured, and the war in Iraq is meant to be a permanent conflict to sell weapons and control oil – that is much less scary. It means the war will stay where it is and no one will “follow me home.”
It also means the nuclear bomb ambitions of Iran are a lie. That’s one less thing to worry about. All I have to do is stay out of the National Guard and invest my money in defense contractors and I’ll be safe and happy. Those shadowy rich guys are doing a great job!
I know you’ll send me links to web sites refuting key points in the movie. The arguments in those links will be impossible for a lazy guy like me to verify. But they might be entertaining, so send them anyway.