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Important Update: It is also nice to see the skeptical community is doing its job and calling the Zeitgeist Movement on its bullshit. The site Conspiracy Science has a great breakdown of the gaping holes in the ‘logic’ and ‘reasoning’ used in the the first two films. I suspect the third film, posted here is also as full as crap as the first two.

It is nice to see a director break down such complex topics in our society.  Peter Joseph places capitalism and our society under a critical lens and examines the system that is methodically stripping our planet of resources and turning it into items we really do not need.

Fractional reserve banking?  Covered in within the context of this film, as well as inflation, the business cycle and how the structural features of our system are grossly inefficient and are actually harming the social fabric of our society.

I’m very glad this film points out that it is the egalitarian societies ( yes, the evil spectre of socialism once again) that fare better in almost all categories that measure a societies health, productivity and innovation.  It caught my particular attention because I’m constantly bombarded with the notion that “competition drives innovation and because that’s what capitalism is ergo its all good.”   This particular meme is exploded as you are shown graph after graph of data pointing out that the societies that redistribute wealth acutely are the ones that do better in the world, economically, politically and socially.

I’m not entirely happy with the movie as it gets a little tinfoil hatty around the idea of Big Medicine and Big Pharma…but one must take the bad with the good.  I link to the trailer and the movie for your viewing pleasure.

I’ve only seen the first two parts, but they have been generally quite good.  Its LOTHR length, so make sure you have your popcorn and comfy chair ready if you intend to watch the entire film.   The website to see the first Zeitgeist and the Zeitgeist Addendum can be found here.

The content of the documentaries mentioned are pretty much guaranteed to rile my conservative readers…I look forward to the comment section of this particular post.  :)

Note: Please where possible reference specific points in the movie, I’m going nuts trying to find the specific parts when referenced by name alone.

Important Update: It is also nice to see the skeptical community is doing its job and calling the Zeitgeist Movement on its bullshit.  The site Conspiracy Science has a great breakdown of the gaping holes in the ‘logic’ and ‘reasoning’ used in the the first two films.  I suspect the third film, posted here is also as full as crap as the first two.