There are already many film and television works about the 9/11 conspiracy theory, such as the well-known "Fragile Change." After the development and integration of various conspiracy theories, they have gradually formed the mainstream version of non-mainstream conspiracy theories, that is, interest in the United States. Driven by the group, various forces deliberately created or induced this incident. The corpses of thousands of American people brought about a series of expansion of government power. The huge profits brought by foreign wars were of course accompanied by more They are the corpses of hundreds of thousands and millions of people from other countries. Obviously, such a conclusion is too terrifying in the minds of many educated Chinese even if they have accepted that capitalists "have 300% profits, they dare to commit any crime, or even risk hanging." The documentary "The Spirit of the Time" and its sequel (or "Appendix") obviously try to go further. It uses the 9/11 incident as a prelude to look forward on the one hand, trying to reveal the cause of the tragedy, on the other hand, it goes further. Look, trying to figure out a way out of the vicious circle of history.
The first of these two documentaries, "The Zeitgeist", is not attractive to me, because the large-length conspiracy theory that reveals the "truth of 9/11" is not much different from that of "Fragile Change", so it lacks the beginning. The consternation and excitement when looking at it. Regarding the 9/11 conspiracy theory, my opinion is that my IQ and imagination are still difficult to fully accept, but many of the doubts really need to be clarified. At the same time, in my opinion, the 9/11 conspiracy theory is also a good tradition of American people’s distrust of the government. Continuation is a kind of "counterattack" and vigilance of the intellectuals to the excessive government power after 9/11. Therefore, to some extent, it is also a part of the democratic system. We need to understand both mainstream and non-mainstream terms of 9/11. At the same time, stay skeptical and mirror each other. The more interesting part of this film is that in the beginning part, I saw that the voice-over used an exaggerated and joking tone to shake up Christianity first:
"Religion actually makes people believe that there is an invisible person living in the sky, every moment of every day. Watching everything you do. And this invisible man has ten things he doesn’t want you to do. And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special one full of flames and smoke, burning , Torture and extreme pain is a place that will send you forever, until the end of time to endure pain, burn, suffocate, scream and cry. But he loves you, not only loves you, but also Needs money. He always needs money!"
At the same time, he further analyzes the history of Christianity using the method of historical comparison. The director showed us how similar Christianity is to many civilizations before it, and made Christianity show a kind of "plagiarism" posture, demystifying it. , And even ridiculed some viewpoints similar to the "end of the world". It is estimated that Christian believers will get mad at seeing this passage. Then, in conjunction with 9/11, the author introduced its core argument, namely, what is the main driving force that caused some absurdity and tragedy in the world? The answer is the predators who manipulate financial capital, a powerful interest group. They and the systems they create are the driving force for all of this. When people frown for their livelihoods or fall from the World Trade Tower in despair, they But planning the next bigger conspiracy.
Compared with the first part, the second part of "The Spirit of the Time: Appendix" is obviously more informative. Just like the word "appendix", it supplements the "truth" revealed in the first part like quotations. For example, in the first part, the crime of financial capital, then this part first reveals to us the principles of the current monetary system. In this part, I have to say that the director’s metaphors, examples, and citations are all made easy to understand and full of The sense of substitution and guidance makes it easy for the audience to follow the director’s ideas to understand, and then suddenly realize, "Yes, that's it!" The director reveals to us the absurdity of the modern financial system, believing that its essence can never solve the inflation problem. , That it is the direct cause of our being tortured and enslaved by money. Of course, it is inevitable to argue about the director’s revelation around financial principles. From the perspective of the "Ziji Spirit" series, the overall tone is passionate to extreme. Therefore, the director should also select materials for the director and deliberately exaggerate an interpretation perspective. May remain vigilant. As a film related to conspiracy theories, "revelations" are often the most sultry. For example, the director described to us the "truth" of various events in history based on the "truth" of the financial system: many financial crises were deliberately triggered by financiers , In order to force the U.S. government to submit to the establishment of the Federal Reserve System under their control; many wars are facilitated by them, in order to make high profits in the promotion of loans, arms, and domestic demand. To make money, even if the other party is the enemy of the motherland, the Nazis; the terrorist war is greatly exaggerated by them, in order to make their agent, the US government, more powerful and facilitate their next operations. I have heard the skepticism of many of these events in the past, but the concentrated presentation and bombing this time is still very shocking.
The most interesting part of the second part is its external outlook. The director told us about the utopian world of the "Venus Project". To put it bluntly, this world is simply the "communist world" we have heard since childhood. Technology Highly developed, human beings make full use of renewable resources, pollution is no longer, the forest is beautiful, there is no financial system, everyone distributes according to needs, and there is no money to promote crime, all violent institutions can of course be abolished, and everyone is living happily A classless earth, my god, this prospect is so exciting! The director mentioned science and technology to a very high position. In his opinion, the important reason for such disputes among humans is the problem of supply and demand. Therefore, technology is the magic weapon to solve these problems. I cannot agree with this view, especially under the current social structure, production More things can only allow the upper class to get more, and it is basically impossible to eliminate classes. Of course, the director did not forget to attack such speculations. In his view, even the so-called view of the pursuit of profit by human nature is a conspiracy. Someone deliberately educates and misleads people into believing that people have characteristics such as "greed". A few people provide huge theoretical basis, but what about religion? Of course, it is a big conspiracy, a spiritual opium to persuade people to settle for the status quo and not to change. Later, it was ironic that the director used a very religious tone to call on everyone to pursue the zeitgeist he advocated after reversing religion. He played up an atmosphere of not doing this and human beings hopeless, but let me I feel quite religiously intimidating. In fact, for the "Venus" project, in addition to providing some scientific basis and theoretical feasibility, the film also has limited persuasiveness.
What is the "spirit of the times" that is worth advocating? This is a big problem, but it is indeed worthy of discussion. Looking at the world, today's society is definitely full of problems. "The Spirit of the Times" puts forward a lot of subversive analysis and solutions to the shortcomings of today's society. I agree with the perspective of transcending material and related to the mind and spiritual world. I also agree with its respect for science and technology. However, it is still full of emotion when it comes to analysis involving the real world, especially in the economic, social, and political fields. Selective blindness is an inescapable habit of this kind of movies. However, this series, especially the second part (of course, if you want to understand the 9/11 conspiracy theory, the first part is a good choice, it basically summarizes the relevant main materials) still has its positive meaning, vigilance, doubt, even with some extreme , With some alarmism, it is always a beating, a powerful force that prompts you to examine this seemingly reasonable world. The feasible path is paved in such a collision of views, and may not necessarily lead to the "Venus" project. The described world, but it also reminds people to take measures to avoid going to "1984".
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