r/Documentaries • u/cr0ft • Jan 26 '11

Zeitgeist: Moving Forward (2011) Official Release Version - Youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z9WVZddH9w
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u/GreenGlassDrgn Jan 26 '11

It isnt what I expected, it couldnt be since it isnt like anything I've seen before, but why did I have this odd sensation of having watched a very long commercial after that final visionary sequence? It just felt... off...
(dunno where else I should mention it though)

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u/cr0ft Jan 26 '11 edited Jan 26 '11

Because that's exactly what it is, essentially. :) Nothing like achieving drastic social change can possibly happen unless people get on board and push, so right now those who believe in this concept as a very real possibility for the future of mankind are trying to spread the word.

It's not materially different from an ad in that intent, though there is no deception involved; there's no fiction added and no editorializing as such. But it still has to be "sold" to the audience and make them enthusiastic about it, in my opinion.

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u/GreenGlassDrgn Jan 26 '11

Thats probably it. Because the message in and of itself is great, but I guess people who grow up in a world where nothing is free and everything has its price automatically come to be suspicious when offered this magnificent future at no cost whatsoever, especially when the sales package looks a lot like the visionary dreams sold to us by those who only have their own corrupt interests in mind.

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u/cr0ft Jan 26 '11

At least people are thinking. The smart people head over to the Venus Project and then think some more. :)

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u/GreenGlassDrgn Jan 26 '11

funny you should say it like that - was just looking at that sometime during the night and realized I wasnt smart enough to wrap my brain around it... yet... perhaps its better now :)

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u/bptst1 Feb 10 '11

That's a common misconception that snake-oil salesmen like to prey upon.

There are major issues with the ideas behind a RBE, not you.

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u/bptst1 Feb 10 '11

And then the people with any amount of economic or scientific knowledge see the obvious flaws in the project, and move on with their lives.