Zeitgeist the Movie

Zeitgeist the Movie

A popular set of films on the Internet is Zeitgeist the Movie, and its sequel Zeitgeist: Addendum which were produced by a man using a possible pseudonym of “Peter Joseph.”  The films attempt to expose the New World Order, the 9/11 attacks, and the Federal Reserve banking system, while simultaneously attacking Christianity and claiming that Jesus never existed.  For the sake of this analysis, we will focus primarily on the techno-utopia described in the sequel, Zeitgeist: Addendum. A thorough analysis of the other aspects of the films can be found in my book, The Illuminati: Facts & Fiction.

In October of 2008, Zeitgeist part 2, or the Addendum, was released as an Internet film and began with a discussion about the private Federal Reserve banking system and its implications on the economy and society, but then took a turn into the bizarre.  A large part of Zeitgeist Addendum promotes the idea that civilization will not need money anymore after we design and build sophisticated robots and mechanical systems to perform most of the tasks that humans now have to accomplish.  The producer, “Peter Joseph,” and the proponents of what is called the Venus Project, envision a techno-utopian society where machines will do all the work for us, and people will then be able to spend their time enjoying themselves and living in luxury.  The film pushes the idea that these advanced machines will be able to create an abundance of everything we need, and can cook and clean and do all kinds of manual labor, so that people can then live like they’re on a permanent vacation and explore their creative side.

Of course it seems as if the producer was high on marijuana when he wrote the script, and to any educated person the film seems like a pipe dream, but a lot of younger viewers fully support the techno-utopian ideas and believe the picture of the future painted in the film will soon be a reality.

(Excerpt from Big Brother: The Orwellian Nightmare Come True by Mark Dice – Available on Amazon.com, Kindle and Nook.)

Who wouldn’t like a world where you wouldn’t have to work?  Seems like a great idea on the surface, until you actually look at the logistics of such an idea.  Unfortunately the supporters of this film cannot grasp the reality of a medium of exchange, nor the value of rare artifacts or the need for human labor, and that even if sophisticated machines or robots are able to replace a fair amount of human labor, there will always be countless jobs that they will not be able to do: from teaching children, to various service oriented jobs or research and development.  Such a techno-utopia has been the dream of many who envisioned microwave ovens, cell phones, and laptop computers as the tools which would free mankind from the burdens of work, but such inventions have only complicated the issue.

Since the Zeitgeist series is blatantly anti-religion, particularly anti-Christianity, many of the Zeitgeist supporters attack anyone who addresses the fallacies in the film often saying critics must be brainwashed from religion and too old-fashioned to change with the times.

Aside from his attacks on Christianity in his first film, “Peter Joseph” is also anti-Second Amendment and said that in his vision of the future, people wouldn’t need to own guns anymore since there would be no crime.   In an interview, when he was asked about people who didn’t want to go along and participate in his supposed utopian New World Order, he basically said the people would need to be re-educated.^[1]

Peter Joseph seems to have attempted to establish himself as some sort of cult leader by promoting what he calls the Zeitgeist Movement, which is seen as a group of activists who desire to change society into the kind envisioned in his films.  In June 2010, the movement claimed to have over 400,000 members,^[2] which consist of people who have signed up for an e-mail list.

Supporters of the so-called Zeitgeist Movement dream of a society with no money, no private property, mass automation of manual labor and tedious tasks, and artificial intelligent systems to make ethical judgments, perhaps replacing human judges and juries, which they claim are biased and not objective.  While these ideas seem to be taken right out of a science fiction novel, or someone who lacks critical thinking skills, Peter Joseph seems to actually believe in them and has a fair number of supporters who agree with him.  It is unclear exactly how these people will usher in their techno-utopia, but somehow they feel they deserve it.

On October 8, 2008, some supporters of the Zeitgeist Movement smashed several windows in a building at Oklahoma State University and spray painted “Zeitgeist Movement” on the pavement in some sort of attempt to “fight the system.”  It’s extremely unlikely that the “Zeitgeist Movement” will formulate into an actual social movement or affect any kind of social changes whatsoever, but the Zeitgeist films show how appealing fanciful dreams of a techno-utopia are for people.

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