Zeitgeist: a must-see movie

Zeitgeist is "the spirit of the times" and/or "the spirit of the age." Zeitgeist is the general cultural, intellectual, ethical, spiritual, and/or political climate within a nation or even specific groups, along with the general ambience, morals, and sociocultural direction or mood of an era (similar to the English word mainstream or trend).

The Zeitgeist Movement is a grass roots campaign to unify the world through a common ideology based on the fundamentals of life and nature. This movement ignores politics, religion and the like, and instead attempts to communicate how all humans are the same at the fundamental level and how it is time we start to work together on a global scale to end the seemingly perpetual conflict and suffering in our current world society.

Therefore, in this great documentary you shall understand why and how your life, culture, information and even your thoughts and opinions are manipulated by social scripts strongly inserted in your life, such as religion, politics, economics and the media.

I dare you to watch it. You'll never see "the system" the same way you did before. And even if you don't believe in this conspiracy theories stuff, I bet you'll have food for thought at least for the rest of your life.

They explain why and how religion works defining social behaviors, the real part played by the government in the war against the "terrorists", the real explanation for Vietnan War and many other interesting things that I never imagined. A real must-see movie.

There are 12 parts with portuguese subtitles at youtube. Here's the link for Part 1, there you'll find the links for Part 2, 3, 4 etc. The subtitles are a little messed up some parts, so it's a great opportunity to practice your listening (:



Have a nice week!

xxx,
teacher Bel