Capitalism
and How It Functions
*****
George Carlin -- Who Owns America, 3 min, 1,200,000,views all site, says it all in under 4
minutes, at his best https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK7FPSFdkEc the 8 minute version, watch
both they are that good http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dY4WlxO6i0&feature=related Excellent
***** The Four Horsemen, 99 min, 5,557,000
views, website: renegadeEconomist.com, uses
interviews with a dozen giants of economics which describe the horrific effects
of unregulated capitalism (neoliberalism).
The documentary is divided into four sections, the first of which is
historically inaccurate. That said, the
rest of the documentary is done with exceptional insightful, thoughtful, remaining
3 sections are well developed, easy to understand and concise. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fbvquHSPJU Excellent
***** The Corporation, 145 min, 276,000 views, 2003, over 26
international awards, Zeitgeist Films, grossed over 4.6 million world-wide. [1]
It starts with Gen. Smedley Butler below) and the plot to overthrow FDR and set
up a fascist government modeled on Italy (a model that is being installed now
on a global scale). It shows that the
behavior of corporations fits the definition of a psychopath. Quality
production fit for wide theater distribution, which it didn’t get. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fbvquHSPJU Excellent
***** A Cure for
Capitalism, 127 min, 68,000 views, Prof.
MIT Richard D, Wolff a paradigm for a concise, clear, lecture. He explains what
is wrong with capitalism and
various fixes—ideas and facts avoided by corporate media. Based on his
book by this title https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guSdjsctrUQ
Excellent
***** Global Capitalism, Prof. Richard Wolff, 102 min 7,160 views, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Tw1ZU5gfpc, updated March 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF2g26mTV7w Highly recommended
***** How Reaganomics
Killed
America’s Middle Class, 57
min, 21 views, Richard Wolff, on Thom Hartmann Show 11/11/15, on Keynesian economics
and how
the corporate system dismantled Keynesian.
This history has been rewritten by the corporate media who wants us to
believe that government is the problem, rather than turning corporations lose.
You won’t understand today and it fixes without knowing Keynesian fix to the
great depression and the subsequent prosperity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdCNGkZoIZw Excellent
*****
Financializing America with
Randy Mandell 59 minutes, view 719, Randy Mandell, Pirate
Television, the best explanation on financialization, its history, development,
and consequences; essential to the understanding of the development of monopoly
capitalism and its consequences. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=su15pULEvzk Excellent lecture Highly
recommended §
***** Heist:
Who Stole the American Dream A must watch video on the
corporate takeover of American and its consequences at http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/heist also on
YouTube for $2.99 at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP1PvD6onGo Among the
best, excellent
***** Corporate Fascism:
The Destruction of America’s Middle Class 102 min,
639,000 views, on corporate dominance of the US political process, the power of
the Federal Reserve through issuance of credit, corporate agenda of
globalization, and the consequences https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTbvoiTJKIs very good
*****
This is Called Marxism, Buddy!—Zeitgeist III, Moving Forward, 8 min, 10,000 views, from the
161 minute documentary. Makes the point
that the ruling class manipulates their media to create a set of beliefs
supporting their values, well done wakeup call https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w6XET9Y3ZE very good
*****
Zeigist,
the
Movie,
111 min,2,467,000 views, 2007,
hard hitting, artsy movie, that has become a fixture of the documentary
exposure among the dissident young.
Entertaining and moving, an
indictment of the corporate manipulated social system. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTbIu8Zeqp0 Very good
*****
Zeitgeist 2:
Addendum, 109
min 4,090,000 views, similar to the first, entertaining, artsy and effective
packaging on the evils of capitalism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gKX9TWRyfs Very good
Thrive: What on Earth Will it Take 215 minutes, 7,600,000
views, by Ariel Thierman & Ausin Wallacy, the corporate takeover and its
consequences. The first 45 minutes starts with a contra-science new-age free
energy claim, then corporate medicine which leads into the top of the financial
pyramid, which explains with clarity the parasitic nature of finance/banking. Finance’s
power to control the economy entails
that they are above government. Thus we
need as a fix a fiat
debt-free currency issued by government that serves the people http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEV5AFFcZ-s Quality production oksy
How
Class Work: 13
min, 66,000 views Richard Wolff, on class of owners and workers and their
roles. A documentary with Wolff reading
the script https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euH3pAuLuko very good
Walmart: The High Cost of Low Prices 97 min 627,000
views, show how
corporate chains stores do business by using the most successful of them as an
example. They catapult their lower
purchase prices and wages to dominate the market. Uses interviews extensively
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXmnBbUjsPs good
The One
Percent, 76 min, 3,916,000
views,2011, exposure of the wealthy and their theory that justifies it, some
muckraking, lots of interviews makes it
a slow, could have done much more and poor analysis and lacks a fix makes it
very popular with the
common herd. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmlX3fLQrEc So-so
Politics
Including Foreign Policy
*****
The Shock Doctrine—The Harm of Capitalism, 79 min. 20,000 views, 2012;
based on Naomi Klein’s book by that name.
It is about how unregulated capitalism uses adversity (shock) to
dismantle government regulations and privatizing public services. Neoliberal
US government is preparing for an
economic crash through what Klein calls the Pinochet (fascist) solution suppress
subsequent civil unrest. The US builds
FEMA camps, funds corporate mercenary military, NSA spying, etc. It is also
about US militarism which promotes
the corporate global takeover. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMV3FHLh1Ik excellent
***** Why We Fight, 100 minutes in 12 parts, 2005,
answers why they hate us: blowback for
US policy. Imperialism/exploitation is the norm for nations. A quality
documentary, a lesson from
history, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBoTaPwRuC0&list=PL5AF95E92DFE84597 Excellent
*****
War by other means – IMF – World Bank ae weapons
of war, 52 min, 14,100 views, John Pilger, BBC, on the
use of finance
and predatory capitalism to suck the poor nations dry. It is on the new world
order and economic
imperialism. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79bZ71fUZRU Excellent
*****
Breaking the Silence – Truth
and Lies in the War on Terror, 51 min, 23,000 views, John
Pilger, BBC, on US’s rapacious imperial power; starts with Afghanistan, than
other nations which felt US imperial power.
What the corporate media doesn’t explain: that nations which oppose
globalization will
pay the consequence. Afghanistan, Iraq,
& Libya now have central banks and signed free trade agreements, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phehfVeJ-wk, Excellent
*****The
Untold History of the US—Bush and Obama Age of Terror, 59 min, 536,000, views,
on current US actions as top terrorist
state. A quality documentary full of
facts such as that the US has a military presence in 151 of 192 UN member
nations and nearly 1,000 foreign bases and has a $1.2 trillion budget. Uses
news videos to do the talking with narration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_0S80jMeg0 Excellent
Evan
Solomon Interviews Noam Chomsky on His Book 9/11, 41 min,
21,000 views, Canadian Broadcast Corporations, done around 2002. Chomsky
discusses two themes: U.S. as a terrorist state and manufacturing consent. Chomsky
lets the facts speak (most of which
are absent from the US media, but known in Europe). One of his best, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lPnLK9z1fI very
good
Manufacturing
Consent, 168
minutes, 32,000 views, Prof. Noam Chomsky,
covering Chomsky’s talks over 4 decades with supporting interviews and
historical background footage, such as on the massacre in East Timor. Shows
how the press by lies and selective
reporting manufactures consent; a bit long-winded, low budget, academic, but a
very important message https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzufDdQ6uKg very
good
Banking, Globalization,
and its organizations
*****Banks and the Fed 4 minutes, 51
views (Nov 2016) Prof Richard Wolf, exposes fake Congressional fixes which
banking end runs,, the system won’t fix itself https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-sqEWO5_Rk Excellent
***** The
Money Masters 217 min, seen by 10s of millions, 1995, Bill Stills, a
Libertarian account of the banking system.
I have spent hours confirming the suspect points of the film. It was
carried on independent PBS station in
2002 and in 2008. Strong on history and
education, it shows how the financial system functions to maximize profits,
while pretending to provide essential services, and in so doing controls the
economy. The federal banks have the power
to crash an economy through controlling the demand for federal debt obligations
(mostly T-bills), this entails that they are above control. The solution is
to go from a debt based
currency (debt to national banks and member banks) to a fiat currency issued
by government and free of interest payments. Currently over $800 billion per
year is paid
on interest by the US government, plus a similar amount by states and local
governments, and again by businesses and citizens. Over 40% of GDP consists of
the financial sector. The film covers the consequences. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDtBSiI13fE Notes on film at http://www.skeptically.org/bhe/id3.html.
What the rulers hide, A must see
*****The
Rothschild Family – Puppet Masters –
Worlds Only Trillionaires,
56 min, 1,100,000 views, on the banking family-- established in 1760--that rose
to the top of the banking world. This
documentary builds upon The Money
Masters, presenting more on the Rothschild and the bond market is the
private banks such as the Bank of England have organized as to be draining the
world economy, and this documentary sheds light upon a power that is above
government. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WfqdcnjvlA Delightful
*****
International Monetary System – New Economic Slavery,
51 min, 119,000 views, on how
banks make money out of buying treasury bonds, to which they loan our government
(as does all central banks) money (credit) to which they receive interest
payment. Deposits are leveraged to
create more loans at a ratio of 10 to 1.
This expansion of currency allows for a casino economy with rampant
speculative investments. Expansion of
currency also entails inflation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogqZ6pnWM7o Very good
Glenn
Beck Exposes the Private Fed; Gets Fired by Fox, Glenn Beck show 40
min, 2,210,000 views, he talks
about the unmentionable, the power of
banking and the Federal Reserve,
with two expert guests. This program got
him fired. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB5LK-jihgk Very good
In
Debt We Trust Documentary
58 min, 90.000 views, on the predatory banking system which locks people into
huge interest payments, human interest, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cltc4Og6HKo good
Money
as Debt, 42 min, 499,000 views, clearly explains the way money is
created out of fractional deposit system in which the banks typically have 10%
assets to issue a line of credit over 10 fold the amount deposited. Though in
cartoon form, it clearly explains
the process starting with the money changers in Roman times. Underscores the
need for fiat money backed by
the government with no debt payments. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqvKjsIxT_8 very
good
North
Dakota People’s Bank, 7 min, 433 views, Prof. Richard Wolf,
Public banking, a bank ran by the state for the state, a solution to what we
have, recommend that we go to this website to learn http://www.publicbankinginstitute.org/ on the
goals of a public bank https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKOI7xO-lBc very good
Consequence of Self-regulated Capitalism
Stealing
Africa—Why Poverty? 58 min, 375.000 views; BBC: how Zambia which is
copper rich is one of the 20 poorest countries.
Show how multinational copper companies avoid paying taxes to
Zambia. It is a well done, entertaining investigative
reporting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNYemuiAOfU Excellent
Palestine
is Still the Issue, 53 min, 12,800 views; John
Pilger, 2002, British Documentary maker shown on BBC. Reveals what the European
audiences
knows: that Israel is a terrorist state
and arm of US policy, but American media portrays freedom fighters as terrorist;
but who has invaded Palestine? Israel’s
atrocities and plan for expulsion of Palestinians are known to everywhere but
in the US—repeated UN resolutions vetoed by the US confirm this. It is
an effective, balanced, insightful
denial of our media’s script on Israel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnc6Kt-7vjc&index=3&list=PLkNybwM2FPClkBZPvM9L-14HBdPeIiq-5 Excellent
***** Silence of the Labs 45 min, 15,000 views, CBC;
Canadian government’s war on science in the public’s interest. What
is true about Canadian government policy is even more-true for the US
government and EU countries. The science
behind drug safety, effects of pollution, nutrition and all else that that
effects corporations is being replaced by corporate tobacco science. Government
funded science has been
manipulated in our corporatist state, as too the regulatory agencies such as
the FDA. When scientists write of
conclusion contrary to tobacco science, listen and learn; because GMOs aren’t
proven safe, and cholesterol does cause heart attacks. A must see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms45N_mc50Y Excellent
§
Utopia
(The Secret Country) 110 min, 5,000 views John Pilgerr. A black chapter in the history of Australian
comparable to South Africa’s apartheid history.
Last half is on how, once uranium was discovered, the mining
corporations used their power to obtain mineral rights from the aborigines https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHZRuJq1AKU
The
War on Democracy 96 min,, 215,000 views, John
Pliger, 2007. On the US empire: the
reality denying the fantasy; about the
South American pro-US governments. Extensive footage on Chavez populism in Venezuela
and Pinochet’s Chile for comparison https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeHzc1h8k7o very good
Who’s Spends
Britain’s Billions 58, min, 40,000 views,
on
management consulting companies, what they charge local governments, then out-sourcing
service and how things get worse than better, and costs go up. A model for what
happens in the US with the
neoliberal makeover over government in our corporatist state. There is a
conflict between profit and service. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00UFYU_Gr7w Very Good
6. Political
& Business History
***** In Search Of History - The Plot to Overthrow FDR,
41 min,
48,000
views, History Channel, 1996, on
the plot to set up a fascist
government like Germany and Italy by leading bankers and industrialists. The
plot was confirmed by a Congressional
committee, but the principles were too big to be brought to justice. A lesson
for today: the failed plot to establish a corporatocracy
in 1933 was gradually implemented starting under President Nixon in 1970 and
completed when the business wing of the Democratic Party put forth Clinton for
President. Ten minutes have been clipped, the complete DVD is significant
better, available on Amazon or JK. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTdx6vEUtIA Excellent
§ A 3 part BBC documentary on
the Plot below
*****
The
Whitehouse Coup (1933), 30 minutes each in 3 parts, 91,000 views, BBC with Mike Thompson, confirms a
fascist plot of business leader to overthrow FDR. It confirms the above
documentary-- on fascism & corporations. Part 1, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXGUgFXoRu4. Part
2, 9 min 36,000 view http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGPb6ulVEK0&feature=related. Part
3, 10 min,
26,000 views. http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=Mav69K2zkgw Excellent history lesson
****
War is a Racket by Smedley Butler, 9 min, 289,000, the speech of Butler, taken from his
writings, read by an actor who mirrors Butlers delivery and voice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBypAFQ3ZCk). The “thug for Wall Street” exposes
US policy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3_EXqJ8f-0 Excellent
CBC
Big Sugar, 44 min, 18,000 views, CBC; the political history of sugar
from slavery to today’ their influence in colonial times to current, working
conditions in the Dominican republic; from slavery to wage slavery, a rush to
the bottom. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHh5odELpi4. Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlAqt1UiQP4 44 min 7,000 views on
obesity, sugar consumption, and US support and influence in the UN, Very good,
entertaining
*****
The Obama Deception, 113 min, 14,300,000
views, Alex
Jones, 2009, on the dream that failed, Obama is more of the same, and the power
behind it, the organizations pushing for globalization. Footage on the 2008
Bilderberg Meeting,
which is a yearly planning meeting on globalization. Shows how banking is first
among them
corporations, and their agenda. What
you won’t learn from the corporate media.
Find out why this video went viral https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAaQNACwaLw Excellent
Why
Oil & Gas Prices are Dropping: 19 min 69,000 views,
Richard Wolff, 12/14 on the history of oil power, and the change caused by US
becoming a major oil producer--glut lowers price. US saving on energy hides
the global depression https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCW7lWZ5CiE Excellent
When the Current Depression Get Worse in the US
***** Overdosed: The Next Financial Crisis, 46
min, 2,323,000 views, on the inflation of currency that got the world out of
the 2007 crisis, is just a short-term fix:
expanding debt come expanding payments to banks of interest. Moreover
must of the funds go to speculation,
and this creates instability. An
important message, that banking solution isn’t a solution. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ECi6WJpbzE very good
*****
The Fall of the Republic, 144 min, 4,448,000
view on how
the banksters and global corporations control the US economy and its politics,
and their preparation for the collapse:
a sequel to the Obama Deception, gone
viral. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VebOTc-7shU Excellent
Dumb down of US education
The Powel Memorandum written
in 1971 as a blueprint for how to defuse the mass uprising of the students in
the 60s and 70s which found wide support.
It was a movement to build a just society, and therefor sought to change
the existing power structure so as to place the well-being of the masses
first—and idea championed by Jeremy
Bentham, see utilitarianism.
It supported managed capitalism and opposed US imperialism.
Education 101: The
dumbing down of America 17 min, 3,413 views, covers
key
ways in which the power structure has changed the education in order to promote
their goals, more quotes than evidence.
A bit dated but well done. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzFVMdEs3_c very good
Charlotte Iserbyt
- Deliberate Dumbing Down of the
World, 10 min, 362,000 views, insider on the agenda of
business and thus our government on education (they want workers not thinkers),
Isberyt was the top educator in the Reagan
Administration, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDyDtYy2I0M very good
[1]
Given the quality of the production corporate movie theaters and media outlets
are not to show documentaries which are contrary to US talking points or are
critical. Such muckraking has a limited
market, and this affects their budget.