This documentary by recently deceased filmaker Aaron Russo crysallized some fears of ours concerning the abuses of big capital and our public government. Essentially, the documentary tracks exactly how economic forces have warped and perverted how our government operates and what it does. Guess who suffers?
There's some really shocking stuff here and the arguments are very persusasive. Many of the legal cases cited are public record and easily verifiable. It's truly scary! Mainly, the documentary tracks specific abuses of power which are perpetuated to maintain the ever increasing distance between the rich and the poor. One of the most disturbing is how the Federal Reserve system was created. Did you know it's a private institution beholden to a group of unnamed banking clans? Did you know that it is this private organization (and not our own government) who mints the money? Did you know that there has not been an accounting of the bullion in Fort Knox, leaving many to believe that there isn't gold backing to our dollars. Think about that for a second!
Russo makes a good point: as individuals we used to have autonomy, privacy, and tangible assets. Now we live in a semi-police state which can take your assets at any time, which will spy on you if it wants (this is legal!), and which wants you to become mired and dependent. The new national ID card coming in May 2008 is one of many attempts to localize our identities in very easy to track databases where every single financial transaction can be monitored and controlled. What's scary about this is that given the electronic nature of how money circulates, it's very possible that undesirables could be X'd from the system if they irritate the wrong people. Sounds a little like Revelations to me!
But beyond the worst case scenerios, the documentary argues persuasively what happens when money and power are centered in elitist and unaccountable agencies. And it ain't good for the rest of us!
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