Fall of the Republic: The Presidency of Barack H. Obama (2009)

Watching this was pointless. There is a bunch of dodgy "experts", brainstorming on their favourite conspiracy theories. The story is incredibly thin. The reason why it appears to be complex is because of a couple of effects. One is introducing buzzwords from out of nowhere and repeating them until they sound somehow familiar and hence, less far-fetched. The other are rapid cuts, and symbolic elements such as the burning US flag/constitution, random countries (e.g., Tibet) shown in a world-map, growing plants, 19th century musketeers, human brain topography, fireworks, sport arenas, etc. These tricks are superficially related to the story, but they are suggestive, and manipulative. You look at the picture and forget about the argumentation, then you pick up a buzzword and associate it with the picture (e.g., Obama + burning US constitution = Obama is America's doom). Because the narrative is so confusing, the dull story appears sophisticated. In fact, it all boils down to the simple formula: The noble - but mindless - people are oppressed by a malicious elite, which has means to brainwash people. Same old story of populism, blunt and unimaginative. About the interviews: Who are these guys? Where did they work? For who do they work now? What are their merits? Based on what qualifications were they selected? I don't understand why the film-makers believe that a nuclear engineer has anything profound to say about politics and/or economics! Very fishy. Same point about the commentators denying that industrialized mass production has affected the planet. Why are those guys underdogs in their fields? Maybe the logic is that overachievers are part of the elite, hence, untrustworthy. This logic is dumb, because it implies that commentators with no or minimal qualifications are ideal for explaining the world. In a documentary, this job should be done by top experts. Otherwise you'll end up with spam. Here's the story: the US is run by an oligarchy of international corporations. Its goal is to enslave the people, take away their individuality, to crush popular democracies and mass movements, destroy the economy and to downgrade the standards of living. Pollution, overpopulation, global warming are all myths, invented by the oligarchy to cripple (!) the productivity of the people (Don't ask me why companies that value growth and profit would want to sabotage productivity). They use measures such as the carbon tax - imposed by a "global warming Gestapo" - which will eventually "dismantle the constitution". Another measure is - surprise, surprise - the mass media. Also, building sports arenas (see 1h29m). To achieve their goal, they employ science ("the dictatorship of science", see 0h17m): family planning, the Human Genome Project, abortion, IQ testing, social sciences, even physics, are all attempts to keep the people in their place - that is, below the surface. Further, the 2008 financial crisis was engineered by the oligarchy to cripple nations, and to get rid of the US dollar as lead currency. And to install a world bank (Guys, the world bank exists since 1944). Also China is behind the US financial crisis (0h20m) (How exactly?). The ultimate goal of the new world order is to bring bad things over people, for example hyperinflation. For that, the oligarchy wants to destroy the current order, in particular, the US constitution and democracy. (You will have to accept this assumption, it is not explained why oligarchs want to change a system that works for them - to me, it doesn't make sense. If you are a tyrant and want to stay in charge, avoid any change, especially if it creates civil unrest (such as inflation)). Further, Barack Obama is a puppet of the new world order and as a consequence, its employee (see 0h9m). Ok, that is the summary of the first 25 minutes. Pardon me that I don't summarize the entire 2h25m video. It's tedious to work against my internal spam filter!Some additional comments: 0h2m: Someone says something about Obama, and you see the US constitution burn. Why? Because he suggested "prolonged detention" for crimes that have not yet been committed. What is omitted is that this - arguably controversial - praxis refers to terrorism suspects. A travel ban on muslim countries is based on the same logic. Moreover, imprisoning people who haven't yet committed crimes on US soil / against Americans is not an invention of Obama (-> Guantanamo). 0h9m: "Barack Obama is a puppet of the new world order (aka shadow government of the planet and/or the Global Government). Ok, so he is owned by the oligarchy? Here's a random interview on youtube where Obama points out the existence of an oligarchy (the NRA, funded by gun manufacturers) and in fact, attempts to turn public opinion against it.Besides, why is Obama in the title of the video? It claims that any single individual - including US presidents - are controlled by a higher authority (the oligarchy). Accordingly, these individuals are puppets, placeholders, empty suits; people that are entirely determined have no choice, which makes them anti-heros - they cannot actively influence the story. Still, the title specifically refers to Obama. Why is he special? Or is he not?0h20m. In 1 min, Rockefellers joking remark is repeated over and over again: "competition is a sin". They mention that it was meant as a joke, and at the same time, an "expert" suggests that it wasn't. Then the phrase is repeated a couple more times in slight variations. Guys, this is the cheapest brain wash. Repeating the same buzzwords over and over again is key to propaganda (see Victor Klemperer's LTI). It's based on the logic that Rockefeller will be remembered as condemning competition (mentioned many times), whereas people will forget about him joking (only mentioned once). Conclusion: My favorite concluding sentence from the movie: "bla bla bla. Which tells you that is all part of the plan." Certainly a good summary for this piece of work! So if you really want to dive into a soup of dozens of loosely related (?) topics, such as the banks ("bangsters"), crooked elites, oligarchies, china, world bank, world government, political establishment, pollution (= myth), Verizon, the difference between Pepsi and Coca Cola (there is none), the US dollar, Rockefeller, ah yeah, and of course Obama ... then well, waste your time on this video. There is definitely an agenda behind it, aimed at manipulating opinions. Its motives remain unclear to me, but frankly I don't even wanna know. But hey, good news - they do explain how you can fight the new world order (2h9mins): "have more barbecues, speak to your neighbors, spend some time with your children." Great! The solution is so simple, why didn't John Doe come up with it?

A professionally made primer on how to slant your story to fit your agenda. The movie takes bits and pieces of speeches and conversations to make a movie filled with cries of doom and dire predictions and very little substance. The film panders to the paranoia and visceral hatred that the shrinking white majority has for anything that does not look like them. The director has never tried to hide his total right wing agenda and this is a full length feature to complement his never ending rant against THEM. This is a boring propaganda piece that makes anything Michael Moore made look like a Disney movie. I can only recommend it for the most devoted members of the Alex Jones fan club.

Everything in this movie is spot on, including the "green" government, set up by the world bankers to control America. "Green" taxes, trillions of dollars, sent to a bank in Switzerland controlled by the Rothschild family are discussed in this movie. Green police, who can enter your home and tax you for the number of toilet seats. It all sounds pretty bizarre until you actually realize it's part of the proposed legislation. Everything that seems scary in this movie has been drawn from facts and actual documents. The movie is about total control of the United States by a world government set up through the U.N., the CFR (Council on Foreign Relations) and the Tri-Lateral Commission. I thought the movie dragged a bit in the beginning, but picked up steam a third in. The second half of the movie, it was outstanding.

I don't see how people can be so delusional as to believe this nonsense. In countries whose leaders actually want to curtail liberties, they declare martial law, they revoke the constitution, they arrest opposition leaders, they shoot protesters, etc. It happens all the time. Do you see any of that actually happening in the U.S.? If so, you're hallucinating.Meanwhile, if you want to see somebody curtailing liberties in the U.S., take a look at he huge multinational corporations who manipulate the global economy and spend billions on lobbyists to protect their interests politically. But why focus on things that are actually happening, when you can obsess about fantasies with no basis in actual events?