《呃錢帝國》．《自耕救地球》．《幻象師》@HKIFF - 幻覺

The complexity associated with the financial system is a mere mask. Designed to conceal one of the most socially paralyzing structures, humanity has ever endured...

For in our financial system, money is debt, and debt is money...

The fractional reserve policy, perpetrated by the Federal Reserve which has spread in practice to the great majority of banks in the world is, in fact, a system of modern slavery...

What the people do when they are in debt? They submit to employment to pay it off. But if money only can be created out of loans, how can society ever be debt free? It can't. And that's the point. And it is the fear of losing assets, coupled with the struggle to keep up, with the perpetual debt and inflation inherent in the system, compounded by the inescapable scarcity, within the money supply itself created by the interest that can never be re-payed, that keeps the wage-slave in line...

Who are you really working for? The Banks. Money is created in the bank, and invariably ends up in a bank. They are the true masters, along with the corporations and governments they support. Physical slavery requires people to be housed and fed. Economic slavery requires people to feed and house themselves...

Debt is the weapon used to conquer and enslave societies, and interest is its prime ammunition. And, as the majority walks around oblivious to this reality, the banks in collusion with governments and corporations continued to perfect and expand their tactics of economic warfare, spawning new bases, such as the World Bank, and International Monetary Fund.

《Zeitgeist Addendum》

《The Illusionist》說世上其實沒有魔術，只有承認和回歸現實。但眼見這些銀行家、大企業家如變魔化般，以各種的方法，欺騙民眾的勞力、榨取民眾的財富，又怎能說世上沒有幻覺？！

自問自己也算是半個喜愛讀書的人（但近年懶惰了很多），久不久又會疑問那些所謂的「知識」，是否一個天大的騙案？！「學歷」、「成就」、「金錢」等等的「評核（員工、朋友、配偶）基準」，是否是另一種幻覺？

腳踏實地被「搵笨」？或是施展法術「搵人笨」？或是其他？其實「精明」和「笨拙」又是兩個般弄是非的好傢伙！

連結：《Inside Job》 《The Illusionist》 《Think Global Act Rural》
參考：Zeitgeist Official Website