GuyFox
17th June 2014, 03:12
The Four Horsemen, Money and Greed - Can we do better?
Inspired by a postings by Giovanni and Running Dear - on the Apathy Thread (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?72130-Why-Are-Americans-So-Apathetic...-And-what-can-be-done-about-it/page5):
will share this here ...
ForbiddenKnowledgeTV
Alexandra Bruce
June 15, 2014
FOUR HORSEMEN
Is an award winning independent feature documentary which lifts the lid on how the world really works.
23 international thinkers, government advisors and Wall Street money-men break their silence and explain how to establish a moral and just society.
FOUR HORSEMEN ignites the debate about how to usher a new economic paradigm into the world, which would dramatically improve the quality of life for billions.
Published Sept. 13, 2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fbvquHSPJU
The Four Horsemen Q & A
Is blaming the baby-boomers divisive? @ 1:05 (http://youtu.be/cS4CfHdXclM?t=1m5s)
What are your thoughts on the current crop of Western politicians? @ 2:08 (http://youtu.be/cS4CfHdXclM?t=2m8s)
Aren’t you just envious of those bankers and politicians who are making a lot of money? @ 3:06 (http://youtu.be/cS4CfHdXclM?t=3m6s)
Do you think we should return to the gold standard? @ 3:45 (http://youtu.be/cS4CfHdXclM?t=3m45s)
What can we do on an individual basis? @ 4:52 (http://youtu.be/cS4CfHdXclM?t=4m52s)
I’m just one person in billions. I cannot do anything… @ 5:36 (http://youtu.be/cS4CfHdXclM?t=5m36s)
Why didn’t you include the rise of China and other BRIC countries in the film? @ 6:52 (http://youtu.be/cS4CfHdXclM?t=6m52s)
What can a small country do - are we not too tiny to affect things? @ 7:38 (http://youtu.be/cS4CfHdXclM?t=7m37s)
Are you worried about the threat of internet censorship? @ 8:24 (http://youtu.be/cS4CfHdXclM?t=8m24s)
Why are you so against neo-classical economic ideology? @ 9:32 (http://youtu.be/cS4CfHdXclM?t=9m32s)
Why is there no opposing voice in the film defending current arrangements? @ 12:10 (http://youtu.be/cS4CfHdXclM?t=12m10s)
Are you optimistic? - @ 12:33 (http://youtu.be/cS4CfHdXclM?t=12m33s)
What will you do next? @ 13:47 (http://youtu.be/cS4CfHdXclM?t=13m47s)
cS4CfHdXclM
Four Horsemen Documentary - 1:38 Hours / 1,441,411 Views : 12,932 Likes
Director: Ross Ashcroft
Writers: Ross Ashcroft, Dominic Frisby
Stars:
Noam Chomsky, Herman Daly, Joseph Stiglitz |See full cast and crew »
Rating: 4/5 Stars : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1671513/
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Hey, that's great, Running Deer (and Giovanni)
I hadn't seen it before.
I lived in the UK for a long times - so nearly all the voices are familiar to me.
The Director, Ross Ashcroft, I know.
And the writer/ narrator, Dominic Frisby, is a good friend.
I think I should start a thread: HERE
so you can hear more from Mr Frisby, who is mostly busy as a writer,
a profession he inherited from his father, Terrence, a famous playwright.
=== ===
KEY PONTS: From Four Horsemen
===
+ The financial industry has FIVE Lobbyists per congressman - AND they donate big money to campaigns
+ Congress passed the bank bailout bill when 80% of the people were against it (showing the campaign contributions bought votes)
+ The Fed acts as a lobbyist for banks
+ Lobbying has dimished (if not destroyed) the value of democratic voting
+ Chomsky: the system is set up so GS can legally rob banks and their customers
+ Goldman Sach alumni move on to key powerful positions
+ Trickle down doesn't work: by the time it gets there, it has lost purchasing power
+ Stiglitz: We need to restructure our political structure
+ Polticians are beholden to corporate interest : so we cannot be well-governed
+ Big profits are made from War
= [Post Update] =
Here's Dominic Frisby (narrator of 4 Horsemen), talking about his own book: Life After the State
Just Below !!
Inspired by a postings by Giovanni and Running Dear - on the Apathy Thread (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?72130-Why-Are-Americans-So-Apathetic...-And-what-can-be-done-about-it/page5):
will share this here ...
ForbiddenKnowledgeTV
Alexandra Bruce
June 15, 2014
FOUR HORSEMEN
Is an award winning independent feature documentary which lifts the lid on how the world really works.
23 international thinkers, government advisors and Wall Street money-men break their silence and explain how to establish a moral and just society.
FOUR HORSEMEN ignites the debate about how to usher a new economic paradigm into the world, which would dramatically improve the quality of life for billions.
Published Sept. 13, 2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fbvquHSPJU
The Four Horsemen Q & A
Is blaming the baby-boomers divisive? @ 1:05 (http://youtu.be/cS4CfHdXclM?t=1m5s)
What are your thoughts on the current crop of Western politicians? @ 2:08 (http://youtu.be/cS4CfHdXclM?t=2m8s)
Aren’t you just envious of those bankers and politicians who are making a lot of money? @ 3:06 (http://youtu.be/cS4CfHdXclM?t=3m6s)
Do you think we should return to the gold standard? @ 3:45 (http://youtu.be/cS4CfHdXclM?t=3m45s)
What can we do on an individual basis? @ 4:52 (http://youtu.be/cS4CfHdXclM?t=4m52s)
I’m just one person in billions. I cannot do anything… @ 5:36 (http://youtu.be/cS4CfHdXclM?t=5m36s)
Why didn’t you include the rise of China and other BRIC countries in the film? @ 6:52 (http://youtu.be/cS4CfHdXclM?t=6m52s)
What can a small country do - are we not too tiny to affect things? @ 7:38 (http://youtu.be/cS4CfHdXclM?t=7m37s)
Are you worried about the threat of internet censorship? @ 8:24 (http://youtu.be/cS4CfHdXclM?t=8m24s)
Why are you so against neo-classical economic ideology? @ 9:32 (http://youtu.be/cS4CfHdXclM?t=9m32s)
Why is there no opposing voice in the film defending current arrangements? @ 12:10 (http://youtu.be/cS4CfHdXclM?t=12m10s)
Are you optimistic? - @ 12:33 (http://youtu.be/cS4CfHdXclM?t=12m33s)
What will you do next? @ 13:47 (http://youtu.be/cS4CfHdXclM?t=13m47s)
cS4CfHdXclM
Four Horsemen Documentary - 1:38 Hours / 1,441,411 Views : 12,932 Likes
Director: Ross Ashcroft
Writers: Ross Ashcroft, Dominic Frisby
Stars:
Noam Chomsky, Herman Daly, Joseph Stiglitz |See full cast and crew »
Rating: 4/5 Stars : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1671513/
=====
Hey, that's great, Running Deer (and Giovanni)
I hadn't seen it before.
I lived in the UK for a long times - so nearly all the voices are familiar to me.
The Director, Ross Ashcroft, I know.
And the writer/ narrator, Dominic Frisby, is a good friend.
I think I should start a thread: HERE
so you can hear more from Mr Frisby, who is mostly busy as a writer,
a profession he inherited from his father, Terrence, a famous playwright.
=== ===
KEY PONTS: From Four Horsemen
===
+ The financial industry has FIVE Lobbyists per congressman - AND they donate big money to campaigns
+ Congress passed the bank bailout bill when 80% of the people were against it (showing the campaign contributions bought votes)
+ The Fed acts as a lobbyist for banks
+ Lobbying has dimished (if not destroyed) the value of democratic voting
+ Chomsky: the system is set up so GS can legally rob banks and their customers
+ Goldman Sach alumni move on to key powerful positions
+ Trickle down doesn't work: by the time it gets there, it has lost purchasing power
+ Stiglitz: We need to restructure our political structure
+ Polticians are beholden to corporate interest : so we cannot be well-governed
+ Big profits are made from War
= [Post Update] =
Here's Dominic Frisby (narrator of 4 Horsemen), talking about his own book: Life After the State
Just Below !!