A really good and worthwhile documentary that scratches the surface and point out directions. It's all over the Internet by now so take your time and rewind and dig deeper on your own. The gold standard and abolishing of income taxes might be areas that can be further explained, and the terrorist section needs to take religious fanatism into account.
It's most important message is that we all need to understand the current unsustainable economic system and collectively take responsibility and start the changes from beneath.
And as a side note: I don't know what film user "rune-andresen" have seen, but it can't have been this one.
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Documentary about the modern apocalypse caused by a rapacious banking system. 23 leading thinkers – frustrated at the failure of their respective disciplines – break their silence to explain how the world really works.
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June 16, 2024 at 01:13 AM
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A must see!
good description of the problems, flawed solutions
This is worth watching more for it's cautionary value than it's message. It does a good job describing what has become of America since the Great Depression, but bases it's viewpoint on the naive idealism of the libertarian - blaming the problem on straying from "classical" economics and advocating a return to the gold standard and demonizing debt as the root of all evil. At least it admits that regulation is a good thing. It does do a good job of pointing out that libertarians and progressives share a fair amount of common ground, and might make a reasonably functional coalition against the establishment neocons and neolibs, who have already started becoming very friendly with each other, as evidenced by the current primary election shenanigans.
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There's so much in 4 HORSEMEN. Yes it is talk-heavy, very densely- presented in places but it makes brilliant connections.
It's like the big-idea documentaries by Adam Curtis. It's provocative and deliberately big picture. Some of the above crits feel petty in this regard, the point is to stay global.
It's also gripping & urgent. It squares up to the biggest crisis we're facing and has much to say that is fresh.
Surprisingly, it was also been made in the UK on a shoestring. Not that you could tell.
HIGHLY, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!