Also, do a hunt for Panodrama.
I'd not heard of that, so I looked it up on IMDB.
Fascinating.
Firstly, because the IMDB rating gave it a 3.5 out of 10. Not good. And the single, main 'review' they post was a pretty scathing one. Yet when you do some digging and read ALL the reviews, the vast majority give it a 10/10. Funny that. Ho hum, so we now know the IMDB is being 'manipulated' as well for those who don't look past the obvious (I've actually noticed the exact same tactic some months ago when looking for info on a documentary about natural Cancer therapy treatments. What a surprise)
Here is an interesting quote from one of the reviews.
"I have watched the BBC all of my life and always believed that they were a true genuinely independent honest organisation... then I realised I've been lied to my entire life. it really made me question absolutely everything I believe, it's really been a long journey trying to reassess my views on everything in life after realising how I've been lied to for so many years. This is an absolute must watch for anyone who watches the BBC or pay a TV licence. .. Please just watch the entire thing with an open mind and you should be absolutely gobsmacked."
The documentary is on Odysee. I might watch it on the weekend. I have a feeling it might be a little 'lowbrow', but I suspect it will have some harrowing truths in it.
And then on that same theme - purely coincidentally, I was pointed earlier today to a GBnews video, where Neil Oliver (the BBC - 'coast' presenter) tells it like it is!
Here is the link.
But at the 4.20 mark, let me paraphrase what he says:
"I struggle to believe that for 54 years, I trusted all manner of figures ... politicians ... who I believed had my best interests at heart ... I don't think that any more, not at all ... I trusted doctors .. I now don't trust all doctors any more.
I feel betrayed by the media, which is ironic because I work in the media, but sometimes you need to be in the tent to know what's really going on in there ... I struggle to find news I can trust ... government propaganda though, that's everywhere ..."
Wow. I mean wow. Mainstream figures realising what's going on and being prepared to broadcast it.
Maybe there is hope.
Note - my default reaction is to say 'hope that people will wake up..." but in fairness, its not the general public's fault. We have been very carefully manipulated and conditioned how to think and what to believe in very specific ways from birth. The genius of it all is that we THINK we have freedom. We THINK we live in a democracy. We THINK the people in control are there to mostly do good and look after us and we can trust them (and some of them in control genuinely themselves do THINK they are doing this!). But its all a carefully contrived facade to elicit control and accumulate wealth and power.
Once you realise this, you view the world with very different eyes. But it often takes some specific events or evidence to 'wake up' - so strong is the psychological conditioning. And often, this causes severe cognitive dissonance - so much so, many people are unwilling to accept it, even in the light of overwhelming evidence.
Its now widely known that the first Matrix film is highly allegorical. Its not a science fiction film per se (and no ... we're not batteries to simply power an overarching AI!) its more a commentary (wrapped up in some sci-fi!) on how the population lives in an illusion - and how painful it is to wake up. "welcome to the REAL world". And in the film, the producers make it clear that most of the population simply don't want to be woken up from this comfortable, yet false reality. They have to be ready, and if they aren't ready, they will push back. They are part of the 'system'. Many simply can't accept the truth or don't want to. They'd rather live in a lie as its more comfortable.
Finishing this rather long post with another Matrix related item. If by the slim chance anyone is actually reading this and is interested in dipping their toe into finding out about all of this stuff, but more importantly, how to deal with it, in a practical, down to earth and non conspiracy theory fashion, I can highly recommend the (fairly new) book "The red pill revolution".
Its the book I'll probably end up buying this Xmas for the one or two people in my life who might just be ready to be woken up from our own real life matrix but need a fairly gentle, reasoned explanation of how the world really works. I wish I'd been given a book like this 30 years ago!