Mr1001nights

[NWO Sentryman]

Anyone here heard of this guy:

www.youtube.com/user/mr1001nights

More specifically is he reliable?

Note to Mods & admins: i put him in this category ebcause the words "corporate elite" were mentioned and were implied to be a bilderberg-esque group.

[leonAzul]

IMHO, this might go better under finance/economics.

Since I had some time, I watched the linked video. IMHO, there is nothing conspiratorial about it. You may disagree with the approach, but I found the metaphor of the electoral process at the national level as an investors' market to be well developed. YMMV.

If you click through to where this video is hosted ( link (http://goldenruledocumentary.blogspot.com/) ) you'll discover that the director is Jonathan Shockley, best known for his participation in Red State Update. What snark there is in this "documentary" seems to be added by him for its entertainment value. There is some satirical counterpoint in the use of animation and several Charlie Chaplin film clips but it doesn't derail the main points of the narrative.

The author of the book around which this is based, and the main speaker, is Thomas Ferguson. He claims that the prevailing majority influence shifts among labor, manufacturing, and financial interests, and that this is reflected in which of the candidacies gets the most money from whom.

[leonAzul]

Anyone here heard of this guy:

www.youtube.com/user/mr1001nights

More specifically is he reliable?


Sorry, I accidentally left out the specific response to your questions :o

Since this appears to be Jonathan Shockley's first attempt at a full-length documentary, there is very little to go on beyond the style of this one. All I can say is that the presentation didn't appear to be outrageously hyped nor implausible. It doesn't come across to me as YACT. It seems to be more another way to look at the correlation between political and economic trends at the national level.

[NWO Sentryman]

well, he said "corporate control of the US" in a comment, which got me thinking this is from infowars.com

[leonAzul]

well, he said "corporate control of the US" in a comment, which got me thinking this is from infowars.com

I'm sure there are those who will latch on to the buzz words, but the main observations are not particularly controversial. At several times the point is explicitly made that Ferguson is not referring to some sort of secret cabal, but rather ad hoc coalitions that form and dissolve according to context and around specific elections. It's not exactly news that persons who have money tend to use some of that money to protect their position. This rings just as true for the 19th Century, when newspapers, railroads, and telegraphy were the dominant conduits for "getting the message out", as it does today where television, radio, and now the world wide web are the most influential.

That's not to say some of your suspicions are not justified. Towards the end it does drift a bit woo-ward where it is asserted that the majority is most tolerant and even supportive of minority interests when the majority does not feel threatened by them, with the implication that a minority creates conflict and often does itself harm when it blatantly seeks to exert control over the majority.