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RE: What is Money, if Not a Deep Magical Spell?

in #life6 years ago

There is an old movie (which I have only seen parts of - never the full thing) where a guy puts on glasses that reveal the true nature of reality. Billboards with the glasses on say things like "consume" and "buy more." When the films character outs the glasses on and looks at money the paper bill reads "this is your god." This article reminds me of that movie. Very interesting. The imagery and words on the bill relating to god and the bible - thats very interesting. I think its true "what I believe you are saying - in part) that there was a lot of psychological principles used in the creation of money to subtly influence how society perceives it. People need to believe in the idea of money so a good way to do that is to associate it with the divine - which you pointed out.
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The movie you mention is called "They Live", it's funny that you mention it because I was just seeing it a few days ago, although no, I did not finish it either.

Thanks for clarifying the name :)
Yeah that's understandable. It seemed like a cool concept but sometimes I have a hard time watching older movies. I got the just of it from a 5 minute video on it. maybe it was the trailer hahaha

'They Live (While We Sleep)' a very accurate film, even known as a documentary film because of its truth. In one scene, the hero demands that his friend try on the glasses, and his friend refuses. The fight scene that results from that goes on forever in the film, but the tediousness of the scene is much like it is in real life trying to get anyone to look through a new lens at the world, like saying- "why won't you just look, just once?" Yeah I loved that movie.

hmm interesting, I see what you're saying. Maybe I should give it a shot and actually watch it in its entirety. Sounds like it might be worth while.