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Would you consider this a 'conservative' or 'liberal' movie


I have never seen this movie but now I am wondering what kinds of people produced this movie. Would you say the producers/directors fall in the liberal camp or the conservative camp?

The reason I am asking is because the media and liberals (aren't they one in the same?) keep repeating the same story - even after it has been shown to be false - that there was some connection between conservative talk show pundits/politicians and what the shooter in Tucson did. However, I also heard today that this movie, Zeitgeist, had a profound impact on the shooter's mind. This would seem to indicate that the ideology of this kind of movie had a role in crafting his mind. Thanks.

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The all-pervasive conspiratorial nature of the movie makes it hard to place into any political spectrum. Simply put, it has elements of both left and right in its undertones, but does not represent any political stream of thought attached to reality. Ultimately, it is thinly veiled anti-semitic conspiracy theory, which combines right wing populism with socialist aesthetics (anti-semitism has been called, quite aptly, the Socialism of Fools). Pinning zany conspiratorial lines of thoughts to grounded political opinion is damned near impossible, so the best answer to your question is that the producers/directors fall into their very own, very small, very fringe camp.

I know it was some time ago, but the Tuscon shooter was straight up nuts. He mixed far right conservatism with some really stupid conspiracy theories (including the idea that proper grammar is how the illuminati control your brain). Conservatism merely gave him the gun (literally and figuratively), his insanity was what pulled the trigger.

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What exact right wing elements did you find in this movie, if you don't mind sharing?

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