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Dismantling The System By Destroying The Zeitgeist
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Dismantling The System By Destroying The Zeitgeist

“A true zeitgeist is occurring, but since the false zeitgeist owns most of the information and technology, the phrase ‘the revolution will not be televised’ makes more sense.”

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Our current Zeitgeist

“Whether in the form of increased prices, decreased wages, requiring more labor to make ends meet, or in the form of time spent discussing fantasmic intellectual points as entertainment entrapping the minds, the zeitgeist receives the time either way.”

Based on the zeitgeist of the times, reality is created.

Zeitgeist is a German word where “Zeit” means “time” and “geist” stands for spirit. The zeitgeist is known as the “Spirit of the Times.” It describes the cultural climate of a specific era.

In contemporary use, the term is sometimes used to refer to a schema of fads. In history, a Zeitgeist is the role of situational factors like economics, technology, etc.

Everything we do makes up the zeitgeist.

Narratives make up the zeitgeist.

The Zeitgeist is the narrative and perception of how we see reality and, on a broad level, our times.

This understanding of the world and reality from the zeitgeist creates systems that work with reality. Examples of this include agricultur…

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