Earth 2100 Poltical Propaganda of the Worse Kind

Last night, I sat down and made myself watch Earth 2100. The ABC propaganda piece was eerily similiar to some Nazi Propaganda films that I viewed while attending college. The only difference is that this one was of a higher production quality, but have no fear, it was just as disturbing.

The film, which was presented in the form of a first person narrative, describes the impending doom and chaos of planet earth following a failed global summit to curb climate change. The story is told through the voice of 91 year old Lucy, born in 2009, we follow her as she witnesses the total destruction of planet earth.

The film is marred with "green" propaganda unlike anything that I have ever seen. It quite literally would make Al Gore's, Inconvenient Truth, look like a second grade primer. I can appreciate the concern that the films makers have for the planet, but aside from that it was nothing more than a progressive propaganda piece, to impose the green agenda.

The film, takes us through a series of doomsday like catastrophes and finally brings us to the year 2100 in which the earth is totally devasted and humanity a mere after thought. The lead character survived through "the hottest day in history," epic storms, earthquakes, mass flooding, famines, disease, massive population displacement, and social chaos. An interesting feature of the film was the population count that was updated after each catastrophe, the chart showed humanities population plummeting rapidly as the year 2100 approached. The final scenario showed the earths population at a mere 2.7 billion by 2084.

The ultimate liberal disaster flick, however did not end without hope. The viewer was taken back to 2009 and to the global summit meeting, this time the summit meeting ended with smiley faces and everyone agreeing to "sacrifice" for the better of the planet. In this scenario we are assured that through cooperation, sacrifice and committment, a global "paradise" could be procured.

This film was riddled with several terms that should send up red flags to anyone that is aware of the push toward globalization. The climate change problem was described and compared to "war," the desired future was referred to as "paradise," and in one part "utopia." In the film we are told that each of us will have to "sacrifice" individual wants for the better of the common good. We are instructed to "do our part," by performing a long list of duties from using energy efficient light bulbs, driving smaller cars, planting gardens and putting individual wants aside. In the end the conveying message is that individual liberty will have to be sacrificed and the idea of collective liberty will have to become the norm in order for us to save our dying planet.

What I found entertaining about the film was the fact that the creators actually portrayed the problem as being so bad that not even the government could possibly save us from the impending doom. I am sure that the lovers of big government had a hard time squeezing that idea into the film, after all if the government can't save us, who can?

The film depicts the average citizen as someone that does not care enough about the planet to overcome their base desires of consumption. The film suggests that we need to be re-taught and encouraged to come together and as one interviewer said answer “a wake-up call, a challenge for us to plan a different course."

This ABC feature, was nothing more than an attempt to scare an uneducated public into action. It was a fictitous piece of subjective journalism gone amuck and if treated properly should prove to be a black eye on the company for years to come. The Orwellian afterthoughts of this film resonated long after I turned the television off and it made my nights rest very uneasy. For the first time in my life, I finally realize just how big this scam is and how far the peddlers of change are willing to go to manipulate the sheeple!

I believe I'll go dust off my copy of 1984 and give it another read.