Whilst watching the documentary on David Icke today his persona or people's perception of him seemed to be slightly fractured, it was suggested that he may be an con man/ opportunist, a prophet or insane. However I would also like to suggest that he is someone that is unintentionally breeding anti- Semitic hatred. But before I answer this question I will just recap the theory that we listened to him preaching in the lecture, which is basically that the Illuminati and certain people who are in positions of power and members such as George. W. Bush are reptilian humanoids that control us.
Firstly I would like to look at the ideas that he is a prophet or a con man/opportunist, I would like to explore these two things together because I feel they have the same answer, which is, hope. If David Icke is a con man he preys on the hope of people down on their luck who need someone to blame for the state of the country, or the financial state of their own lives, and he does this by providing an imaginary figure and a powerful elite of people who are wealthy, and who naturally, people will find it easy to resent. It is the same for the prophet figure, he provides and leads people with hope by pointing out a problem and a solution, he also possess the qualities of a prophet for example he is an outcast, mostly disbelieved and unappreciated. However I will discuss this point more later.
As for the claim that he is insane the fact that he preaches some of the ideas he does is evidence enough, as I feel even if you did actually believe some of these things, you would keep quiet to maintain people's image of you.
Finally, is he doing this to breed anti Semitic hate? Well...I personally would not like to believe it, but over the years anti Semitic propaganda has displayed Jews as almost reptilian like as a metaphor I assume to insinuate that they are sly and devious.Even if he is not intentionally indicating at this he has an Neo Nazi anti Semitic following. This I feel particularly worried about as they have obviously heard his theory and interpreted it as an attack against Jews in positions of power, this worries me because it could lead to extremists or militant followers who intend to act out the will of their follower David Icke, which could lead to violent attacks against the Jewish community.
Another question that kept plaguing was why so many people attended his lectures despite the absurdity of his claims. Then it occurred to me that it could be something as simple as the fact that he is giving people someone to blame for all that he sees as injustices in society that offer them contentment, this occurred to me when we were discussing Russia, as I remembered that religion was used to keep the peasants happy "religion is the opium of the masses". Well, his conspiracy theory is working to the same effect, he is keeping people content, by offering answers. However I can't stop asking myself this question: are people really that desperate for answers and someone to lead them?
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very good notes - please update
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