The Four Horsemen: Change In Society

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As our economic system takes a tumble and our resources start to slowly dwindle; the Four Horsemen are continuously trampling our society. This documentary shows the way our government acts and the giant mess the world has been put in by discussing the banking crisis, terrorism threat, worldwide poverty issues, and ecological collapse.
The first issue this documentary discusses is the banking crisis and why the banks chose to do what they did, why things happened the way they did, and why we continue to allow them to happen. The Four Horsemen show what causes the change in society and how it went undetected. Banks are basically producing more money out of nothing. Banks print the money and before the money comes into the market, corporations,

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