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83 of 90 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
An attempt at balance, 15 Oct 2008
On the subject of Icke, most people can be split into one of two categories. (1) Those who think he's a basket case. (2) Those who see him as some sort of modern-day messiah. Reviews of his books tend to reflect this. They either dismiss his work as the nonsensical ramblings of a loon, or champion it as "the most important you'll ever read." Neither review is very illuminating. To dismiss all of Icke's theories as deluded claptrap is close-minded and lazy. So is slavishly agreeing with everything he says. A more balanced review is needed here.
So, here are the positives. First, Icke isn't half bad as a writer. True, he's no Mark Twain. True, the fairly informal tone is sometimes too reminiscent of an irate cabbie. But there is a certain clarity and structure to his writing here that is rarely found in conspiracy literature. Icke's theories are far more complex than you think (which means to say, more complex than the mass media have ever given him credit for) but they are laid out in a fairly coherant narrative. Although there's a lot to take in here, it is quite a friendly read. I never felt overwhelmed by the detail or lost in the complications. He deserves credit for this.
Second, there are undoubtedly parts of this book that are interesting. Actually, there are certain subjects on which Icke's views are not a million miles from my own. I agree with much of what he's written about globalist networks and the inevitable move towards more supranational forms of government. I share his concerns for our ever-eroding civil liberties. I broadly agree with him on global warming. His chapter on symbology was very interesting. His chapter on 9/11 poses many reasonable questions and, in doing so, has rekindled my interest in the subject. Indeed, I imagine his book on 9/11, if sufficiently focused on the subject, would be a very good read.
The negatives? Well, I suppose my main gripe is quite predictable. The problem is that, mized in with all the interesting and convincing arguments, is all the stuff about alien reptiles. Put simply, everything Icke writes is underpinned by a belief that alien reptiles came to the earth centuries ago and cross-bred with humans, thus creating a race of human-reptile hybrids. Furthermore, he believes these hybrids live among us and occupy the most powerful positions in banking, business, the media and politics. Oh, and he believes they are conspiring to enslave humanity under a global fascist dictatorshop. Everything can be explained by this conspiracy.
Icke presents no credible, hard evidence to prove the existence of these hybrids, let alone their plot to enslave humanity. Even ignoring the lack of proof, Icke's theory just doesn't stand to reason. The reptilian elite he describes control everything and have knowledge of science and technology well beyond anything we can imagine. With such power at their disposal, why have they taken a Fabian-type approach to world domination, working towards it piece by piece over centuries? Couldn't they just take over? Assuming they get a kick out of doing it by stealth, hasn't history presented ample opportunity to establish their dictatorship under the guise of something else? Perhaps Icke has satisfactory answers to those questions, but I did not find them in his book.
This all makes for a very odd work; one in which many valid concerns and arguments are interweaved with the sort of nonsensical, bad science-fiction plot you'd expect from L. Ron Hubbard. I cannot recommend it as a whole. On balance, I think the guff far outweighs the good and, though Icke is very good on some subjects, better writers exist. For example, Quigley is infinitely better on organisation of power through private-member organisations and their networks. Booker & North write with far more eloquence and detail on supranational government and the phenomenon of engineered "scares." But the book is not completely without value. For Icke novices, I doubt a better overview of his work exists and, thinking generally, there is positives to any book that encourages people to question what the establishment tells them and, therefore, the reality immediately presented to them.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
ignore at your peril, 1 Jun 2009
If you find it exciting to be shown different ways to view the world, this book is for you. If you don't, you still need to read this, because what you don't know can certainly harm you.
Yes, David Icke covers the Illuminati hybrid bloodlines, reptilians & ETs, mind control, satanic rituals, ancient civilisations, the global political and economic machinations, secret societies, the assault on our health and ability to use higher consciousness, and much more. He even exposes the man-made global warming con, and how the "boom or bust" economy is manipulated, and its purpose. Icke offers clear, concise overviews of the "new physics" and the nature of how vibratory reality is generated, with his use of the hologram and matrix metaphors. He expects a global awakening and in a small segment of the population this is apparently occurring: millions have now watched "The Obama Deception", "Zeitgeist" and "America: Freedom to Fascism", all available free via the internet, covering some of the areas Icke writes about.
Icke is the one "conspiracy researcher" who has developed a relatively advanced spiritual awareness from which he can provide a useful context and understanding of the material he has uncovered. This book overlaps much with his previous works, refining and updating his analysis of the many facets and details of the conspiratorial nature of civilisation, as well as his description of the physics and metaphysics underlying our reality. Icke doesn't really have anything new or groundbreaking here that goes beyond his previous books, yet this book puts things together pretty well and offers a lot of insights to help readers who are ready to deprogramme themselves from consensus reality.
But, even if you don't want to accept the far-out stuff, there's also plenty of believable detail, and a lot of what he has written about over the last two decades has started to come horribly true. So don't throw out the baby with the bathwater. Icke gave up a successful career, has shouldered on for decades despite much opposition, and has repeatedly put his head above the parapet for very little thanks.
Yes, there is a split, but the controversy is as pathetic as the controversy about creationism vs darwinism - there's no real proof for either side so the arguments - on either side - are basically down to close-minded people who like to argue. Same as the arguments for and against Icke.... So - conspiracy theory? Dead right! YOU get to choose - you can be a conspiracy theorist or a coincidence theorist. Just which one is the bigger fool?
And what about "evidence" - just how would you expect Icke (or any other whistleblower) to provide evidence of conspiracies?! And what evidence would be "acceptable", anyway? And isn't it usually the same people demanding "evidence" in these cases as the ones who accept lots of other "facts" without question - the very ones who, for instance, accept germ theory without ever having seen a single germ for themselves and without any hard proof of Pasteur's claim that germs arise before the disease vs Bechamp's explanation that the disease gives rise to the germs yet Pasteur's theory has been swallowed wholesale by them!
In the end, even though Icke's information - and much else - is now widely available, we are simply not going to know the whole Truth in this reality - and, as Einstein apparently said: "No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it." HOWEVER, the information presented by David Icke does make sense of why so many bad things happen and continue to happen. How could you otherwise explain why education and medicine (to name just two subjects that affect every single one of us) are in the terrible state they are in? How CAN you explain why there are still so many wars and so much torture and nastiness even though the silent majority do NOT want any of this? So much, SO much, only makes sense if you accept at least some of the type of information provided by Icke and his like.
Simply dismissing the information presented here is a form of skepticism that does not allow the pursuit of truth, but rather furthers the ongoing and many proven lies of the establishment.
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62 of 74 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
David Icke- has always been right.... here's why.., 4 April 2008
Wonder why we are no more unsafe from terrorism and outside threats?, the way the world is being managed by war mongerers and corrupt business and political figures that dont' even care of the lives they kill around the world for way of profit and self fullfillment?
David Icke has been exposing global conspiracies now for over 18 years, leaving a comfy position working for the tv corporations to give us- the unaware, unawaken public an idea of why our world is like it is today.
From the genetic interbreeding of royal and high political figures to keep them the most secretive and loyal (to themselves and there interests) cabal, to explaining what must be done in way of exposing these elitist criminals, David has written over 600 pages for you to get an idea from. I just wish everyone could realize they need to pull themselves away from the hypnotic tv garbage and read the real news into what David has been talking about (to sell out shows of over 2500 people, all around the world) all this time. He is sincere,he is extremely intelligent, he is no "nut" and if you are ignorant enough to only know David from a clip on a degrading tv show, then you are cheating yourselves.
This is my honest experienced view.
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