Crash Course by Chris Martenson - 38 minute condensed version

[znubzz188]

did he just say excuse me for the language here 17:40? lol

[milestogotilisleep]

Chris says, dig through the information and trust yourself enough to make sence of it all, this sounds so simple but it is a profound truth.

[philandjoelle]

So there were what...8 people in his audience???

[dirtbikingcanada]

Did anyone see him give the upside down pyramid masonic sign at 3:20? Red flag! He also preaches peak oil which is globalist scam. Watch Lindsey williams energy non crisis.

[znubzz188]

@dirtbikingcanada u belief in ghosts?

[troglodyte2084]

Heres the 1.5 second condensed version: "We're fucked"

[ddpsp]

A lot of accurate material here, but if you go to his website you'll see that he offers "enrolment" and "personal consultations" to the tune of $500 a pop.

If it doesn't smell right, if it doesn't feel right, trust yourself.

[hammie2012]

vote Chris Martenson for presedent :P

thank you

[MrIzzyDizzy]

he has hope and realism which is nice i guess buy a strong community cannot solve the crises - we need to act now to convert to alternative free energy - abundant hyroponic farming - and many more solutions advocated in the venus project and the zeitgeist movement called a resource based economy - please watch zeitdeist addendum and zeitgeist moving forward as soon as possible and help spread the word and join or form a new chapter 1155 chapters world wide in less than 2 years and growing

[TheDarkFenix]

A Resource based economy is really the only true and comprehensive solution to all the problems he is talking about.

[rootYourSystem]

My only thoughts on this video are:

We cannot solve our problems with the same level of thinking that we used when we created them.

[GabyCharvet]

Those of us who have lived within our means are now paying for all those who did not...in taxes, in the lowering of our own housing prices, in low interest rates in saving accounts. etc....

[itsdastuff]

what about inflation?

future money might be cheaper than present money.

isnt that the way that they can keep the plates spinning?

[jspecaspec23]

The American dream is not a 2 car garage and and 2 kids with a hot wife though all can be rewarding. It is the dream of a nation who's people govern themselves in a fashion they see fit and send representatives to wield their values and desires in congress. Who really gives a shit about the world thinking we are or are not capable of paying bills, these banksters care about creating more debt to bind us in. To hell with them and their fiat debt. May war come upon anyone whom says other wise.

[geoffhubbs1]

Not that it would be just, but the elites should be held accountable for the millions of dead and suffering ,err billions. This video must target an audience that does not include my kind. How will everyone act when the shit does hit the fan. Almost all the persons in America and the western world are so disillusioned that I fear for us all. My neighbors scare me...

[Britslovesocialism]

these comments scare me. i would expect that rational people would be watching this. instead all of the zeitgeist zombies are here recommending a movie that introduces people to the venus project which asserts that we have endless resources on this planet and that computers should make all decisions. you people are sheep.

[Matic293]

@Britslovesocialism Resources are finite, you must have misinterpreted the information. The true zombies/sheep/(insert pointless and insulting label here) are those who judge and criticize any attempt at changing things for the better without doing the research.

[urbanverificationist]

"We" are not doing much of anything. The man talks about the the People of the United States as if they were all one homegeneous and unified group. They are not. The average American does not sit down to dinner with members of the Federal Reserve Board, nor members of Congress, nor members of the U..S. Chamber of Commerce, Wall Street Lobbyists, the D.O. D. & M.I.C., Big Oil. Big Pharma, Hospital Associations, Health Insurance Industry & all the other Vampires bleeding the nation dry.

[amphibian62]

Well now. It would help if the privately owned Federal Reserve Bank stopped printing money. 1913 a bill was passed to cover this criminal offfence.

Yes our money should go obsolete, fire the FRB, the illuminati who owns it should be spanked by their mothers.

jeez

[MrSammo1]

Watch Zeitgeist Moving Forward and wake up from your slumber

[Matic293]

@MrSammo1 Excellent film, and I highly recommend watching the Money As Debt series also.

[MrSammo1]

@Matic293 A really good watch is Alan Watts - Money.

[pokemonyu]

3 dislikes.

Obama,

Ben Bernanke, &

Tim Geithner.

[mirabilo]

By the looks of them, most of the audience won't be around over the "next 20 years" to witness all of this....

[quadcatfly]

government spending is the most important part of the economy !!!!

[yourmajezty]

wait a second. bombs are self liquidating. we use them to take resources from other nations

[MrAzdaz]

The last bush administration has a lot to answer for for speeding up our enviormental meltdown. Ok so no one could have stopped India or China but the U.S could have set a good example.

[MrAzdaz]

A true economic prophet?Say on brother...

[lhernandez74]

Great video.

[energyfinance]

Chris Martenson:

Sure, overall what you say is worthwhile. But most people will not understand what you are talking about. And out of the ones that do, most will NOT change much.

People are limited by what they know. They are biased by what they know as normal.

For me: I get it. I have been able to LOWER my EXPENSES just as my earnings and earning power have GREATLY INCREASED.

My wife and I travel a lot, live as we choose, AND SAVE $5k per month or more!!

Sad to say, USA is about done.

[flagship21]

like a christian nation with good values

[bellezzateam]

this is one of the best explanations I have ever heard!

[Humptydumptytribe]

This guy isn't quite so entertaining as doomsday prophets such as Michael Ruppert, Gerald Celente, and Alex Jones, but if he can get a wider audience to start waking up and smelling the coffee about what is going on in this country and planet, then more power to him. Next time folks accuse me of being too alarmist in my own rants, I'll steer them over to Chris, and say: "See, even NORMAL folks are figuring out that it is not business as usual on the Blue Planet." Onward through the fog, amigo!

[firstfamilyoffahrts]

@Humptydumptytribe I know exactly what you mean. I love Ruppert's work but I can see how sometimes the ranting and what not can be offputting to someone whose new to these ideas.

[PeterSodhi]

Martensonès work is without parallel - see the Innotown presentation.

[Gatetodreams]

Brilliant. We have to see money, society and quality of life in a total different perpective. I have started locally with setting up Official Cashflow Clubs Gerda Grundt

[eirikus]

One point to mention - when resources become scars they increase in value. This means that those who own the resources, as private properties, will become richer in the troubled years ahead. The gap between those who have and those you don't have will increase. The madness of liberalism is the core-idea that government should only exist to protect ownerships of private property - namely to protect those you have but not those you don't have. All this may result in Fascism in the near future!

[jackgoldman1]

Money, debt, banks, and government are the problem. Love is the answer. Do what you love, do it well, and live frugally. Money is a vehicle, not a good like love. A small trailer is all people need. Houses, cars, education, vacations are wasteful status symbols funded with debt. Save $1,000 a month and things will work out okay. Get a better job or cut expenses or double triple up like immigrants. It works. It's fun.

[HealthyPlanet]

Hello - Here is another perspective

What will Truly Save Us? Each of us generating the energy of Geninue SelfLove and sharing this Love with the World. This is THE energy that will create true prosperity for All. Financial debts that result in struggles, depressions & shame can be seen as Great Indicators. These kinds of debts are saying "Let Go of blocking your heart ," and "Turn off the auto pilot of self-loathing". HP

[nightrocket99]

BRAVO MARTENSON!

[quadcatfly]

WE ARE IN A RECOVERY !!!! OBAMA BIDEN 2012 !!!

[Nonpeon]

And the CAFR??? He mentioned nothing about it. Actually our government (a Fascist Corporate dictatorship) has more than enough money, although it's not mentioned. Examine the CAFRs for each state, county, district, the fed government, etc..., and you'll be amazed.

[qminusis]

Häsch ja rächt Chris, häsch ja rächt ...

[0pocketpenis0]

his retirement demographic short fall is solved by increased immigration from 2nd and 3rd world countries....his inflation is solved by an increasing population...his oil shortage is solved by using renewable energy that has massive untapped potential and nano technology (for plastic). hydro electric dams, geothermal, tidal etc (wind/solar are shit). plus minerals like copper and iron dont get depleted there elements...so all you need to do is recycle them..plus scientists can make new elements

[lucasleivia]

peak oil places an artificial ceiling on growth, because our monetary system depends on growth to function it spells the end for it... like they say a shark has to keep swimming, if it stays still it dies, the same goes for our economy. they can patch it up and help it limp along for a decade, maybe more but the current reccession will just continually get deeper! in our lifetime we will see such dramatic changes it will make the present credit crunch seem like a far off dream of prosperity.

[dongsoola]

bomb more countries just like US have done in the past.

[zignationer]

have you met Bill Still?

[nateburnett]

The best solutions are the simplest. Which means everyone needs to life a more simply and primitive lifestyle. By buying locally grown procduce, you reduce the amount of energy spent to transport food to a grocery store. You also reduce waste from packaged food. Growing a garden is also great way to give back to the earth and improve the environment. It all comes down to whether what you do from day to day is part of the problem or part of the solution. Be part of the solution!!!

[fibbsabaddy]

@nateburnett I agree. Although if we do not collectively do this as one world then it will all crash. Especially in a ever increasin globally connected world. The only way forward is a resource based economy. Money is what rewards this ever increasing level of consumption on a finite system

[MrLibertarian2012]

Buying gold stocks is pointless if you cannot redeem for the actual physical assets. Gold's value lies in its ideal properties for a medium of exchange, but if the market completely collapses do you honestly think an ETF is going to send you the gold when they go bankrupt?

[Youmakemefart]

the info is great but the presentation - is cheesy (especcially the beginning)

[RussDogMusic]

I doubt his audience has a clue what he is talking about. They just want their fee coupons to Dennys for sitting through this.

[Youmakemefart]

@RussDogMusic

lol epic comment - most of them are sleeping

[bighorn2004]

Dr. Chris Martenson is a picturesque example of what education does to the mind. it sharpens it, opens it, and fertilizes it for the development of critical thinking processes.

[MrEnergyCzar]

I was fortunate to see Chris Martenson live over the weekend in New York and he is incredible in that he explains complicated concepts for all to understand...

[charronfamilyconnect]

So does anyone think Gold is still a good investment or remote fertile land for example?

[lwanatt]

gold now, after the economic collapse, but before the food collapse, reinvest in fertile remote land. Make SURE it gets its water from a glacial melt not from a fossil-aquifer, or else all the fertility in the universe will be worthless

[charronfamilyconnect]

Iwanatt,

Thanks for your reply. Do you have any idea what would cause food collapse? Do you mean food shortage due to growing population or misuse of fertile land? If you could point me to a good source about I would appreciate it so much! Do you think gold will surpass $3000 oz. Any theories on this. Anyone can feel free to voice their opinion based on concrete investigation and not hype.

[SophieFuzi8]

I believe that the changes are not only taking place in the global economy but the human mind also. For this, I believe no-one is really able to know foretolding what is going to be the long-term outcome of this equasion, although I think every people has common sense should invest in gold (also as 1 leg) as it will definitely have some role in the next decade. This is my own opinion. I have already started turning the fraction of my savings to private, 999.9 non confiscateable gold and silver.

[charronfamilyconnect]

Hi Sophie, Thanks so much for your reply. do you know where I can purchase the type of gold you are investing in safely and reliably? Is it actual bars or coins and do you recommend I bury it in a safe place? I know this may sound like I am fooling around but I am dead serious. I plan on buying some fertile wooded land, and invest in some gold/silver but I only want to use 25% of my equity to purchase these. Do you recommend I purchase with cash. Thanks so much!

[cds162]

@charronfamilyconnect no everyone has access to remote fertile land, then again not everyone has access to gold either..

living in the city.. i am buying gold/silver

[postpeakman]

@charronfamilyconnect yes, and yes.

[ArturoSkandha]

Chris just did a presentation in the UK in the House of Parliament. He is the rare SYNTHESIZER, someone with the intellligence to understand multiple disciplines and make them understandable to others. Becasue our big problems interlock ,they are resistant to being understood properly through our disease of SPECIALIZATION. If he's using the Internet to get paid to do this essential work, more power to him. Thanks Chris!

[mrcoffeeQQQ]

The expanded version of his course prompted me to research these issues in EVEN GREATER DEPTH. This information is absolutely true. Do the research for yourself "exposingcrooks2009"

[exposingcrooks2009]

He says "this is not all about money." No Chris, for you it is all about money. That is why you charge people for your infomercial seminars and $500/hr ...for what?? Areyou INSANE? YOu are a crook, who most likely was fired from your job because you suck.

[xopenex1]

@exposingcrooks2009

He can charge any amount he wants. Thats not crooked..you dont have to pay it. I think his info is informative and very useful. What is crooked iand insane s what the US govt is currently doing to its citizens!!!. You should be much more angry about that than this video.

[cds162]

@exposingcrooks2009

Sir, over to the right are ALL his Vids all 29 of them.. this IS FREE he doesn't change a thing..

[exposingcrooks2009]

This guy is a CROOK. He reads articles and books from experts and claims he has some way to show you how to "be like him." hahahaha. TRUST ME HE IS A CROOK.

[exposingcrooks2009]

This guy, Chris Martenson is a CROOK. He is spreading his videos (material which he stole from experts) in a way to increase his exposure. Now on his website he is charging money $500/ hr to speak with him hahaha. And he is charging for lectures. He is even claiming now that he predicted all of these economic problems. THIS MAN IS A LIAR AND A FRAUD. THIS GUY IS AN UNEMPLOYED WEASEL LOOKING TO EXPLIOT THE MISERY OF OTHERS.

[exposingcrooks2009]

This guy, Chris Martenson is a CROOK. He is spreading his videos (material which he stole from experts) in a way to increase his exposure. Now on his website he is charging money $500/ hr to speak with him hahaha. And he is charging for lectures. He is even claiming now that he predicted all of these economic problems. THIS MAN IS A LIAR AND A FRAUD. THIS GUY IS AN UNEMPLOYED WEASEL LOOKING TO EXPLIOT THE MISERY OF OTHERS.

[exposingcrooks2009]

This guy, Chris Martenson is a CROOK. He is spreading his videos (material which he stole from experts) in a way to increase his exposure. Now on his website he is charging money $500/ hr to speak with him hahaha. And he is charging for lectures. He is even claiming now that he predicted all of these economic problems. THIS MAN IS A LIAR AND A FRAUD. THIS GUY IS AN UNEMPLOYED WEASEL LOOKING TO EXPLIOT THE MISERY OF OTHERS.

[beenthere1run]

dad gum govment, dirty sumbitches, got their dad gum hands in every pocket of my britches.

[proaudiohd]

great informational project this guy made.

[Piscivorus]

In other words, prepare to return to a late 17th century / early 18th century / pre-industrial lifestyle.

[postrealitysyndrome]

@Piscivorus

yes and no. If we're smart we can invest now in new technologies that can help rebuild a society that resists the debt/growth model that has developed due to the FED. If individuals scale down energy consumption then self-sufficiency is possible through solar and wind. We're going to also have to find a way to get wealth back from the banking elite that have drained the nation's wealth, and find ways to resist their control structures.

[christo930]

7 years ago is not pre-bubble. The bubble really got out of control between 2002-2006 or so, but most economists put the housing bubble starting in the mid 90's, which means you did buy during the bubble.

[christo930]

The car is a really bad example of bad debt. A car will last the life of the loan and can increase ones earning ability. Now, buying an expensive car may not be such a good idea, but buying something that lasts the life of the loan is not consuming tomorrows income today. Financing a vacation, OTOH, means you are consuming tomorrows income today.

[225Vikings]

You cant eat gold. Start a farming business.

[jimbobubbadj]

225Vikings, can you eat dollars?

[bronxling]

It's that old problem with fiat currencies...lots of fiber but no value, nutritive or otherwise!

[magichandpuppet]

No, I was busy laughing at spelling nazi's like you who spend their time "correcting" others and smelling their own farts.

[magichandpuppet]

yes, and sheep is spelled "sheep"

[magichandpuppet]

>Would buying a smaller house outright have been a more prudent move?

How can you be sure that the gubbment won't just take your property through "eminent domain"? Or, simply increase property taxes beyond a point that you are willing and able to pay to keep it... again allowing the gubbment to take your property and auction it off. Since you are still paying property tax on "owned" property, you are still paying rent... so, might as well cut you liability and rent.

[managarm1349]

yeah well should´ve told me to buy gold 5 years ago lol

[TristanTheSaint]

another scientologist ?

[SuperAtheist]

"Would buying a smaller house outright have been a more prudent move?"

is buying a house that you know will lose 65-80% of it's value a more prudent move?

[CandianBear]

the point here is you have stability- you don't owe anything on a home you can live in and depend upon in a time when volilitiy in the general economic system might be getting out of hand... i agree though renting doesn't seem like too smart a option unless he figured why buy into a bubble market and is waiting for it to burst like it did and prices to come back down where he will buy!? Also can you put a price on having a roof over your head in times of crisis?

[llothar68]

38 mins of my live wasted.

I give the complete version a chance. But this one doesn't even touch the relevant problems. If he is not explaining the money system then the important failure is not discussed at all.

[llothar68]

Adding pensions and medicare to the debt numbers is just stupid.

[StarvingForTruth]

why? both represent future obligations: money we have to cough up.

[666sigma]

Your analysis is not only spot on, it is explained in a way that the Average Joe can understand.

A "must read" for anyone who wants to understand what will happen over the next 20+ years.

[eyewitness043]

I'm glad Mr. Martensen had done a "G" rated tutorial on Economics.

Nevertheless, I'm still thankful for other films like Zeitgist, Money as Debt and Freedom to Facism that add the political dimnsion that should excite ones sense of urgency.

[postrealitysyndrome]

@eyewitness043

I agree about the urgency, but we must be focusing on solutions and strategies.

[eyewitness043]

@postrealitysyndrome - That sounds good, just keep in mind you can't fix stupid.

[DoYouThinkForUrselF]

@eyewitness043 if i was you i would look further into zeitgist. I do believe it is a front for the same people who caused this economic collapse. That is all i will say the rest is up to you.

[eyewitness043]

@DoYouThinkForUrselF - Smh.

[wilsonpwt]

It is important to keep in mind the "divide and conquer" strategy. The transfer of the wealth upwards is a non-denominational bipartisan effort.