The Grand Illusion

[walchseewinkl20]

Great! Watch another video regarding the same topic: "Master of Greed" by Peter Martell on youtube.

[mathlover3]

I'm a skeptic, and I question everything.

I think the media is biased by corporate interests. I think that consumerism is dangerous, especially at its current levels. I think the rich people could do with a lot less power.

But I question everything, as I said--and I find there is nothing stupider or more inane than 9/11 "truthers," alternative "medicine", and the UFO bullcrap that this guy believes in. Just search for "Global Illumination Council" and see!

[peterson553]

@mathlover3. I won't even go where you are on 911 it would be a waste of energy. I am curious why you bash someone who knows healing and doesn't need some pharmaceutical chemically produced in a lab from ARTIFICIAL molecules that we did not evolve around or with in nature. I am 43 going on 44 this fall and look 35 at the oldest and am the same size I was at 14 years old. I am healthy with not a single ailment and am not on any drugs other than birth control. Alternative medicine WORKS WONDERS.

[thejehmann]

Thank you



[libertyman0033]

these words are never more true than now in today's world, today with the help of the Internet we can see what the illusion really is and we no longer need to ponder what the spell is that we r under we can see that it's the control of the media.....they saw it then, I can only hope u all see it now....fnc

[bakersfieldmusicnow]

very well put...thanx for posting.!

[yodaisthebestest]

Gayyyy fattyy

[TheRandomCrazyMan]

Can someone please explain to me why so many people hate Styx?

[brushheavy08]

go live somwhere else...see how bad our "illusion" is then

[Jane102248]

Yes, we live in a conditioned society, conditioned to be consumers and never look deeper than the bank account! I'm not one of these robots!

[MrSmileyHasABigDong]

don't trust nor belong on your government.. wherever you live.. yourself will be the only trustworthy person in you life.

[Visc0us1488]

@MrSmileyHasABigDong This is the mentality the globalists want people to be in. I have some real advice for all of you. Dont be suspicious of everyone. Try using some critical thinking. Yes the government is corrupt, and as well as most of the people in it. But we need to trust those we choose to surround ourselves with. If you cant trust them why do you let them around? Trust your family, and your friends. Do not just rely on yourselves. The power at be want to seperate you.

[LylythTV]

★★★★★

[dasstu]

See, my interpretation of the song is pretty different. Too me it's the idea of self vs. public opinion, i.e. generally ignoring what magazines and such tell you you SHOULD look and be like, and focus more on being happy with yourself and changing only things you genuinely don't like about yourself.

[MrBallpark33]

@dasstu hell yea man

[REV7verse9]

Well, I must confess that I just "woke up". Meaning that I was snapped out of my deep consumeristic slumber. Looking at the world now, I see , we dont care, we teach to be better than thy neighbor instead of loving and upbuilding them. we prefer flat screens over family festivals. We are the only civilization like this. We encourage greediness. We need to love all EQUALLY! Regardless of where someone is from or the language they speak. FREE MEXICO, OPEN THE BOARDERS AND LET OUR BROTHERS IN!!!!

[TheToilet99]

Good Video ! , But ur still ugly :)

[rushkagon]

Powerful and prophetic song from an equally illustrious group. I'm glad someone put a video together for this song that reflects the complete con that is capitalism.

911 = INSIDE JOB!

[ProudAnselmo]

What's with the Star of David from the eye of Horus pyramid? What are you, a dirty anti-Semite or something?

[daddyishot2]

well StaalRulz2010 on "The Grand Illusion"‏, u don't have any idea what the fuck your even talking about. i forgot more about music than you will ever know. your a loser and u proved it with your comment.

[daddyishot2]

styx is a corporate sell out band. after their 2nd album these losers sold out.

[S1K3CH1L4]

The same shit happens here in Germany too.

[HaleyMary]

what's that alien with the black wings in front of the pyramid?

[HaleyMary]

this song and the images together in this video is genius. Describes the world as it really is today with the wars, starvation, etc.

[Asylum709]

..........And Liberal Retards

[Menarson]

Hey man, do you have any knowledge about someone called Bernard Poolman? On his myspace he claims some kind of connection with you.

[ChrisThomsen1976]

Projekt camelot is 1000 more interesting then this vidio clip its the same pictures over and over again

[StaalRulz2010]

Awesome work. Great tune I love it - the lyrics kick ass - I'm surprised they weren't "assassinated" like JFK and his brother!!!

Anyway, I'm Canadian as well and live near the border and it blows my mind how blind most people are. Deep inside we're all the same yet most of them are sooo f'in dumb to research themselves for the truth. The elites have put in their shit for brains heads that if you don't go with their bs "official" stories then you're a "Conspiracy Whack job!! Retarded sheep!

[narutonut48]

@StaalRulz2010

first wow your an idiot and you are the blind one the government lies to us daily and i know of something almost no one else dose theres something higher than the government i will send you more info i cant give more out to the public.

[StaalRulz2010]

@narutonut48 No really? You should try to use commas once in a while because you really look like "the idiot American"...

Take a pill.

Love from Canada.

[daddyishot2]

@narutonut48 send that shit to my email also, hotblooded69fyea@yahoo ok.

[daddyishot2]

@StaalRulz2010 u r a fuckin lying idiot.

[StaalRulz2010]

@daddyishot2 Didn't lie about a thing. Jealous American you are. For a comment like that, you're obviously one of those paranoid cocksuckers down there with 13 shotguns that drinks all day. daddyishot2, what did you shoot? Your load into your mother's mouth? Go rot in hell

[HappySweetKUSH420]

how do i know if this is what they want me to think, maybey there is no such thing as the grand illusion, mabey this is supposed to disstract us from what really is inportant

[JLANDIS1043]

Watch "Zeitgeist Addendum" and join "The Zeitgeist Movement." That's all I got to say. Peace.

[LakeshoreBaby]

Yeah. Both capitalism and socialism are based on fake fiat money. There is no point fighting against socialism by touting capitalism, when one is the mass production of goods and the other is the redistribution of it. They are both wrong.

[redletterchurch]

Great slideshow! I'm not opposed to capitalism, corporations, or the mainstream media - but the irresponsibility and corruption needs to be reigned-in BIG TIME!! I think the internet is providing the masses with the information they need to make responsible decisions. When the bright lights get turned on - the rats will run!!! It's a rat race - and the rats are winning - BUT NOT FOR LONG!!!!

[SBFHawk1]

It is the grand illusion and we know it. We live in it but I have known it since I was little. Thats okay because EDOM America has to pay the price for its evil. GOd will destroy edom. That includeds those called the edomites. God knows that it is his people that will inherit the earth not these devils who run the world!

[AI2flesh]

i like old chiefs... wish i ever met one but well... so is the world today...

[TroijanSkinhead]

this seems like an old man made this boring

[bowie4evr]

This is Great! Definitely represents the Grand Illusion that the media wants us to be living under! It is so true that deep inside we are all the same.

[domino11avhs]

sweet...but honestly u look like jim carey in the grinch...do u have like a roll of quarters under your upper lip

[keithj73]

yeshhh welomes to the gllland illussionsssssss

[Dallas7]

what happened to your upper lip

[OldSmellyCrotch]

I don't quite follow the grand illusion of capitalism, what do you mean by that?

[klegster]

Too many repeat photos. In my opinion you should have 1 photo and something that slides together to help make your point.

[Buzby62]

thank god for capitalism otherwise this bullshit would'nt get an airing long live the capitalist MINDSET !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[Quantanthead]

The song is great. The pictures are somewhat repititious though.

[dreamfaeiry]

~This song really sums it up!

Thanks for this vid justbernard!

;} Namaste !!!~

[flairfan101]

Could've used a few more images Bernard, it got boring after about ninety seconds!

[oliviamulgrew]

wonderful work thankyou

[EurekaTrustson42]

No, I don't know Bernard.

[OzzyFan232]

darec1396 you retard that song was written in 1979 this was made in 1977 it is not a COVER

[Rjhills]

If you had a zoom lense you could get even closer...

[AccuracyMarked]

great music great imagery....thanks for posting....makes us realize our senseless way.

[IlluminationCouncil]

Yes it does, and that is the propose.

[italobambino43]

This classic STYX song could have never been put to better use! I love your video collage, it really shows us for what we have become in this so called democracy, we are living in a "Grand Illusion"!

[dougisnice666]

i like bernard

[darec1396]

u guys know this is a cover song of Axes Life is just an illusion

[VintageVideoh]

A cover album is a song with the exact same lyrics

[wvtothemax]

fag

[turboturds]

stop doing this. your little montage is not effective and stix really sux

[faulikus]

leave us alone or get wasted !

[ChrisPCr3am]

styx is awesome. but i agree, the montage of the same pictures for 5 minutes doesent make any sense to me. just a waste of my time to watch.

[BringMeTheApocalypse]

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[JordanMobFigaz]

go to 911missinglinks(dot)com

they can stop us, but they cant stop the truth!!!!!

[konigtigertank]

First myth/lie, we're all the same/equal,

puts everyone on a common ground for exploitation...

Liked the star of david in the dollar bill...

[SKATERFOELYFE]

wtf?

[materialchica16]

Very Well Done! Great Song it was their intro for the last Styx Show I went to. 32year old song

[prmorey]

ghey intro

[popfrend]

styx had some great songs!

[jayzomtube]

random emptiness

[road66agent]

great song and i agree with your statement

[redcap79]

excellent song! styx was way ahead of their time> then they sold out and became a grand illusion themselves!

[materavo]

Thats True!

[davidnightingale]

They sell us junk with illusions. We pay for it with and illusion. Go to war based on illusions. Fear, they love it and use it, it works with most of the sheeple.

[wolfgange63]

True but whats the alternative? Less freedom and a higher form of government control where you do not have the ability to prosper? Where we all become under more control by our puppeteers in congress? Who see us less than sheeple? If our form of a republic is so bad, why do people risk all to escape here?

[davidnightingale]

People tend to go to what they percieve as richer nations, just like they move into towns. Humans have migrated for many reasons. If you read up on a chap called Douglas, in 1920's UK he had some better ideas for a financial system, which at present, keeps us all as debt slaves, producing loads of stuff that people want to buy but can't because most money in circulation is created from debt, When borrowing slows, so does the supply of money.

[lewis121701]

In order to create money you have create debt- you know that _ that was the reason why the founders of this nation went to war with the British was the Bank of England and not the church of England and we have 6 thousand years of history to prove that FIAT money destroyes empires it is just a matter of time when it happens hear

[davidnightingale]

Major C M Douglas and others have had ideas on non debt currency. For example government can issue money, spend it into circulation to build projects these have value, so the money has been given value by the work done for it. The banks function should be what it once was a safe depository.

[lewis121701]

That is why the founders wanted the money backed by gold , silver , copper and so forth and yeah fiat money looks good on paper but take a look at what has happend since the federal reserve started. We are in a 20 hundred hundred million ( 20 trillion ) dollar debt all because of fractional reserves. This is insanity we are living in

[lewis121701]

The alternative is ask God ( Jehovah ) for help he is the only one that has the power to crush the wild beast! But if you are an agnostic or atheist then your pretty much on your own. Later

[Azraeltheartist]

h.r 1955 has passed and now its going to the senate as S1959

Body: this bill will give the government the power to regulate what you say how you say it. even regulate your own thoughts. DONT LET THEM DO THIS. you need to protect your freedom of speech. ITS YOUR GOD GIVEN RIGHT PROVIDED TO YOU BY CURRENT AND DEAD AMERICAN SOLDIERS. you need to spread this message as fast as possible. DRAW the prophet muhammed or jesus or whoever has political power. AND SHOOT IT THEN POST THE VIDEO.

[marleyman0]

if this illusion is sumthin we shud all like then y dnt we learn how 2 hunt and farm in school?answer is so we r dependent on this fuckin system where these already rich fat bastards at the top get bigger n better n stronger n wot do we get? flashy toys n a weakened state of mind and ability 2 look after ourselves, without daddys help we r fucked! and yet ppl r so happy 2 carry on...credit crunch? terrorists? food? dnt worry! the goverment will sort it out they wouldnt let us die? they NEED us!

[elusiveshadow2008]

Marleyman, I don't want to hunt and farm, thank you very much. There is a lot of problems in our society, but convenience and efficiency is not one of them. The industrial revolution and capitalism has done a lot to enhance our quality of life. I for one, would never want to go back to having to spend our entire waking days tending the fields, shooting and butchering deer, spending all our energy just to survive. But you are welcome to drop out and go live in the woods and hunt your food.

[marleyman0]

i might just do that, been the madman i am, silly me wantin self saisfaction and spiritual fulfillment instead of an ipod, fact is i hve a vision of a better world n no1 wants to let shit go and give it a try, its sad and its the reason evil cunts will always be in control, oh n dnt bother mailin bck i really hve better things to do than botherin with narrowminded bought off fools, kiss my balls if u hve anythin to say

[michelleanovel]

When this song came out, a working guy (or gal) was able to get out of high school, get a job and support themselves. Not anymore.

One of the biggest grand illusions was the promotion of credit. Greed took over. It truly is a grand illusion.

[randomlyindie]

There is just as much propaganda mind control in our capitalist country as there are in socialist and communist countries.

[c0mpute]

Its not so much about governments wanting to control you or anyone else, its that you and others people continue to support their ideology and myths so they feel they have to offer more to you and what you think they offer for the good actually ends up for the worse

[SharkDude1]

I say we burn down all big companys to the ground.....oh wait.. If we do that, then us common folk will be out of a job. Its not the companys themselfs that fuck everyone, its the Fat cats at the top level who get greedy from all the cash and want more.

[Kenzofeis]

Maybe it's just that you have your blinds down and didn't get it, maybe try look at WHAT random pictures and then think about what is their theme, and you will (should) see the connection..

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[Kronix777]

i live in amsterdam, america is yucky. they have team leaders that owe theyre mates so much, and theyre mates work so hard for a quarter of what they should be getting. very sad indeed... but theyre people are posting videos like this and starting to wake up so thats good.

[INFOWARforYourMind]

Good video Bernard. Some prople get it, I'm sorry for those who don't. NO NWO.

Mr. Business went to church on Sunday. Mr. Business went to hell for what he did on Monday.

Peace

[jayandtayproductions]

I love this song and I am going to thier concert in a couple of weeks

[shaylabench]

Hi Barnard

I want to know are you american? i am Half californian and I live in Canada. I'm disapointed in america I even wanted to move in BADLY before I started research. I found that muchs of the Freedoms are an illusion even your countrys Tv portrays speaking up agaisn't injustice as NOT the COOL thing to do. And whats with "In God we Trust" not everyone belives in God. holly FASCISM. whats with the Illuminati symbols on the American money? master of puppets pulling your strings

[justbernard]

Amazing what happens when you start to see the ILLUSION they have created.

Thanks,

B

[iammidknight]

@justbernard nah, its pretty sweet here.

[Angus666Young]

twisting your mind and smashing your dreams. wow, i never thought their would be a Metallica reference in a Styx video, oh well, i like both bands =]

[GreenDayReallySucks]

Blinded by America, you can't see a thing ;) Styx, Metallica, and this video kick ass

[kemry55]

@shaylabench you need states

[cathyvernham]

@shaylabench the united states was foundered by people whom believed in God. That is why you see so much of it, in our money.

[1956cjc]

@shaylabench Please do the USA a Favor and Keep your Commy God hating Ass in Canada & guessing they really are whising you would leave there

[monkeyguru00]

Ok, but I don't understand how capitalism is an illusion.

[gemhunter99]

I was just thinking of doing something with this song and found this very good...saved me some work.

[IlluminationCouncil]

Do you realize that you look like the BORG. Plug back into nature and find out whats real. Your playing into the media propraganda and being told what to do. Some youngins need to get a life.

[HeroofTime55]

You might wish I were. Seriously, come up with better propaganda than the Democrat donkey fucking the Republican elephant. Hell, I don't even know what point you were trying to get across with that. Maybe I'm supposed to be high while watching this?

I play into no propaganda, lol. I've seen firsthand how sources like Faux News, trusted by the mainstream, lie for a quick buck. Thank God for the internet, and my ability to think for myself. I love freedom of information.

[HeroofTime55]

Furthermore, I am a college student enrolled at RIT. My life is very busy right now. I bet you read my comment assuming I'm "just another teen" who's got white wires 'round my neck 24/7. Nope. You think I'm the type to spit right back out whatever others tell me, without a second thought. Nope. Though admitedly, being a borg and flying around in a giant cube might be fun. I don't know, I was never there.

[HeroofTime55]

I realize that people steriotype. Hell, it's an essential function that makes the mind more efficient, generalizing everything into simple terms, and it can be difficult to know when that instinct is wrong. And I forgive you. But know that I am a thinker, a leader and not a follower. I carve my own path, for better or, a lot of times, for worse. Maybe it is you who needs to get beyond the media steriotypes.

[HeroofTime55]

And wow, lol, look at me as I ramble on about stuff. The point is, I guess, nobody really knows what's really going on. Knowing that you don't know is way better than thinking you know everything. I don't know much about you or your group, but do yourself a big favor, and make sure that you aren't doing the same thing you accuse me of doing; playing into propaganda. It never hurts to do a reality check every now and again, and re-examine your own stance.

[HeroofTime55]

And by that, I mean the iPod itself, not Apple. I mean, come on, it really is a great device. Looks cool too.

Anyway, that said, Styx = awesome. I really don't give a crap about any commie/socialist/whatnot message you're trying to pass, I just want to listen to great music by a great band.

PS: Flashing stock images randomly isn't the best way to get your message across, though there were some fancy visual transitions.

[HeroofTime55]

...What do you have against iPod? :x

[IlluminationCouncil]

Plug back into nature and take the ear plugs out of your ear. You just might find a gift waiting for you.

[jaminjan316]

ko, thanx!

[IlluminationCouncil]

All videos are carefully researched. Hope you gain wisdom, knowledge and education from them. For further infomation please Google by typing in the topic. Thanks for writing.

[jaminjan316]

Gotcha-I'll have some time on my hands for a while so that'll keep me busy {:)!!!!! with great interest.

[jaminjan316]

You can count on it...

[IlluminationCouncil]

Hope you will gain knowledge and wisdom from the videos. A lot of effort is put into these films so that the people maybe aware of what is happening on the planet. Let's wake up the Sheeples together!

[jaminjan316]

thanx for a great video

[IlluminationCouncil]

Thank you for writing us. We hope you will view the videos in the future and pass them along to friends & family. If we all are together 'they' will not distroy us! The truth is out there!

[123toit]

hey this is a really good thing. I like how you mix the images with the music and the colours you use. Really Good.

[justbernard]

Thanks so much. Share the message with everyone and maybe one day we'll all get along and suport each other unconditionally.:-)

In Peace and Beauty,

Bernard

[123toit]

ok im gonna do it for sure. Good luck!

[KJ0012]

weird my science teacher asked us to look up the answer and tell us who said "welcome to the grand illusion come on in and see whats happening" and we'd get a candy bar if we did. but why would he us want to look up a band.

[kingarthurup]

Awesome video!... I am a musician playing the club circuit,but you have convinced me to get a real job!

[b1nation]

Bernard, this video is very strong, let us talk about. Caroline Schwab

[igotroborot]

Vote Ron Paul to help save our republic in 2008!!!!Go Ron Paul!!!!

[wecanriot]

agreed! Finally someone knows who Ron Paul is!!

[eddietru]

cool

[kancerman]

and freedom is given away to the soft machines

[ePhilosopher]

and you are miss america