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Peter Joseph

Movie Producer

Peter Joseph is a left-wing documentarian. He produced the Zeitgeist movies which each won the best feature film in the Artivist Film Festival in 2007 and 2008. He is a strong critic of the US Government; his most controversial stance his belief that they played a part in the September 11th attacks.

Peter Joseph's Opinions

Agree
The 911 Myth: 19 hijackers, directed by Osama Bin Laden, took over 4 commercial jets with box cutters and, while evading the Air Defense System, hit 75% of their targets. In turn, [the towers] collapsed due to structural failure through fire in a "pancake" fashion, while the [other two planes] vaporized upon impact. The 911 Commission found that there were no warnings [for the attacks], while multiple government failures prevented adequate defense.
25 Jun 2007    Source


Agree
The 911 Myth [entails that] the 911 Commission found that there were no warnings [for the attacks], while multiple government failures prevented adequate defense.
25 Jun 2007    Source


Disagree
In turn, free market capitalism in the form of free trade, uses debt to imprison the world and manipulate countries into subservience to a handful of large business and political powers. Apart from these obvious amoralities, the system itself is based on competition, which immediately destroys the possibility of large scale collaborations for the common good. Hence paralyzing any attempt at true global sustainability.
02 Oct 2008    Source


Disagree
...what isn’t talked about, is how a competition based economy invariably leads to strategic corruption, power and wealth consolidation, social stratification, technological paralysis, labor abuse and ultimately a covert form of government dictatorship by the rich elite.
02 Oct 2008    Source


War

Agree
The Taliban rose to power, and by 2000 they had destroyed most of the opium fields. [this quote is used by Peter Joseph as a fact, and he attributes it to the Washington Post and the UNODC Report - the quote actually comes from Michael C. Ruppert paraphrasing those sources]
02 Oct 2008    Source


Agree
Virtually all forms of crime are a consequence of the monetary system either directly or by neurosis inflicted through financial deprivation. Therefore, laws themselves could eventually become extinct.
02 Oct 2008    Source


Comparisons with Other Experts and Influencers

The similarity between Peter Joseph and each expert and influencer is calculated by looking at how the same questions were answered. These figures are used to calculate conforming, nonconforming, and projected opinions. The accuracy of the analysis depends on Peter Joseph's coverage, which grows with the number of their opinions entered into TakeOnIt.

Agree
Karl Marx
Father of Communism
100% agreement / 2 opinions

Michael Moore
Documentarian
100% agreement / 1 opinions

The Washington Post
Newspaper
100% agreement / 1 opinions

Ralph Nader
Politician, Consumer Activist
100% agreement / 1 opinions

U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Head of U.S. Military
100% agreement / 1 opinions

Jessie Ventura
Former Governor of Minnesota
100% agreement / 1 opinions

Mostly Agree
Charlie Sheen
Actor
75% agreement / 1 opinions

Pablo Fajnzylber
Economics Professor
75% agreement / 1 opinions

Daniel Lederman
Economist, World Bank
75% agreement / 1 opinions

Norman Loayza
Economist, World Bank
75% agreement / 1 opinions

In-Between
Noam Chomsky
Linguistics & Philosophy Professor
50% agreement / 2 opinions

Osama Bin Laden
Leader of Al Qaeda
50% agreement / 2 opinions

Mostly Disagree
Sigmund Freud
Famous Psychologist
25% agreement / 1 opinions

Eric Neumayer
Economics Professor
25% agreement / 1 opinions

Disagree
Adam Smith
Founder of Modern Economics
0% agreement / 2 opinions

Milton Friedman
Iconic Economist of 20th Century
0% agreement / 2 opinions

Conservapedia
Christian Encyclopedia
0% agreement / 2 opinions

Eliezer Yudkowsky
Artificial Intelligence Researcher
0% agreement / 1 opinions

Kevin Rudd
Australian Prime Minister, 2007-2010
0% agreement / 1 opinions

Malcolm Turnbull
Leader of Australian Liberal Party
0% agreement / 1 opinions

Conforming Opinions

Peter Joseph's conforming opinions are opinions that align with the group of experts and influencers Peter Joseph typically agrees with.

Coverage Answer Question
Low Disagree Is free trade generally beneficial for a country?
Low Disagree Is capitalism good?
Low Agree Did the Taliban ban drug cultivation because it was "un-Islamic"?

Nonconforming Opinions

Peter Joseph's nonconforming opinions are opinions that contradict the group of experts and influencers Peter Joseph typically agrees with.

Coverage Group Answer Expert Answer Question
Low Mostly Agree Agree Does economic inequality cause crime?