The moment you start hearing voices in your head, your rational thought should be 'I need to see a doctor pronto!'. However David Icke ignored any rational motion he may have had and instead chose to share his crazy rants with the world.
Icke's theory is almost on par with Scientology, and are both suprisingly money making theories.
The 'religion' of Scientology takes donations, and is tax exempt in America. Its followers actually have to pay money to become privy to the secrets behind the religion about how aliens came to earth 75 million years ago from a Galactic Federation called Xenu. In the same way, Icke's followers are paying money to read his books and attend his talks, meanwhile feeding his fortune.
Icke is either god damn insane or a very intelligent, exhibitionist conman. Personally I believe he's the later. He started out his career as a sports presenter, ie. he likes performing for the camera. Acting like a crazy man claiming the he knows about a supposed political conspiracy simply attracts him more attention, which he obviously enjoys. As it was said in Jon Ronsons documentary 'The Lizards and the Jews', Icke's argument is all plusible right up until he hits the punch line. So why go and ruin his well thought through, credible conspiracy theory with "and...they're all 7ft scaley lizards".
He knows that a little bit of craziness will bring in the crowds and therefore create revenue. Its the money he's interested in...its got to be!
A third year Journalism student, studying at University of Winchester.
Nicely written commentary on the Icke film. But what about anti-semitism and Dreyfus?
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