seems interesting, I want to expand my mind about it. I don’t want to be ignorant anymore.
Chosen Answer:
I assume you’re asking about The Zeitgeist Movement, which is people around the supporting the idea that humanity can do a lot better than we are doing, and, indeed, that we must for our own survival.
Capitalism has failed. We’re just making the death long and drawn out with “qualitative easing” and “bail-outs” by creating/borrowing money and handing it straight over to the rich, while letting our children deal with how it will be paid back.
Communism has also failed. It has never been able to remove money, and leaving humans in control of decision making has always led to corruption.
We have only one planet with one set of resources. We have nowhere to go and “try again” if we screw up our existence on Earth. All of our “systems” (political, economic, etc) have never dealt with the most important thing our species depends on: the planet Earth.
Nothing is more important than the intelligent management and preservation of the Earth’s resources for future generations, yet we continue to clear cut rain forests, like the Amazon, at a rate of 8 football fields per day.
We are currently facing dangers humanity has never dealt with before:
+ Peak oil has been reached. There is not enough oil for humanity to continue on the way we have been, but there’s no urgency to find an alternative. It may already be too late, but governments don’t want people to think about that and create anarchy.
+ Technological unemployment is inevitable as our computers and machinery gets better and increases a corporations profits by replacing the largest cost: human labor. It’s happening all around us. Farming has long been automated, manufacturing has long been automated, and no the service industry is being automated: self-check-outs, DVD vending machines, stock brokers, travel agents, newspaper classifieds, etc. Get ready for real estate agents to be replaced en masse by FSBO on-line websites. Why do you think unemployment numbers not coming down, but corporations profits are steadily climbing? Obama just said last week that the jobs are not coming back, and people must learn to adapt.
+ We’re destroying the one thing that we all depend on, the Earth, and we’re doing to with ever increasing efficiency in the never-ending quest for more profits: pollution of the land/air/water and unsustainable stripping of resources faster than they can possibly be replenished.
We must change our ways. The future of our species depends on it.
Real change is not made with elections and changing country leaders.
Real change is not adding more laws, implementing more restrictions, and giving up personal rights and freedoms.
Real change is not “going green” by bringing your own shopping bag to the grocery store.
What is real change? First, we have to start by looking at what is important: We have one planet with limited resources that must be carefully managed in a sustainable manner to be available for all future generations.
Is money important? Can you breath money or eat money or by sheltered by money? No, money just facilitates exchange so you can obtain necessities.
What if we could make available all the necessities of life without money? What if we could do it for everyone on the planet in a sustainable manner?
Luckily for us, we can. We have the understanding and advanced technology to do just that.
We only lack the maturity as a species to go where we need to be going.
Be sure to watch the 2009 movie, “Zeitgeist Addendum”, for more information about The Venus Project and Resource Based Economy:
http://www.zeitgeistaddendum.com
Zeitgeist III had it’s theatrical premier on January 15th, 2011. This third movie was released in theatres in 60+ countries and in 30+ languages around the world with most locations selling out. This third Zeitgeist film, “Moving Forward”, was recently released on-line:
http://www.zeitgeistmovingforward.com
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by: bkyle
on: 2nd April 11