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Forum Post: The Source of all Our Societal/Economical Problems

Posted 12 years ago on Oct. 9, 2011, 4:24 p.m. EST by ResourceBasedEconomy (23)
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I hope good health and happiness for the few who began the OWS Movement. They started awareness and, instead of taking leadership, they maintained that all of us are the leaders as one. Eventually, I hope all those watching and all those participating do their own thinking and stop relying on information, especially from the media, and others to fuel their ideas. Follow your hearts, so to speak. If we all had common goals that would only benefit those who have actually proposed or had those goals. The concept is to benefit everyone. Therefore, perhaps attacking the source of the problem may have more impact.

Peter Joseph (The Zeitgeist Movement) and Jacque Fresco (The Venus Project) have been logically and scientifically reasoning why this system has failed and will continue to fail. Not through theory or opinion, but through tangible evidence. In simple terms, money is the issue. There are millions of conflicts, ideas, arguments, wars, etc., in the world and among us. Most of these problems revolve around money. If money were erased, so do these millions of conflicts. Of course there is a counter argument or many arguments against this but they are not arguments, they are questions.

Considering this is only a blog, I encourage a little more research than all of us have been doing but without the indoctrinations and systematic beliefs/values that were taught. Vision without the distortion of words with vague meanings and unreasoned beliefs. If you are not already aware of the "Zeitgeist Movement" and the "Venus Project," simply googling these two terms will provide way more detailed information.

In my words, the movements promote a resourced-based economy that excludes money of any form and concentrates on the resources, technology and goodness in humanity to take care of us. Money is a made up valueless item as you can't eat money, drink money, nor fill your tank with money. Furthermore, money is nothing but an illusion attached to a green piece of paper that is more valued than human life. People are starving, dying, killing and just suffering because of this green paper that has no value. If you only had millions of dollars in the middle of the desert, with no resources, of what value is it?

There is a legitimate, tangible process in pursuing this way of life possible for at www.thevenusproject.com or www.thezeitgeistmovement.com. If you have the time watch the video on Youtube "Zeitgeist Moving Forward" for a clear picture. I don't want to misguide people.

We should consider abolishing money because every institution, business, and even education system is restricted because of this illusion attached to a green piece of paper (or whatever color). We are all human and should stop being robotized through ponzi schemes. There's no need for anyone to starve or deprived. Let's not make it possible by not leaving that opportunity through money to exist.

99%er for now and future 100%er.

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[-] 1 points by CommonSensical (27) from San Marcos, TX 12 years ago

Money isn't bad by itself. Money is bad when the people who spend it on hard goods and services (groceries, electric bill) have no control over the amount and source of this money. Money is bad when there are no limits placed on the organizations that deal with money. Money is bad when it is treated as a commodity itself, even though it is not.

"Fiat" money should only be allowed as what it is intended to be: a medium of exchange for hard goods and services. When "money" = "economic value" and nothing else, we will see real prosperity. Banks are only slightly necessary institutions.

[-] 1 points by gawdoftruth (3698) from Santa Barbara, CA 12 years ago

the two cults you mention are not any kind of solution they are stuck log jams of anti intellectualism, anti science, anti truth, run on pack psychology and mob psychology and ad homs and lies. It is hardly legitamate and it is anything but tangible. its a giant stinkingstew of angst and complaints and nothing for solutions. Abolishing money is not a solution, its a rebel without a clue temper tantrum. A resource based economy is a neat idea. too bad these cults can't even as much as form open source think tanks and are instead organizationally fascist cults. We don't need no robogod, and we don't need any more false prophets.

[-] 1 points by reaganite (100) 12 years ago

"goodness in humanity to take care of us" I'm sure all those folks who follow Sharia will simply get in line on this one. They'll be right behind the Chinese Government.