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The Zeitgeist Movement is a sustainability advocacy organization which is fundamentally built upon/ inspired by the social ideas of Jacque Fresco of The Venus Project. The Zeitgeist Movement (TZM) seeks to transition into a new social system, called a “Resource-Based Economy” which seeks to base social organization on Resource Management and Preservation as the initial starting point of all relevant earthly decisions. TZM sees the Monetary System of Open/Free Market Competition as the fundamental cause of the majority of the social problems that exist in the world today, including War, Poverty, Crime, Personality Disorders, Pollution & Violence. While the Monetary/Market system has served an important evolutionary role historically, our organization no longer sees the merit in these ancient, provably unsustainable traditions. TZM sincerely hopes that we can begin a move out of our current model before it is too late and that is the central role. The first step is mass global awareness.

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  A comment on Talk: Graham Hill: Less stuff, more happiness

  Oct 28 2011: As long we live in a system driven by the profit which leads to the desire to accumulate more and more during our lifetime, we won't be able to edit our lifestyle. I mean, the message the big concerns is sending to us through advertising day by day, is: " Your life sucks cause you don't have enough stuff. So, buy more stuff in order to be happy". We buy more stuff because we are frustrated and why are we frustrated? Cause we don't have enough stuff. And what we are doing? We keep buying more stuff. And it will never be enough. That is the sad thing. "The story of stuff" is a great video regarding that subject also.
  I think Einstein told that every thing we owe is a stone on our leg. How many times we wanted to make a decision and simply change our life and we couldn't do it because of the things we couldn't leave behind, most of them, stuff also.
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  A comment on Talk: Laurie Santos: A monkey economy as irrational as ours

  Jul 30 2010: Roots of human irrationality:monetary system.Money itself promotes greed, CORUPTION, crime, last for power. Monetary System of Open/Free Market Competition is the fundamental cause of the majority of the social problems that exist in the world today, including corruption, War, Poverty, Crime, Personality Disorders, Pollution etc. While the Monetary/Market system has served an important evolutionary role historically, our organization no longer sees the merit in these ancient, provably unsustainable traditions.
  In the end, not only does the current economic/production/distribution system pose inherent limitations on our ability to create an “abundance” for all the worlds people, it is leading us down a path towards social failure, foreshadowing a series of crises which are likely inevitable if the current model isn’t adjusted. The first step to begin a move out of our current model before it is too late, is a mass global awareness of an new alternative. That is a resource based economy
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  A comment on Talk: Seth Godin: The tribes we lead

  Jul 20 2010: We already started our movement and hope you will join us;) The Zeitgeist Movement is a sustainability advocacy organization which is fundamentally built upon/ inspired by the social ideas of Jacque Fresco of The Venus Project. The Zeitgeist Movement (TZM) seeks to transition into a new social system, called a “Resource-Based Economy” which seeks to base social organization on Resource Management and Preservation as the initial starting point of all relevant earthly decisions. TZM sees the Monetary System of Open/Free Market Competition as the fundamental cause of the majority of the social problems that exist in the world today, including War, Poverty, Personality Disorders, Pollution & Violence. While the Monetary/Market system has served an important evolutionary role historically, our organization no longer sees the merit in these ancient, provably unsustainable traditions. TZM sincerely hopes that we can begin a move out of our current model before it is too late.
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  A reply on Talk: Peter Eigen: How to expose the corrupt

  Jul 14 2010: That´s why education is our main goal for the time being. Let is be known that we are in a preliminary phase in the Movement and increasing awareness is the most important step. After this is done, physical projects and larger, more targets actions will be taken.
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  A comment on Talk: Derek Sivers: How to start a movement

  Jul 13 2010: We already started our movement and hope you will join us;) The Zeitgeist Movement is a sustainability advocacy organization which is fundamentally built upon/ inspired by the social ideas of Jacque Fresco of The Venus Project. The Zeitgeist Movement (TZM) seeks to transition into a new social system, called a “Resource-Based Economy” which seeks to base social organization on Resource Management and Preservation as the initial starting point of all relevant earthly decisions. TZM sees the Monetary System of Open/Free Market Competition as the fundamental cause of the majority of the social problems that exist in the world today, including War, Poverty, Personality Disorders, Pollution & Violence. While the Monetary/Market system has served an important evolutionary role historically, our organization no longer sees the merit in these ancient, provably unsustainable traditions. TZM sincerely hopes that we can begin a move out of our current model before it is too late.
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  A reply on Talk: Peter Eigen: How to expose the corrupt

  Jul 13 2010: MONEY itself promotes greed, CORUPTION, crime, last for power. Monetary System of Open/Free Market Competition is the fundamental cause of the majority of the social problems that exist in the world today, including corruption, War, Poverty, Crime, Personality Disorders, Pollution etc. While the Monetary/Market system has served an important evolutionary role historically, our organization no longer sees the merit in these ancient, provably unsustainable traditions.
  In the end, not only does the current economic/production/distribution system pose inherent limitations on our ability to create an “abundance” for all the worlds people, it is leading us down a path towards social failure, foreshadowing a series of crises which are likely inevitable if the current model isn’t adjusted. The first step to begin a move out of our current model before it is too late, is a mass global awareness of an new alternative. That is a resource based economy.