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  • Awakening

  • The world today is broken.

  • Business, financial and political leaders have led us into despair

  • and the selective pop-culture style news that floods our mainstream media

  • have done nothing but fuel anger and confusion

  • among the American population and the population of the world.

  • Fortunately there is a logical solution to fix

  • many of the ills that plague us all today

  • but one of the hardest things for a culture to do

  • is step back and realize that a major shift needs to occur

  • in order for the future of their children to be secured.

  • The solution is simple, but it is not easy.

  • Changes of this nature never are

  • but they are obvious throughout history

  • and they mark key points in humanity where we rose to the next level

  • and made life better for a larger group of people.

  • History can be broken into levels of development.

  • Level 1 showcased the nomadic and cave-based humans

  • capable of only sustaining themselves, their mate and their children.

  • Level 2 showcased the hunter/gatherer humans

  • capable of sustaining their group.

  • Level 3 showcased the agricultural humans

  • capable of sustaining their towns.

  • Level 4 showcased the industrial human

  • capable of sustaining large cities

  • their nation, and nations in desperate need.

  • Now we are at the doorstep of Level 5, the technology human

  • capable of sustaining the world and the entire human population

  • at a high standard of living.

  • As each new level was reached

  • a change in the economic system needed to occur

  • in order to be the most efficient for the new paradigm.

  • What needs to change now is the system of economics

  • that governs the Technological Age.

  • What’s needed is the proper resource utilization of the entire planet

  • for the benefit of the entire human race

  • and not just a portion of it.

  • Before we detail this change

  • we must start by addressing the problems we are facing today

  • and the root cause as to why we have them in the first place.

  • Only by understanding our problems

  • and how they came about, can we begin to develop a solution.

  • We have inflation, ever-increasing taxes

  • significant unemployment, political corruption

  • energy concerns, financial instability

  • crime, environmental issues, and so much more.

  • It is obvious why the world is so stressed

  • and humanity suffers as it does.

  • Now, more than ever, is the time for humanity

  • to stand up and do something about it.

  • Politicians and industry alike have repeatedly tried

  • over and over to solve these issues, and never once have they succeeded.

  • The best theyve ever done is delay or mask the concerns.

  • The reason for this will be made clear during this video.

  • In short, it’s because no one has ever seriously addressed

  • the root cause for all of these issues

  • and that cause is the outdated system of economics

  • we use around the world today.

  • The monetary system, or more specifically the price system

  • is the basic underlying factor that is the fundamental cause

  • for all of the issues we are facing today.

  • By definition, a price system is any economic system

  • that effects its distribution of goods and services

  • with prices based on commodity evaluation

  • and uses any form of money or debt tokens.

  • Do not confuse this with capitalism, the Free Market

  • or any other term an economist would use.

  • It is also very important to understand that this is not a political argument

  • and has absolutely nothing to do with political controls.

  • Every nation on this planet, no matter their political ideology

  • be it a democracy, monarchy, socialism, communism or whatever

  • operates using this same underlying economic system.

  • They all employ this system

  • for the exchange of goods and services throughout the world.

  • It is the one major common link between everyone

  • which is also why it is the fundamental cause

  • for so many problems we see in the world today

  • and here's why:

  • The monetary system requires 2 key components to work

  • scarcity and growth.

  • In the past, prior to 1800

  • these two requirements were perfectly valid throughout the world.

  • This was a time when traveling just 500 miles was dangerous

  • if not deadly, and the shipping of goods was no less difficult.

  • Scarcity is very important in this system

  • because it serves the purpose of establishing value: price.

  • Think back to Economics 101: Supply and Demand.

  • The less the supply, the more scarce it is

  • therefore the price is higher.

  • The more the supply, the less value it has

  • so the price is lower.

  • Prior to 1800 there really was true scarcity as a natural phenomenon.

  • Since modern civilization was still rather young

  • there was plenty of room for growth, so both requirements were satisfied.

  • Today however, these two requirements are gone

  • and the monetary system is in serious trouble and under great stress.

  • Just look at all the financial industry problems that have destroyed lives

  • in the past few years alone. They are impossible to ignore.

  • Scarcity has been eliminated by the advent of technology

  • and with the absence of scarcity, there is simply less growth.

  • We have reached a point where we can produce more of everything

  • than we can consume and the only true expansion left is into the stars

  • which itself is severely restricted by cost.

  • In the monetary system, money or debt

  • is the lifeblood of the system and therefore it is necessary

  • to continuously create new debt to validate the existing debt.

  • Our financial manipulators are always seeking new ways

  • to justify the creation of additional debt.

  • They are willfully blind or blatantly ignorant of the root concerns.

  • Just look at how in debt our society is right now

  • as compared to just 50 years ago.

  • It's important to notice

  • that it was around 1980 when the debt started to skyrocket

  • which coincides perfectly with the fact that this was also the time

  • when technology started to seriously expand

  • giving humanity the ability to make life better for everyone

  • if the technology would be used that way.

  • To better understand our present social instability

  • we should review the principle physical events

  • that have led up to our current mess.

  • To help with this, let's establish a time reference.

  • The two dates shown aren't specifically important

  • but just separate the time line into 3 distinct regions.

  • Now let's start adding vital information that will help you understand

  • how we got to where we are in today's world.

  • Prior to 1800, the world was a low energy society.

  • Why? Because throughout all recorded history before this time

  • the primary energy conversion machine for doing work was the human being

  • and a healthy human can only produce about 0.1 horse power (HP).

  • In comparison, a washing machine motor is more powerful

  • averaging 0.5 horse power (HP).

  • Regardless of this low power number, 98% of all work done during this time

  • was a result of human labor, because humanity had not yet developed

  • advanced technology to do the work for them.

  • The other 2% came from sources outside of human muscle

  • which we will call non-human energy.

  • The sources of this energy came from animals

  • like horses and oxen, and crude technology like windmills and water wheels.

  • Because the human being is so limited

  • the output of his work is also limited

  • so no matter how many people you had on the job

  • or how long they worked

  • they could never produce quite enough to cover growing populations

  • or provide a high quality of living for everyone.

  • If ever a few people did enjoy a decent standard of living

  • it was always at the expense of the many who barely survived.

  • The fact is that throughout history, 95% of all people were either

  • peasants, serfs, slaves or indentured servants

  • even up to the time of George Washington.

  • From the dawn of man until around 1800

  • the 98% of work done by humans

  • and the other 2% by other means never changed, ever.

  • This is over 7,000 years of recorded human history

  • with absolutely zero change in this dynamic.

  • This caused every society on the planet

  • to live in a social steady state

  • which means there was no change in the rate of energy conversion at all.

  • There was no fundamental change in how people worked to produce goods

  • and so scarcity prevailed everywhere.

  • Just prior to the year 1800, a very significant event occurred.

  • In 1782, James Watt developed the first steam engine.

  • This invention was the beginning of an entirely new way to do work.

  • It was the beginning of the widespread use of non-human energy

  • and since that time there has been an accelerated effort to build

  • bigger, faster and more efficient machines to convert energy into work.

  • That effort has spread throughout the world

  • with the US as a primary leader.

  • Over the next 100 years, from 1800 to 1900

  • we find that the two energy lines started changing significantly.

  • The non-human energy line moved up, and the human energy line moved down.

  • In America, studies were done in the 1920s

  • to see what social impact this change was having.

  • Data was gathered on every basic industry in North America

  • charting the growth of production, the rates of energy conversion

  • declining man hours, and the overall effects on employment.

  • It was predicted that if the trends continued at the same rate

  • the lines would cross and look like this.

  • Humanity was evolving from a low-energy society

  • to a high-energy society as the two lines switched places.

  • This new condition is the exact opposite of what had occurred

  • all throughout recorded history, and that is no small change.

  • Time to get a bit technical, so bear with me.

  • As of 1992, noted by the US Dept. of Commerce and Census

  • America had over 35.3 billion horsepower of installed prime movers.

  • What does that mean?

  • Prime movers are mechanical engines, turbines, and work animals

  • which originally convert fuels or force (such as wind or falling water)

  • into work and power. Let's break it down by person.

  • Prior to 1800, the average society had an energy conversion

  • of just 2000 kg-calories per person.

  • Does that number sound familiar?

  • What is the calorie intake

  • that is labeled on virtually every food item you buy?

  • A 2,000 calorie diet.

  • It makes sense that if people are the primary workers

  • their energy is limited by their average calorie intake.

  • Now back to 1992:

  • 35.3 billion HP equals over 22 trillion kg-calories

  • and the population of the US was just over 250 million people.

  • In 1992, America was converting more than 89,000 kg-calories per person

  • of just non-human energy.

  • That is over 44 times larger, a gain of over 4000%

  • as compared to the average society prior to 1800.

  • This was a significant source of American growth and prosperity.

  • We were the first and only country

  • that was able to produce more then it could consume.

  • Fast forward to today and consider these implications

  • in our globally connected world.

  • What does the monetary system have to do with all this?

  • The monetary system has started to falter over the past 90 years

  • because the conditions of life on this planet have drastically changed.

  • The two major requirements of the monetary system to survive

  • scarcity and growth, no longer truly exist.

  • The globe has stabilized as far as growth is concerned

  • and scarcity has been eradicated by technology.

  • As a result, we've experienced serious economic problems

  • and any solution that has ever been tried has served only

  • as a patchwork solution of bubble gum

  • in a cracking dam that is destined to break.

  • No solution ever addresses the fundamental problem, because to do so

  • would require a fundamental shift in our economic structure

  • and the people who have benefited the most from this system

  • refuse to change the game.

  • The surveys done in the 1920s covered every manufacturing industry

  • which were then plotted on charts.

  • This chart is a summary of all those findings averaged together.

  • The first line reflects physical production.

  • From 1830 to 1900 production was low and growth was slow.

  • Then we moved into a period of rapid growth.

  • This was due to advances in technology and machinery

  • and a greater use of non-human energy.

  • From 1900 to about 1930

  • there was a spectacular exponential growth in physical production

  • at about 7% per year, compounded each year.

  • However, this could not last forever, and a leveling off occurred.

  • Now let's add another curve

  • to show what was happening to the man hours per unit.

  • This represents one person working one hour, regardless of their task.

  • Notice in the early 1800s that man hours were high

  • but then dropped as industry developed.

  • This was inevitable because it was cheaper to use technology vs. people.

  • A kilowatt hour will do the work of 26 man hours, but at a far less cost.

  • The monetary system encourages businesses to replace costly manpower

  • with cheaper and more productive technology

  • in order to maximize profit!

  • Now, from the 1980s onward we have a unique situation

  • that has never been present throughout the history of mankind:

  • high production with far less human work needed.

  • This would be great for everyone

  • were it not for the interference of the monetary system

  • because labor is a major commodity

  • that is bought and sold in the marketplace.

  • Time for a third curve, which shows you what happens to labor

  • and consequently what happens to purchasing power.

  • This 3rd curve represents total man hours, the sum total of all time

  • put in on the job in manufacturing by all people.

  • As you can see from 1830 to the turn of the century

  • total man hours was low and the growth was slow.

  • It followed the growth of production very closely

  • as they are directly related.

  • Then it also grew along with production

  • but it didn't level off like production did.

  • It reached a peak and then turned downward.

  • This is an event that occurs in every industry.

  • Total man hours rises to an all time high and thereafter declines.

  • It is an event that occurs only once in any given industry.

  • The peak of man hours in the US occurred in 1920

  • and since then the monetary system has endured instability

  • because of the discrepancy between production and man hours.

  • The ever-widening gap between production and man hours indicates

  • that the easier it is for us to produce more

  • the harder it becomes to distribute.

  • The reason for this anomaly is that there is a close relationship

  • between total man hours worked and purchasing power.

  • Most of us receive our income from time on the job

  • in the form of wages or salaries

  • and declining man hours usually means declining purchasing power.

  • Isn't it ironic that as we increase our ability to produce

  • we suffer a diminishing ability to consume?

  • This is what happens in the monetary system.

  • The basic problem today is not balancing the budget

  • but balancing our new found global resource management capability

  • with global consumption.

  • The rules of the monetary system prevent us from doing just that.

  • Distribution is carried on

  • by a series of exchanges based on scarcity values

  • that no longer truly exist, and money is used to make these exchanges.

  • Money is a species of debt

  • and we try to balance production with consumption

  • by creating even more debt. This does not work!

  • The reason is because there is little relationship

  • between the creation of debt and anything in the real physical world.

  • Debt nor money, is a real resource we need to live.

  • It's a contrived human creation

  • that is no longer valid in today's advancing world.

  • The man-hour curve is a physical phenomenon

  • whereas the growth of debt is an abstraction.

  • Let's look at the growth of debt and you will see the difference.

  • This chart represents total debt in the US

  • all debt public and private.

  • From 1860 to the end of World War I

  • debt was low and growth was slow.

  • Then after the Armistice in 1918, debt moved up rapidly.

  • This was a period called 'The Roaring 20s'.

  • The reason for this increase in debt

  • was because technology had caught up with us.

  • During the war, we installed more technology

  • to replace the workers that were off fighting the war.

  • Purchasing power dropped

  • and we could produce more than we could readily sell.

  • Therefore during this decade, the institution known as installment buying

  • or buying on credit, came into existence

  • so even if you could not afford something

  • you were encouraged to buy it anyway

  • and pay for it out of next month's, or next year's income.

  • This meant an increase in debt, but by 1929, something had happened.

  • We had overextended that credit

  • and the gambling institution known as Wall Street collapsed.

  • With the crash of the stock market, we plunged into the Depression

  • which took 4 years to reach the bottom in 1933.

  • The government stepped in because it had to, and what did it do?

  • It tried to bolster the failing monetary system by creating more debt!

  • Sound familiar to what's happening now? How did they do this?

  • They began the practice of spending more money than they took in in taxes

  • which is called deficit spending.

  • During the Roosevelt Administration, they tried to bolster the economy

  • by giving purchasing power to unemployed people by means of welfare

  • and failing businesses were also put on welfare

  • which is called subsidies.

  • One could say that the monetary system went into hock in 1933

  • and the federal government has been on a deficit spending binge ever since.

  • This infusion of government funds falsely stimulated business

  • and debt started upwards again.

  • Now at this point (1941) something else happened.

  • There was another reprieve for the failing system called WW II.

  • That provided a reason to put all the unemployed people back on the job

  • or into the armed forces.

  • We ran the factories wide open

  • turned out a tremendous amount of goods

  • shipped them overseas, and blew them up

  • and although it was necessary to protect the world from the likes of Hitler

  • the war did not solve any of our domestic problems.

  • As you can see, debt has skyrocketed ever since.

  • In spite of the hardships of the depression and the heartbreaks of the war

  • the monetary system did not come to a complete stop.

  • We have stumbled and bumbled along in one way or another, and why is that?

  • We have kept the failing system

  • from complete collapse by various and devious ways.

  • We have maintained scarcity artificially.

  • Back during the Depression, when there were so many people without jobs

  • and their families were hungry

  • we had tremendous surpluses of food stored around the country.

  • Was it given to the people? No!

  • It's not profitable to give away food

  • even to the starving population.

  • Back in the early 30s we began the practice of destroying crops

  • or killing off livestock in order to validate the monetary system.

  • We're still doing this today, but more covertly.

  • Since 1933, the government has spent billions of dollars

  • paying farmers not to grow.

  • They have also tried to curtail the production of corn

  • and wheat for human consumption

  • most notably on the recent alternative fuel ethanol project

  • which is a waste of food and not a good alternative fuel to begin with.

  • In the monetary system, when food becomes too plentiful, we limit it.

  • This is to sustain price, or value, to keep the system going.

  • If people happen to be hungry

  • then it seems to be of little importance

  • to the people making the decisions on how the monetary system works.

  • Industry uses different tactics.

  • They operate on a low-load factor

  • meaning they only run one or two shifts

  • or shut down completely, even though they have the capability

  • to run 24/7/365 to produce necessary products.

  • Then there's the more wasteful practice of turning out shoddy merchandise.

  • These inferior products that break down

  • or wear out in short periods of time

  • are created to ensure high turnover.

  • If a company could make something that lasted 100 years

  • (and we do have the materials and technology to do that)

  • they wouldn't do it, because how would they sell the next version

  • to make more profit?

  • Just look at all the recalls of late on various products

  • like toys, cribs, food, cars

  • appliances and more.

  • Destroying all those faulty products ensures scarcity.

  • There are hundreds of thousands of junky products turned out every week

  • in order to assure a high turnover for a fast profit.

  • This is the way the system works.

  • This also leads to waste, loads and loads of waste.

  • Look at a simple product like the cell phone.

  • There are far too many worthless, cheap cell phones on the market.

  • Hundreds of millions of cell phones are produced every year

  • with various models showcasing different features to make them unique.

  • Why? Why not make one amazing cell phone

  • that does absolutely everything you need

  • that lasts 25 or more years, and that's easily upgradeable?

  • Because the monetary system prohibits that kind of logic.

  • According to the US Environmental Protection Agency in 2005

  • it was estimated that 130 million cell phones went out of use annually

  • creating an estimated 65,000 tons of electronic garbage.

  • And that's just cell phones!

  • So what about every other product you can think of

  • that wastes valuable materials and resources?

  • Of course, the most destructive and most heinous

  • of all human activities is the perpetration of war

  • and we've had several wars since the turn of the century.

  • Even now we're immersed in a war against a foe with no flag

  • no solid distinction, and no uniform.

  • A war on terror is something that could be justified until the end of time

  • because the enemy isn't someone you can pin down.

  • And furthermore, wars have not solved one single underlying problem.

  • Their greatest success is propping up a failing economic system

  • for just a little while longer.

  • World War I, II, Korea, Vietnam

  • the Gulf Wars and our current war on terror

  • has cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of people

  • and the destruction of millions of tons of irreplaceable resources

  • but have yet to solve any of our social problems.

  • The so called Truman Doctrine

  • that was created about 63 years ago in the name of national security

  • has cost the US trillions of dollars.

  • We spend billions of dollars overseas in what's called foreign aid

  • and since 1960 the US has financed both sides of 14 wars

  • and still the world is in greater turmoil than ever.

  • Insanity is said to be the act of doing the same thing over and over

  • but expecting a different result. Likewise, spending money

  • or creating debt does not solve our social problems

  • locally or globally.

  • The issues addressed in this video up to this point

  • should make that perfectly clear by now: that the monetary system

  • born of agrarian culture, with hand tools

  • human perspiration and all of its scarcity values

  • is incapable of managing affairs in a high energy

  • technologically-advanced civilization.

  • Politics doesn't matter. Forms of government don't matter.

  • Culture doesn't matter.

  • The shared economic system of the world is what matters

  • and that's what needs to change.

  • Before you move to the answer, let's make something perfectly clear:

  • The monetary system is not bad, it is simply outdated.

  • It used to be good. It used to work.

  • It was the best option for thousands of years

  • and specifically over the past 200 years

  • it has helped influence amazing growth in the capabilities of humanity.

  • But times change, most significantly the advent of technology

  • the likes of which could never have been imagined 200 years ago.

  • Technology that would have made us all witches or gods

  • in the eyes of the world.

  • And so the methods by which our world should work must also change.

  • It is in the best interest of the whole human race

  • not separated by color, gender, faith or lack of faith

  • to move on to a better system.

  • Now to find that answer, we must make a new approach

  • seek a new idea, and employ a new technique.

  • The solution is a social system that is based on the Scientific Method

  • that eradicates the monetary system in favor of a system

  • that allows for the global resource management of the entire Earth.

  • We must declare that the Earth and all its resources

  • are the common heritage of the entire human race

  • and technology gives us the capability to properly

  • and absolutely provide a high quality of life

  • for every man, woman and child on this planet.

  • The solution is undeniably designed to benefit everyone on the planet

  • giving everyone the utmost freedoms of expression

  • thought, speech and most importantly

  • life.

  • If you are a person of faith, consider this:

  • The Lord's Prayer states that we should make Earth as it is in Heaven.

  • I do not think Heaven uses money, or that God has a bank, do you?

  • We must eliminate the gap between the haves and the have nots.

  • We must ensure that a child born anywhere in the world

  • has the freedom to pursue all positive paths.

  • We must reconnect mankind to nature by eliminating our harmful ways

  • without reverting to primitive standards

  • using technology to live like kings

  • but behave like proper stewards of this fertile planet.

  • This video is but a first step in your understanding.

  • Now is the time to move on to the next step.

  • The Venus Project and the Zeitgeist Movement offer the solution.

  • The link shown before you will give you details

  • as to how the solution works.

  • You will also find the website easy to navigate

  • and should answer all of your questions

  • but if it doesn't, that is why the Zeitgeist Movement exists.

  • The Zeitgeist Movement advocates the vision of the Venus Project

  • and is focused on spreading the message

  • of how to fix many of the problems we have today.

  • The Zeitgeist Movement is a place to find answers

  • and converse with others who also want to see

  • a better world.

  • Changing over 7,000 years of human economic structure

  • is by no means easy, but it is necessary.

  • Every day thousands of people die that should not.

  • Every day we step closer and closer to the edge of our own demise.

  • It is time to let the world know that there is a solution

  • that will solve our root problems.

  • It is time to evolve to Level 5, the Technology Human

  • and make the world a better place

  • for generations to come.

  • It is time for a social evolution.

  • Please visit The Venus Project and The Zeitgeist Movement

  • and become the change you want to see in the world.

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