The Venus Project :: A Resource Based Economy : The Transition Begins (PART 1)
Posted by admin in Finance Tuesday, 7 December 2010 10:30 25 Comments
A discussion on money, the monetary system and a resource based economy. The intention of this video is to be an introduction for people who may not be familiar with a Resource Based Economy. For a more detailed analysis and further information on an RBE please visit: www.thevenusproject.com As well, please check out the activist arm of the Venus Project located at www.zeitgeistmovie.com http www.zeitgeistmovingforward.com
@Voodoonin7
Ah, so you’re talking about Communism. Karl Marx wrote about this.
@TheWALOS I think those who need a bike will get a bike and so with everything else. I think if this will fully work, people’s value systems will change and people won’t want to have a lot of things. I mean things like fancy house, cars, lot of clothes and so on. It would also be everybody’s priority to distribute all the resources to everybody who needs them. Possession is mostly a burden in my opinion and the more we share the better.
@Voodoonin7
What about the problem of inequitable resource distribution? What if you don’t have enough of one resource to supply an equitable standard of living for everyone? What if (just for the sake of making an example) you don’t have enough resources to give everyone on earth a bike? Do you give some people bikes, or nobody bikes?
@TheWALOS and I think the Venus Project is the solution as it distributes wealth evenly among all people and that for sure. There is no elitism in the concept what Venus Project offers, but money creates elitism and also poor people, and that is certain. I think there can be no equality in a monetary system.
Princeton University published a study that showed that people earning more than $75,000, a middle-class salary by the way, were much happier than those earning less. TVP would answer this by saying “it’s not the lack of money that made those making less than $75,000 sad, it’s their lack of availability to resources that made them sad”. Which is true to an extent, though it doesn’t mean that a monetary system is bad, it means there are problems with the current distribution of wealth.
Wonderful video <3
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You can’t oversimplify a complex issue. Great effort though.
Whoever said that TZM is a bunch of “robots”.. Fun video, good dialogue, get voice overs next time
“what is your super power anyway?”
“I stand awkwardly in one place for too long”
did anyone else immediately think this after the first 2 seconds? LOL
/watch?v=oQjPby366CA
Nice job here! Keep it up!
Where is PART 2?
Nicely explained. Thanks for creating this. Good job.
heaven on earth!
utopian!!
socialism!
@thomasnordwest When a person suffers from chronic headaches should they just keep popping pills, or should they figure out what’s going on so they can actually prevent the headaches from happening? Without money we die, or we live very substandard lives. That causes the attachment to money. Do we say shame on you for being attached to something, or do we remove the attachment all together?
When asked, “Should we pay or shouldn’t we?”
Jesus first called them hypocrites, and then asked one of them to produce a Roman coin that would be suitable for paying Caesar’s tax. One of them showed him a Roman coin, and he asked them whose name and inscription were on it.
They JESUS answered, “Caesar’s,” and he responded “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and give to God what is God’s.”
@vegnagunL Your perception is all that is making it scary. I do not find the voices scary at all, and I think they’re doing it to prove a point; that human labour is not needed when machines can do the particular task, like this voice over.
This video actually just about makes me want to cry, the logic is infallible yet our society continues to exist in this low level monetary system? Things need to be changed.
Money is not the problem. The problem is one’s attachment to money. It’s attachement that makes unhappy.
Over 3,000 views well done
By the way how did you make this video?
@ivailoi123 you said ” No one have contacted me on skype. I guess that it is easier to pretend that you care for the environment than actually understanding what is possible and what not.”
And you are an authority on what is possible? How so? Why so?
Do you deny that including ‘reuseability’ as a function in the design/manufacturing process of products is good for the environment?Why is this function so rarely seen in design/manufacturing?
@ivailoi123 you said “Money is the root of all evil”… Are you aware that both TZM and TVP do not endorse a false dichotomy such as you statement creates? I apologize that I do not have access to skype on this borrowed computer I am currently using, but if I did have access, why would I connect with you on it? You are unable to leave a permanent record in type of your information? Any information you have is still subject to change in the future (near or far)
@ivailoi123 you said “@All I have watched everything that exists online about Venus Project and JF. I probably know more about the technologies and science than most of you.”
well, by all means, carry on with your educating us about all these insurmountable(now and future) difficulties present in TVP’s methodology. Do you deny that there are many potential energy sources on earth that are underutilized? Do you deny that electronic monitoring of resources is possible?Are you just a naysayer?
@ivailoi123 all of your posts make an assumption that having all basic needs accounted for and available to you from birth on is not desirable. Also you make the assumption that what you call ‘unpleasant work’ is equally unpleasant to all humans. This is limiting your scope of thought.Is it not ‘worth it’ to learn how to do your part to keep society on course for sustainability, while recieving relevant education above and beyond that while enjoying a high living standard?
@ivailoi123 please show how you would estimate ‘free market’ would progress worldwide, without government intervention(regulation&enforcement). In what way would this differ from organized crime?If ‘free market’ is distorted by government intervention as you say, how do you know this is true? Has there ever been a ‘free market’ you can point to that lacked regulation & enforcement? How will lessening this(regs&enforcement) improve life for all humans?
@ethanonline says “Big government is not an issue, it’s what values that the big government hold to.”
Well, may you’re wrong. No matter if people in government may have good intentions and values, a CENTRALIZED SYSTEM that gives all the power to those people for controlling you will tend to be corrupted.
See this video from Jacques Fresco (genious behind Venus project), as he said “we don’t need honest people” watch?v=a75bP21xC8g