A Planet of One
The popular internet film Zeitgeist Addendum mentions the The Venus Project as a possible solution to the existing economic system by introducing a "resource-based economy." A simple way to picture a resourced-based economy in action is to think back to what you learned in elementary school about tribal living. In tribal societies there is no money, there is only the gifts of the earth, and the power of the people. Food is gathered and grown and shared for the betterment of the tribe, not for personal gain. Shelters are built to cover all of the members from the elements. People only take what is needed.
According to the Venus Project, “a resource-based economy would utilize existing resources from the land and sea, physical equipment, industrial plants, etc. to enhance the lives of the total population.” Although the plan seems hard to pull off, drastic changes of systems do not occur overnight. The Venus Project has outlined a basic plan on how they hope to kick-start a resource-based economy:
Phase One: A 25-acre research center in Venus, Florida has been constructed to help present the proposals of The Venus Project.
Phase Two: A film will be produced to educate people. “This film would provide a positive vision of a peaceful society in which all human beings form a global family on planet Earth.”
Phase Three: Construction of an experimental research city to test the ideals of the Venus Project.
Phase Four: A theme park that will educate and entertain people of the “possibilities for humane and environmentally friendly life-styles."
Read more about what Reality Sandwich contributors have to say about The Venus Project here.
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One Love
I'm almost shocked by the amount of people endorsing this Zeitgeist approach to oneness, and I say approach because there do seem to be a lot of different interpretations of oneness out there. In the movie they attack all elements of religion, but then offer no real alternative. Even Eckhart Tolle in his book "A New Earth" does not seem to have any problem with Christian, Buddhist, or Hinduist beliefs, as long as they are not used to service the ego and to distinguish “me” from someone else, in other words to increase separation. Religion of course can be used for both. But Zeitgeist doesn't seem to see it that way, if we are really going to come together as one, shouldn't that actually include everyone? Bob Marley's song One Love was all about unity in the world including religion, but do people still remember the words " One Love! What about the one heart? One Heart!
What about - ? Let's get together and feel all right
As it was in the beginning (One Love!);
So shall it be in the end (One Heart!),
All right!
Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right;
Let's get together and feel all right.
One more thing!"
It's all about surrendering your ego, and what's wrong with surrendering it to something higher than yourself, say "God". Maybe the authors of the film, just have it out to get Christianity, but lets look at the life of Christ, with quotes like "judge not and yee be not judged". What was wrong with his man’s life? If anything it’s the political establishments hold on modern versions of Christianity that is the problem, the same people who actually murdered him. Here we are in the course of five years, we've went from the DaVinci Code, implying that there was a Jesus blood line out there, since he might have been married, to finding this bones in a tomb, and now according to Zeitgeist he never even walked the earth!!! And we think people are going to come together on this?
What the fcuk? We have a lot of work to do, yet, a lot of work!!!!
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Thanks for your post, True.
Thanks for your post, True. Here is the real estate listing indicating that the Venus Project is for sale by owner:
http://www.flalandsale.com/
Future by Design
If you want more information about the Venus Project, there is a film called Future by Design that was released a couple years ago. Info about the film can be found here:
http://www.futurebydesignthemovie.com
And you can download it here:
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4430195/Future.By.Design.2006.DVDRip.Xvi...
Enjoy!
NWO
why do people love The Kissinger Project?
this techno-cratic utopia is for robots.
The earth is hollow.... lets live there instead!
Re: Us vs. Them Oneness
Great post, agree with you completly. Checked out the Venus Project centre for sale too, it reminds me a lot of watching episodes of Lost, actually, The Dharma Initiative, LOL.
Would encourage anyone here to check out the Global Oneness Project online at www.globalonenessproject.org for some inspiring pay-it-forward style videos of grassroots people and projects around the world related to oneness
Addendum is different from the original.... Seperate currency
Ok first off the orginal zeitgeist movie is very different from the addendum....
The whole point of the addendum has to do with the federal reserve and the slavery of all to interest...
Look at our current financial crisis, forget for a second the sale of mortgage securities and all the reasons fannie and freddie failed this doesn't matter!!!
What REALLY matters is that all the same goods and services that were here 3 years ago are still here. There is no actual recession, it is a paper recession!!! The zeitgeist addendum along with the venus project is trying to point this out. The scarcity economy only serves few at the top of the pyramid.
we the people should start our own trade system based on hours of service and tangible items and quit paying %50 of our time into interest for the federal reserve system and other military projects.
Bkind rewind your awareness ... let it linger and you will be surprised.....
There are many roads to
There are many roads to Agartha, and the Venus Project is just the culmination of ONE man's work! That is the thing that gets lost in all of the shuffle surrounding this movie. Jaques Fresco himself is very apt to say so and is realistic enough to know that while his vision of the future may not come true, he's at least trying for something which is more than most can say. . .
Is the Venus Project feasible? Until the project gets full funding, who can say, and with Fresco himself bailing from the states to retire, it's highly unlikely we'll even see it started.
But, again, the whole project should be just more fodder for people who are trying to create change, and are working on their own ways of improving conditions here. . .if anything, Zeitgeist Addendum allowed people an opportunity to see SOMETHING that is a positive possibility for our future as compared to the endless projections that see some sort of apocalypse on the horizon. . .ugh, apocalypse! If only it really meant revelation in this culture then we'd be right on track. . .
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proposition of change
Third place I am posting this I have not yet got a response....
Many of the comments here are asking a question Now what?? I got this information and Now what??
What can I do to help or if some are not ready for something like this debate occurs not a big deal but this is not real progress.. So how to transition??
Well, I believe if the transition does not segue as easily as possible (in dark times) what could happen is global dictatorship. To go along with a premise that money cannot solve the problem with itself, any amount of philanthropy cannot really solve this either. This problem can however be solved by people that don't have to abide by its system..
I am willing to start a group in the Washington DC area/ internet (audio/video) to begin a think tank to solve these issues (Reality Sandwich has already started but)....
While starting a union of corporations that are built with the mission statements for direct advancement of gift economies (I do think it would be more exciting to farm one day, teach the next, computer code the next or all in the same day)..
Basically start up businesses with this distinct purpose in mind... make money now to eventually segue into moneyless trading within its union.
If this way of life is better (which I believe it is) gift economies, demurrage system, environmentally ethical production, people will want to join the cause naturally. And we will let them because if this is to work the infrastructure must be reproducible and scalable.
Below is a possible idea to get a monetary jump: Recycling Plant Plastic factory for piece wise modular homes using recycled plastic A futurist University to advance technology and a place to learn www.uniquestyledrives.com
Keep it simple at first as well Food Shelter Clothing Technology The companies principles will be to support the segue, while making enough profit along the way to pay old economy bills. Anybody Interested????
It won't be easy but it seems very appealing to me and rewarding...
Writing your congressman on this one I don't think will due, the individuals that believe in this should just take a chance.
What do you have to lose if it fails?? I heard that job at Mc-Mart is still available.
Anyways... you can contact me through reality sandwich and I'll setup a wiki get some meetings throw around some ideas for how to do this and start making business plans not all have to be "profitable" if we are getting trade use out of it aka getting local growers involved(however it is hard to trade web-design for a tomato)
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