Today I watched a movie called Zeitgeist Addendum, which was recommended to me by a childhood friend on Facebook. My primary reason for being on FB is to hopefully educate my friends and family on matters of significance, and in return, expand my knowledge in similar areas of importance. To date, it has been a bit disappointing. Not so dissimilar to probably the rest of the U.S. population, my friends are busy working and raising families, and finding the time to educate themselves can be difficult, no doubt. I have made several FB friends recently that share my desires and interests and so I shoulder on, although it is tough at times. The recommendation, though, to watch this movie is exactly what I hoped to get out of FB from time-to-time. This movie is available as a free download. I watched it on an iPod Touch, which was pretty cool, just like my own private movie theatre. It can also be viewed on video-sharing services, such as YouTube or Google Videos.
The movie is an excellent educational resource on how our monetary system works, including how fractional reserve banking works and how money is created out of thin air. But more importantly, the movie advocates eliminating our current monetary-based economy in favor of a resource-based economy. It was extremely thought-provoking. I also learned about something called The Venus Project.
The Venus Project was founded on the idea that poverty, crime, corruption and war are caused by scarcity created by our present day profit-driven economic system. It argues that this structure stifles the progress of technology. It further theorizes that if the progression of technology were carried on independent of the profitability motive, it would make more resources available to more people by producing an abundance of products and materials. Good stuff. I am looking forward to researching this topic some more.
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