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The old appeals to racial,[br]sexual or religious chauvinism,

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to rabid nationalist fervor[br]are beginning not to work.

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the business of who I am and whether[br]I'm good or bad, or achieving or not,

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All that's learned[br]along the way.

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It's just a ride...

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And we can change it[br]anytime we want.

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It's only the choice.

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No effort, no work, no job,[br]no savings of money.

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I realised[br]I had the game wrong.

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The game was to find out[br]what I already was.

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We were seeing

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how very important it is

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to bring about,[br]in the human mind,

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the radical revolution.

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The crisis[br]is a crisis in consciousness.

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A crisis that cannot,[br]anymore,

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accept the old norms,

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the old patterns,

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the ancient traditions.

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And, considering[br]what the world is now,

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with all the misery,

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conflict,

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destructive brutality,

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aggression,

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and so on...

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Man...

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is still as he was.

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Is still brutal,

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violent,

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aggressive,

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acquisitive,

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competitive.

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and, he's built[br]a society

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along these lines.

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Society today,

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is composed of[br]a series of institutions.

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From political institutions,

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legal institutions,

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religious institutions.

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to institutions of social class,

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familiar values,

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and occupational specialization.

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It is obvious, the profound influence[br]these traditionalized structures have

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in shaping our understandings[br]and perspectives.

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Yet, of all the social institutions,[br]we are born into,

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directed by[br]and conditioned upon,

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there seems to be no system[br]as taken for granted,

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and misunderstood,

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as the monetary system.

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Taking on[br]nearly religious proportions,

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the established monetary[br]institution exists

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as one of the most unquestioned[br]forms of faith there is.

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How money is created,

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the policies[br]by which it is governed,

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and how it truly[br]affects society,

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are unregistered interests of[br]the great majority of the population.

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In a world where 1% of the population[br]owns 40% of the planets wealth.

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In a world where[br]34,000 children die every single day

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from poverty[br]and preventable diseases,

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and, where 50% of the world's population[br]lives on less than 2 dollars a day...

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One thing is clear.

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Something is very wrong.

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And, whether we are[br]aware of it or not,

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the lifeblood of all of our[br]established institutions,

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and thus society itself,

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is money.

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Therefore, understanding this[br]institution of monetary policy

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is critical to understanding[br]why our lives are the way they are.

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Unfortunately, economics is often[br]viewed with confusion and boredom.

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Endless streams of financial jargon,[br]coupled with intimidating mathematics,

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quickly deters people[br]from attempts at understanding it.

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However, the fact is:

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The complexity associated with the[br]financial system is a mere mask.

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Designed to conceal one of the[br]most socially paralyzing structures,

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humanity[br]has ever endured.

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A number of years ago,[br]the central bank of the United States,

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the Federal Reserve,

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produced a document entitled[br]Modern Money Mechanics.

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This publication[br]detailed the

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institutionalized[br]practice of money creation,

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as utilized by[br]the Federal Reserve and

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the web of global commercial banks[br]it supports.

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On the opening page,[br]the document states its objective.

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The purpose[br]of this booklet is to

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describe the basic process[br]of money creation

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in a 'fractional reserve'[br]banking system.

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It then precedes to describe[br]this fractional reserve process

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through various[br]banking terminology.

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A translation of which[br]goes something like this:

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The United States government[br]decides it needs some money.

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So it calls up the Federal Reserve[br]and requests,

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say,[br]10 billion dollars.

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The FED replies,[br]saying:

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Sure, we'll buy ten billion[br]in government bonds from you.

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So the government takes[br]some pieces of paper,

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paints some[br]official looking designs on them

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and calls them[br]treasury bonds.

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Then it puts a value on these bonds[br]to the sum of 10 billion dollars

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and sends them over[br]to the FED.

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In turn,[br]the people of the FED

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drop a bunch of impressive[br]pieces of papers themselves.

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Only this time,[br]calling them Federal Reserve notes.

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Also designating a value of[br]ten billion dollars to the set.

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The FED than takes these notes[br]and trades them for the bonds.

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Once this exchange[br]is complete,

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the government then takes the[br]ten billion in Federal Reserve notes,

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and deposits it[br]into an bank account.

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And, upon this deposit, the paper notes[br]officially become legal tender money,

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adding ten billion[br]to the US money supply.

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And there it is, ten billion[br]in new money has been created.

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Of course,[br]this example is a generalization.

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For, in reality, this transaction[br]would occur electronically,

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with no paper[br]used at all.

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In fact, only three percent[br]of the US money supply

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exists in[br]physical currency.

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The other 97 percent essentially[br]exists in computers alone.

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Now, government bonds are by design,[br]instruments of debt.

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And when the FED[br]purchases these bonds,

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with money it essentially[br]created out of thin air,

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the government is actually[br]promising to pay back

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that money to the FED.

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In other words, the money[br]was created out of debt.

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This mind numbing paradox,[br]of how money or value

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can be created[br]out of debt,

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or liability, will become more[br]clear as we further this exercise.

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So, the exchange[br]has been made.

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And now, ten billion dollars[br]sits in a commercial bank account.

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Here is where it gets[br]really interesting.

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For, as based on the[br]fractional reserve practice,

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that ten billion dollar[br]deposit

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instantly becomes[br]part of the bank's reserves,

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just as all deposits do.

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And, regarding reserve requirements[br]as stated in Modern Money Mechanics:

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A bank must maintain[br]legally required reserves

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equal to a prescribed[br]percentage of its deposits.

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It then quantifies this[br]by stating:

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Under current regulations,

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the reserve requirement against most[br]transaction accounts is 10 percent.

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This means that with a[br]ten billion dollar deposit,

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ten percent,[br]or one billion,

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is held as[br]the required reserve,

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while the other nine billion is[br]considered an excessive reserve,

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and can be used[br]as the basis

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for new loans.

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Now, it is logical to assume,[br]that this nine billion

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is literally coming out of the[br]existing ten billion dollar deposit.

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However, this is actually[br]not the case.

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What really happens,[br]is that the nine billion

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is simply created[br]out of thin air

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on top of the existing[br]10 billion dollar deposit.

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This is how the money supply[br]is expanded.

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As stated in[br]Modern Money Mechanics:

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Of course they,[br]the banks,

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do not really pay out[br]loans for the money

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they receive as[br]deposits.

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If they did this,[br]no additional money would be created.

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What they do[br]when they make loans

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is to accept[br]promissory notes,

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loan contracts,

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in exchange for credits,[br]money,

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to the borrowers'[br]transaction accounts.

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In other words, the nine billion[br]can be created out of nothing,

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simply because there is[br]a demand for such a loan,

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and that there is[br]a 10 billion dollar deposit

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to satisfy[br]the reserve requirements.

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Now let's assume that[br]somebody walks into this bank

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and borrows the newly available[br]nine billion dollars.

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They will then most likely[br]take that money and deposit it

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into their own bank account.

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The process then repeats.

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For that deposit becomes[br]part of the bank's reserves.

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Ten percent is isolated, and in turn,[br]90 percent of the nine billion,

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or 8.1 billion is now availlable as[br]newly created money for more loans.

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And, of course, that 8.1 can be[br]loaned out and redeposited,

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creating an additional[br]7.2 billion

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to 6.5 billion,[br]to 5.9 billion, etc.

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This deposit money creation loan cycle[br]can technically go on to infinity.

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The average mathematical result[br]is that about 90 billion dollars

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can be created on top[br]of the original 10 billion.

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In other words, for every deposit[br]that ever occurs in the banking system,

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about nine times that amount[br]can be created out of thin air.

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Money jitters.

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Ask the obliging Bank of America[br]for a jar of

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soothing instant money.

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M-O-N-E-Y in the form of[br]a convenient personal loan.

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So, now that we understand[br]how money is created

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by this fractional reserve[br]banking system.

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A logical, yet illusive question[br]might come to mind:

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What is actually giving this[br]newly created money value?

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The answer:[br]The money that already exists.

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The new money essentially steals value[br]from the existing money supply.

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For the total pool of money[br]is being increased,

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irrespective to demand[br]for goods and services.

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And, as supply and demand[br]defines equilibrium,

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Prices rise,

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diminishing the purchasing power[br]of each individual dollar.

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This is generally referred to[br]as inflation.

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And inflation is essentially[br]a hidden tax on the public.

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What is the advice[br]that you generally get?

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And that is,[br]inflate the currency.

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They don't say: debase the currency.[br]They don't say: devalue the currency.

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They don't say:[br]Cheat the people who are safe.

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They say:[br]Lower the interest rates.

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The real deception is when[br]we distort the value of money.

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When we create money out of thin air,[br]we have no savings.

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Yet there is[br]so-called capital.

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So, my question[br]boils down to this:

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How in the world can we expect[br]to solve the problems of inflation?

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That is,[br]increase in the supply of money,

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with more inflation.

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Of course, it can't.

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The fractional reserve system[br]of monetary expansion

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is inherently inflationary.

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For the act of[br]expanding the money supply,

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without there being

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a proportional expansion of goods[br]and services in the economy,

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will always[br]debase a currency.

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In fact, the quick glance[br]of the historical values

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of the US dollar,[br]versus the money supply,

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reflects this point[br]definitively,

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for the inverse relationship[br]is obvious.

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One dollar in 1913 required[br]$21.60 in 2007 to match value.

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That is[br]a 96% devaluation

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since the Federal Reserve[br]came into existence.

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Now, if this reality of[br]inherent and perpetual inflation

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seems absurd and[br]economically self-defeating,

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hold that thought,[br]for absurdity is an understatement,

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in regard to how our financial system[br]really operates.

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For in our financial system,[br]money is debt,

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and debt is money.

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Here is a chart of the[br]US money supply from 1950 to 2006.

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Here is a chart of the[br]US national debt for the same period.

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How interesting it is, that the trends,[br]are virtually the same.

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For the more money there is,[br]the more debt there is.

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The more debt there is,[br]the more money there is.

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To put it a different way,[br]every single dollar in your wallet

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is owed to somebody[br]by somebody.

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For remember:

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The only way the money can come in[br]to existence is from loans.

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Therefore, if everyone in the country[br]were able to pay off all debts,

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including the government,

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there would not be one dollar[br]in circulation.

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In fact, the last time[br]in American history,

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the national debt[br]was completely paid off

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was in 1835,[br]after President Andrew Jackson,

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shut down the Central Bank[br]that preceded the Federal Reserve.

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In fact,[br]Jackson's entire political platform

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essentially revolved[br]around his commitment

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to shut down[br]the Central Bank.

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Stating that one point:

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The bold efforts the present bank[br]has made to control the government...

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are but premonitions of the fate[br]that awaits the American people,

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Should they be deluded into[br]a perpetuation of this institution

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or, the establishment[br]of another like it.

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Unfortunately,[br]this message was short lived.

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And the international bankers succeeded[br]to install another central bank in 1913,

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The Federal Reserve.

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And as long as[br]this institution exists,

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perpetual debt[br]is guaranteed.

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Now, so far we have[br]discussed the reality

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that money is created[br]out of debt through loans.

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These loans are based[br]on a bank's reserves,

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and reserves are derived[br]from deposits.

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And through this[br]fractional reserve system,

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any one deposit can create[br]9 times its original value.

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In turn, debasing the[br]existing money supply,

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raising prices in society.

0:16:56.982,0:16:59.985
And, since all this money[br]is created out of debt,

0:16:59.985,0:17:02.907
and circulated randomly[br]through commerce,

0:17:02.988,0:17:05.979
people become detached[br]from their original debt.

0:17:06.161,0:17:08.224
And a disequilibrium[br]exists,

0:17:08.265,0:17:10.915
where people are forced[br]to compete for labor,

0:17:10.965,0:17:13.959
in order to pull enough money[br]out of the money supply

0:17:13.999,0:17:15.953
to cover[br]their costs of living.

0:17:17.436,0:17:21.005
As dysfunctional and backwards[br]as all of this might seem,

0:17:21.040,0:17:24.300
there is still one thing[br]we have omitted from this equation.

0:17:24.977,0:17:27.880
And it is this element[br]of the structure

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which reveals the truly fraudulent[br]nature of the system itself.

0:17:33.552,0:17:36.209
The application of interest.

0:17:38.023,0:17:40.397
When the government[br]borrows money from the FED,

0:17:40.510,0:17:42.827
or when a person borrows[br]money from a bank,

0:17:42.995,0:17:46.635
it almost always has to be[br]payed back with a crude interest.

0:17:47.966,0:17:50.969
In other words, almost every[br]single dollar that exists

0:17:50.969,0:17:54.994
must be eventually returned to a bank,[br]with interest payed as well.

0:17:55.307,0:17:56.008
But,

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if all money is borrowed[br]from the Central Bank

0:17:59.346,0:18:02.257
and is expanded by[br]commercial banks through loans,

0:18:02.981,0:18:05.984
only what would be refered[br]to as the principal

0:18:05.984,0:18:07.916
is been created[br]in the money supply.

0:18:08.987,0:18:13.892
So then, where is the money to cover[br]all of the interest that is charged?

0:18:14.593,0:18:15.523
Nowhere.

0:18:15.994,0:18:17.528
It doesn't exist.

0:18:17.996,0:18:20.667
The ramifications of this[br]are staggering,

0:18:20.702,0:18:22.972
for the amount of money[br]owed back to the banks

0:18:23.030,0:18:26.984
will always exceed the amount of money[br]that is available in circulation.

0:18:27.506,0:18:30.935
This is why inflation is[br]a constant in the economy,

0:18:30.976,0:18:33.200
For new money[br]is always needed

0:18:33.229,0:18:37.263
to help cover the perpetual deficit[br]build into the system,

0:18:37.298,0:18:39.971
caused by the need[br]to pay the interest.

0:18:39.985,0:18:41.647
What this also means,

0:18:41.687,0:18:44.735
is that mathematically,[br]defaults and bankruptcy

0:18:44.776,0:18:46.930
are literally[br]built into the system.

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And there will always be[br]poor pockets of society

0:18:49.979,0:18:52.026
that get the[br]short end of the stick.

0:18:52.061,0:18:54.859
An analogy would be[br]a game of musical chairs,

0:18:54.867,0:18:58.099
for the once music stops,[br]somebody is left out to dry.

0:18:58.971,0:19:00.518
And that's the point.

0:19:00.973,0:19:05.138
It invariably transfers true wealth[br]for the individual to the banks.

0:19:05.173,0:19:08.327
For, if you are unable[br]to pay for your mortgage,

0:19:08.362,0:19:09.752
they will take[br]your property.

0:19:09.787,0:19:12.527
This is particularly enraging[br]when you realize,

0:19:12.562,0:19:15.457
that not only is such[br]a default inevitable

0:19:15.492,0:19:17.475
due to the[br]fractional reserve practice.

0:19:17.510,0:19:18.991
But, also[br]because of the fact

0:19:18.991,0:19:21.541
that the money that[br]the bank loaned to you

0:19:21.592,0:19:24.893
didn't even legally exist[br]in the first place.

0:19:24.997,0:19:28.514
In 1969, there was a[br]Minnesota court case

0:19:28.549,0:19:31.008
involving a man named[br]Jerome Daly,

0:19:31.043,0:19:33.809
who was challenging the[br]foreclosure of his home by the bank,

0:19:33.844,0:19:35.879
which provided the loan[br]to purchase it.

0:19:35.974,0:19:40.090
His argument was that the mortgage[br]contract required both parties,

0:19:40.125,0:19:41.574
being he and the bank,

0:19:41.609,0:19:45.367
each put up a legitimate[br]form of property for the exchange.

0:19:45.984,0:19:49.257
In legal language,[br]this is called consideration.

0:19:53.992,0:19:58.800
Mr. Daly explained that the money was,[br]in fact, not the property of the bank.

0:19:58.835,0:20:01.016
For it was created[br]out of nothing,

0:20:01.056,0:20:03.123
as soon as the loan agreement[br]was signed.

0:20:03.268,0:20:06.502
Remember what Modern Money Mechanics[br]stated about loans?

0:20:06.772,0:20:08.299
What they do,[br]when they make loans,

0:20:08.330,0:20:11.547
is to accept promissory notes,[br]in exchange for credits.

0:20:11.977,0:20:14.513
Reserves are unchanged[br]by the loan transactions.

0:20:14.513,0:20:17.458
But, deposit credits[br]constitute new additions

0:20:17.499,0:20:20.227
to the total deposits[br]of the banking system.

0:20:20.262,0:20:23.698
In other words, the money doesn't[br]come out of their existing assets.

0:20:23.945,0:20:27.590
The bank is simply inventing it,[br]putting up nothing of it's own,

0:20:27.626,0:20:30.603
except for a theoretical liability,[br]on paper.

0:20:30.996,0:20:33.789
As the court case progressed,[br]the bank's president,

0:20:33.831,0:20:35.669
Mr. Morgan,[br]took the stand.

0:20:35.701,0:20:37.903
And in the judge's[br]personal memorandum,

0:20:37.938,0:20:40.790
he recalled that the Plaintiff,[br]bank's president,

0:20:40.825,0:20:44.242
admitted that, in combination[br]with the Federal Reserve Bank

0:20:44.286,0:20:46.195
did create the money[br]and credits

0:20:46.230,0:20:48.833
upon its books[br]by book-keeping entry.

0:20:48.981,0:20:51.072
The money and credit[br]first came into existence

0:20:51.091,0:20:52.023
when they created it.

0:20:52.063,0:20:56.532
Mr. Morgan admitted that[br]no United States Law or Statute existed

0:20:56.567,0:20:58.512
which gave him[br]the right to do this.

0:20:58.590,0:21:02.995
A lawful consideration must exist[br]and be tendered to support the Note.

0:21:03.030,0:21:06.300
The Jury found that there was[br]no lawful consideration and I agree.

0:21:06.632,0:21:08.137
He also poetically added:

0:21:08.188,0:21:11.525
Only God can create something of value,[br]out of nothing.

0:21:12.070,0:21:13.940
And,[br]upon this revelation,

0:21:13.969,0:21:18.718
the court rejected the bank's claim[br]for foreclosure and Daly kept his home.

0:21:19.978,0:21:22.584
The implications of this[br]court decision are immense.

0:21:22.781,0:21:25.389
For every time[br]you borrow money from a bank,

0:21:25.419,0:21:28.476
whether it is a mortgage loan[br]or a credit card charge,

0:21:28.987,0:21:31.593
the money given to you[br]is not only counterfeit,

0:21:31.634,0:21:34.567
it is a illegitimate form[br]of consideration.

0:21:34.993,0:21:37.517
And hence,[br]voids the contract to repay.

0:21:37.547,0:21:41.212
For the bank never had the money[br]as property to begin with.

0:21:41.967,0:21:45.827
Unfortunately, such legal realizations[br]are suppressed and ignored.

0:21:45.971,0:21:48.247
And the game of[br]perpetual wealth transfer

0:21:48.298,0:21:50.689
and perpetual debt[br]continues.

0:21:50.976,0:21:53.979
And this brings us to[br]the ultimate question:

0:21:53.979,0:21:54.813
Why?

0:21:56.148,0:21:58.168
During the[br]American Civil War,

0:21:58.198,0:22:01.555
President Lincoln bypassed[br]the high interest loans

0:22:01.590,0:22:03.531
offered by[br]the European banks

0:22:03.572,0:22:07.096
and decided to do what[br]the Founding Fathers advocated.

0:22:07.131,0:22:11.637
Which was to create an independent[br]and inherently debt-Free currency.

0:22:11.997,0:22:13.690
It was called[br]The Greenback.

0:22:15.967,0:22:19.265
Shortly after this measure was taken,[br]an internal document

0:22:19.300,0:22:23.989
circulated between private British[br]and American banking interests, stated:

0:22:24.024,0:22:26.397
Slavery is[br]but the owning of labor

0:22:26.438,0:22:29.139
and carries with it[br]the care of the laborers,

0:22:29.348,0:22:31.159
while the European plan...

0:22:31.210,0:22:34.893
is that capital shall control labor[br]by controlling wages.

0:22:34.986,0:22:37.804
This can be done[br]by controlling the money.

0:22:37.989,0:22:42.505
It will not do to allow the Greenback,[br]as we cannot control that.

0:22:43.662,0:22:45.615
The fractional reserve policy,

0:22:45.650,0:22:47.697
perpetrated by[br]the Federal Reserve

0:22:47.732,0:22:49.470
which has spread,[br]in practice,

0:22:49.501,0:22:51.766
to the great majority of banks[br]in the world,

0:22:51.970,0:22:55.815
is, in fact,[br]a system of modern slavery.

0:22:59.511,0:23:02.970
Think about it,[br]money is created out of debt.

0:23:03.415,0:23:05.645
And what do people do[br]when they are in debt?

0:23:05.984,0:23:08.865
They submit to employment[br]to pay it off.

0:23:08.987,0:23:12.347
But if money only can only[br]be created out of loans,

0:23:12.524,0:23:14.945
how can society[br]ever be debt free?

0:23:15.994,0:23:18.359
It can't[br]and that's the point.

0:23:18.997,0:23:22.968
And it is the fear of loosing assets,[br]coupled with the struggle to keep up

0:23:22.968,0:23:26.981
with the perpetual debt and inflation[br]inherent in the system,

0:23:27.016,0:23:31.977
compounded by the inescapable scarcity[br]within in the money supply itself,

0:23:31.977,0:23:35.981
created by the interest[br]that can never be re-payed,

0:23:35.981,0:23:39.014
that keeps[br]the wage-slave in line,

0:23:39.985,0:23:42.907
running on a hamster wheel,[br]with millions of others,

0:23:42.988,0:23:45.545
in effect,[br]powering an empire

0:23:45.991,0:23:49.784
that truly benefits only the elite[br]at the top of the pyramid.

0:23:50.996,0:23:52.998
For,[br]at the end of the day,

0:23:52.998,0:23:55.051
who are you[br]really working for?

0:23:55.967,0:23:56.789
The banks.

0:23:57.669,0:24:01.191
Money is created in the bank[br]and invariably ends up in a bank.

0:24:01.426,0:24:03.099
They are[br]the true masters,

0:24:03.148,0:24:06.926
along with the corporations[br]and governments they support.

0:24:08.179,0:24:12.030
Physical slavery requires[br]people to be housed and fed.

0:24:12.065,0:24:16.929
Economic slavery requires people[br]to feed and house themselves.

0:24:18.256,0:24:22.994
It is one of the most ingenious scams[br]for social manipulation ever created.

0:24:22.994,0:24:24.288
And at its core,

0:24:24.396,0:24:27.766
it is an invisible war[br]against the population.

0:24:27.766,0:24:32.052
Debt is the weapon used[br]to conquer and enslave societies,

0:24:32.087,0:24:35.162
and interest[br]is its prime ammunition.

0:24:36.975,0:24:40.867
And, as the majority walks around,[br]oblivious to this reality,

0:24:40.979,0:24:44.716
the banks, in collusion with[br]governments and corporations

0:24:44.716,0:24:49.074
continue to perfect and expand[br]their tactics of economic warfare,

0:24:49.454,0:24:52.524
spawning new bases,[br]such as the World Bank

0:24:52.524,0:24:54.993
and International Monetary Fund,

0:24:54.993,0:24:57.742
while also inventing[br]a new type of soldier.

0:24:58.396,0:25:01.609
The birth of[br]the economic hitman.

0:25:14.079,0:25:17.087
We, economic hitmen,[br]really have been the ones responsible

0:25:17.116,0:25:19.985
for creating this[br]first truly global empire

0:25:19.985,0:25:21.842
And we work[br]many different ways.

0:25:26.992,0:25:29.071
But perhaps the most common[br]is that we will

0:25:29.122,0:25:33.999
identify a country that has resources[br]our corporations covet, like oil,

0:25:33.999,0:25:37.024
And then, arrange a[br]huge loan to that country

0:25:37.059,0:25:40.204
from the World Bank[br]or one of it's sister organizations.

0:25:40.239,0:25:42.207
But the money never actually[br]goes to the country.

0:25:42.242,0:25:44.084
Instead it goes[br]to our big corporations,

0:25:44.115,0:25:46.190
to build infrastructure projects[br]in that country.

0:25:46.225,0:25:48.346
Power plants,[br]industrial parks, ports...

0:25:48.346,0:25:51.529
Things that benefit[br]a few rich people in that country.

0:25:51.564,0:25:53.390
In addition[br]to our corporations.

0:25:53.785,0:25:56.055
But really don't help[br]a majority of the people at all.

0:25:56.084,0:25:57.431
However,[br]those people,

0:25:57.471,0:26:00.484
the whole country is left[br]holding the huge debt.

0:26:00.659,0:26:03.695
It's such a big debt they can't repay[br]and that's part of the plan...

0:26:03.695,0:26:04.829
They can't repay it.

0:26:04.829,0:26:06.709
And so, in some point,[br]we economic hitmen,

0:26:06.740,0:26:07.999
go back to them and say:[br]Listen.

0:26:08.099,0:26:09.425
You owe us[br]a lot of money.

0:26:09.464,0:26:11.970
You can't pay your debts.[br]So, sell your oil,

0:26:12.170,0:26:14.117
real cheap[br]to our oil companies,

0:26:14.152,0:26:16.662
allow us to build a military base[br]in your country, or...

0:26:16.975,0:26:20.761
send troops in support of ours[br]to someplace in the world like Iraq,

0:26:20.796,0:26:23.523
or vote with us[br]on the next UN vote,

0:26:23.682,0:26:27.488
to have their[br]electric utility company privatized

0:26:27.523,0:26:29.611
and their water and[br]sewage system privatized

0:26:29.641,0:26:31.586
and sold to[br]US corporations or other

0:26:31.616,0:26:33.644
multi-national corporations.

0:26:33.792,0:26:35.518
So there is a[br]whole mushrooming thing

0:26:35.518,0:26:38.597
and it's so typical the way[br]the IMF and the World Bank work.

0:26:38.632,0:26:40.800
They put[br]a country in debt,

0:26:40.801,0:26:42.438
and it's such a big debt,[br]they can't pay it,

0:26:42.477,0:26:44.769
and then you offer[br]to refinance that debt

0:26:44.799,0:26:47.027
and pay[br]even more interest.

0:26:47.062,0:26:49.861
And you demand

0:26:49.975,0:26:52.579
this quid pro quo,[br]what you call a conditionality

0:26:52.579,0:26:53.827
or good governance

0:26:53.856,0:26:57.359
which means basically that they got[br]to sell off their resources,

0:26:57.983,0:27:00.587
including many[br]of their social services,

0:27:00.622,0:27:03.210
their utility companies,[br]their school systems sometimes,

0:27:03.240,0:27:05.255
their penal systems,

0:27:05.791,0:27:09.098
their insurance systems,[br]to foreign corporations.

0:27:09.133,0:27:12.461
So it's a[br]double-triple-quadruple whammy!

0:27:15.767,0:27:19.971
The precedent for economic hitmen[br]really began back in the early 50's

0:27:20.006,0:27:22.374
when the democratically-elected[br]Mossadegh

0:27:22.374,0:27:23.854
who was[br]elected in Iran...

0:27:23.894,0:27:26.611
He was considered to be[br]the hope for democracy

0:27:26.611,0:27:27.734
in the Middle East[br]and around the world.

0:27:27.775,0:27:29.347
He was in Time Magazine's[br]Man of the Year.

0:27:29.347,0:27:31.862
But, one of the things[br]that he brought on

0:27:31.892,0:27:34.303
and began to implement[br]was the idea that

0:27:34.334,0:27:37.351
foreign oil companies needed[br]to pay the Iranian people

0:27:37.351,0:27:39.577
a lot more for the oil that[br]they were taking out of Iran

0:27:39.627,0:27:41.976
and the Iranian people[br]should benefit from their own oil.

0:27:42.016,0:27:43.509
Strange policy.

0:27:44.295,0:27:45.684
We didn't like that,[br]of course.

0:27:46.015,0:27:48.945
But we were afraid to do[br]what we normally were doing,

0:27:48.965,0:27:50.341
which was to[br]send in the military.

0:27:50.969,0:27:53.152
Instead we sent in[br]one CIA agent,

0:27:53.183,0:27:56.172
Kermit Roosevelt,[br]Teddy Roosevelt's relative.

0:27:57.976,0:27:59.992
And Kermit went in[br]with a few million dollars

0:28:00.031,0:28:02.175
and was very, very effective[br]and efficient

0:28:02.215,0:28:03.980
and in a short[br]amount of time,

0:28:03.982,0:28:07.361
he managed to get[br]Mossadeg overthrown

0:28:07.719,0:28:10.156
and brought in the Shah of Iran[br]to replace him,

0:28:10.176,0:28:12.100
who always was[br]favorable to oil.

0:28:12.248,0:28:14.059
And it was[br]extremely effective.

0:28:17.896,0:28:19.998
Mobs over[br]through Tehran.

0:28:19.998,0:28:22.364
Army officers shout that[br]Mossadeg has surrendered

0:28:22.415,0:28:25.394
and his regime as[br]virtual dictator of Iran is ended.

0:28:25.570,0:28:29.179
Pictures of the Shah are paraded through[br]the streets as sentiment reverses.

0:28:31.976,0:28:33.729
The Shah[br]is welcomed home.

0:28:33.978,0:28:36.821
So back here in the United States,[br]in Washington,

0:28:36.861,0:28:40.471
people looked around and said:[br]Wow, that was easy and cheap.

0:28:40.618,0:28:45.757
So this established a whole new way[br]of manipulating countries,

0:28:45.792,0:28:47.080
of creating empire.

0:28:47.115,0:28:51.596
The only problem with Roosevelt was[br]that he was a card-carrying CIA agent

0:28:51.596,0:28:52.899
and if he'd been caught,

0:28:52.939,0:28:55.778
the ramifications[br]could have been pretty serious.

0:28:55.967,0:28:57.604
So very quickly,[br]at that point,

0:28:57.644,0:29:00.246
the decision was made[br]to use private consultants

0:29:00.286,0:29:02.876
to channel the money[br]through the World Bank

0:29:02.876,0:29:05.282
or the IMF or one of[br]the other such agencies,

0:29:05.317,0:29:08.467
to bring in people like me,[br]who work for private companies.

0:29:08.880,0:29:10.937
So that[br]if we got caught,

0:29:10.972,0:29:13.743
there would be[br]no governmental ramifications.

0:29:21.993,0:29:24.220
When Ărbenz became[br]President of Guatemala,

0:29:24.289,0:29:28.082
the country was very much under[br]the thumbs of United Fruit company,

0:29:28.124,0:29:29.746
the big international corporation.

0:29:29.776,0:29:32.228
And Ărbenz ran on this ticket[br]that said:

0:29:32.278,0:29:34.705
You know, we want to give the land[br]back to the people.

0:29:34.973,0:29:36.083
And once[br]he took power,

0:29:36.144,0:29:40.145
he was implementing policies[br]that would do exactly that,

0:29:40.145,0:29:42.263
give the land rights[br]back to the people.

0:29:42.264,0:29:44.331
United Fruit didn't like that[br]very much.

0:29:44.382,0:29:46.925
And so, they hired[br]a public relations firm,

0:29:46.960,0:29:49.172
launched a huge campaign[br]in the United States,

0:29:49.207,0:29:52.446
to convince the United States people,[br]the citizens of the United States,

0:29:52.498,0:29:54.993
the press of the United States[br]and the congress of the United States,

0:29:54.993,0:29:57.328
that Ărbenz[br]was a Soviet puppet

0:29:57.368,0:29:59.534
And that if we allowed him[br]to stay in power,

0:29:59.564,0:30:02.968
the Soviets would have a foothold[br]in this hemisphere.

0:30:03.003,0:30:04.474
And at that point in time,

0:30:04.503,0:30:06.461
there was a huge fear[br]on everybody's mind,

0:30:06.496,0:30:08.406
of the Red terror,[br]the Communist terror.

0:30:08.973,0:30:13.378
And so, to make a long story short,[br]out of this public relations campaign

0:30:13.378,0:30:15.543
came a commitment[br]on the part of the CIA

0:30:15.584,0:30:17.610
and the military[br]to take this man out.

0:30:17.682,0:30:18.694
And in fact,[br]we did.

0:30:18.723,0:30:22.464
We sent in planes, we sent in soldiers,[br]we sent in jackals,

0:30:22.499,0:30:25.652
we sent everything in to take him out.[br]And did take him out.

0:30:25.990,0:30:28.356
And as soon as he was[br]removed from office,

0:30:28.793,0:30:32.367
the new guy that took over after him[br]basically reinstated everything

0:30:32.402,0:30:33.998
to the big international[br]corporations,

0:30:34.033,0:30:35.613
including United Fruit.

0:30:40.322,0:30:42.554
Ecuador, for many many years[br]had been ruled

0:30:42.594,0:30:46.999
by pro-US dictators,[br]often relatively brutal.

0:30:47.034,0:30:49.981
Then it was decided they will[br]have a truely democratic election.

0:30:49.981,0:30:53.674
Jaime Roldos ran for office[br]and his main goal,

0:30:53.709,0:30:55.987
he said,[br]as president would be

0:30:55.987,0:31:00.195
to make sure that Ecuador's resources[br]were used to help the people.

0:31:00.391,0:31:02.660
And he won.[br]Overwhelming.

0:31:02.760,0:31:05.478
By more votes than anybody[br]had ever won anything in Ecuador.

0:31:05.997,0:31:08.326
And he began to[br]implement these policies.

0:31:08.600,0:31:12.050
To make sure that the profits from oil[br]went to help the people.

0:31:12.285,0:31:14.814
Well, we didn't like that[br]in the United States.

0:31:14.973,0:31:19.477
I was send down as one of several[br]economic hitmen to change Roldos.

0:31:19.477,0:31:21.254
To corrupt him.[br]To bring 'em around...

0:31:21.289,0:31:22.981
To let him know...[br]You know.

0:31:22.981,0:31:25.133
Okay, you know,[br]you can get very rich,

0:31:25.134,0:31:27.285
you and your family,[br]if you play our game.

0:31:27.285,0:31:31.091
But if you continue to try to[br]keep this policy you've promised,

0:31:31.826,0:31:33.289
you're gonna go.

0:31:33.416,0:31:34.666
He woudn't listen...

0:31:35.994,0:31:37.549
He was assassinated...

0:31:39.664,0:31:43.381
As soon as the plane crashed,[br]the whole area was cordoned off.

0:31:43.416,0:31:47.145
The only people allowed there were[br]US military from a nearby base

0:31:47.180,0:31:49.050
and some of[br]the Ecuadorian military.

0:31:49.085,0:31:51.430
When an investigation[br]was launched,

0:31:51.465,0:31:54.279
two of the key witnesses[br]died in a car accidents

0:31:54.279,0:31:56.670
before they have[br]a chance to testify.

0:31:56.781,0:31:59.779
A lot of very, very strange things[br]that went on around

0:31:59.984,0:32:02.115
the assassination of[br]Jaime Roldos.

0:32:02.150,0:32:05.790
I, like most of people who've[br]really looked at this case,

0:32:05.825,0:32:08.564
have absolutely no doubt[br]that it was an assassination.

0:32:08.604,0:32:11.566
And, of course, in my position[br]as an economic hitman,

0:32:11.601,0:32:13.731
I was always expecting[br]something to happen to Jaime,

0:32:13.731,0:32:15.180
whether it'd be[br]a coup or assassination,

0:32:15.231,0:32:17.882
I wasn't sure, but that[br]he would be taken down because

0:32:17.969,0:32:19.462
he was[br]not being corrupted,

0:32:19.502,0:32:21.221
he would not allow himself[br]to be corrupted

0:32:21.261,0:32:22.695
the way we wanted[br]to corrupt him.

0:32:27.478,0:32:29.681
Omar Torrijos,[br]the president of Panama,

0:32:29.681,0:32:31.863
was, you know,[br]one of my favorite people.

0:32:31.898,0:32:32.784
I really really[br]liked him.

0:32:32.784,0:32:34.121
He was very charasmatic.

0:32:34.151,0:32:36.837
He was a guy who really[br]wanted to help his country.

0:32:36.988,0:32:39.740
And when I tried to[br]bribe him or corrupt him, he said:

0:32:39.775,0:32:40.710
Look, John...

0:32:40.992,0:32:42.151
He called me Juanito...

0:32:42.186,0:32:43.371
He said:[br]Look Juanito,

0:32:44.025,0:32:47.554
I don't need the money.[br]What I really need is for my country

0:32:48.767,0:32:50.130
to be treated fairly.

0:32:50.969,0:32:53.078
I need for the United States[br]to repay the debts

0:32:53.113,0:32:54.015
that you owe my people

0:32:54.050,0:32:55.855
for all the destruction[br]you've done here.

0:32:55.974,0:32:57.945
I need to be[br]in a position where

0:32:57.980,0:32:59.890
I can help other[br]Latin American countries

0:32:59.978,0:33:02.848
win their independence[br]and be free of this,

0:33:02.981,0:33:05.784
of this terrible presence[br]from the north.

0:33:05.784,0:33:07.796
You people are[br]exploiting us so badly.

0:33:07.986,0:33:12.691
I need to have the Panama Canal back[br]in the hands of the Panamian people.

0:33:12.691,0:33:13.889
That's what I want.

0:33:13.992,0:33:17.996
And so, leave me alone,[br]you known, don't try to bribe me.

0:33:18.160,0:33:24.289
It was 1981 and in May,[br]Jaime Roldos was assassinated.

0:33:24.635,0:33:26.907
And Omar[br]was very aware of this.

0:33:26.971,0:33:28.973
Torrijos got his family together[br]and he said:

0:33:29.407,0:33:32.677
I'm probably next,[br]but that's okay,

0:33:32.977,0:33:35.980
because I've done[br]what I came here to do...

0:33:35.980,0:33:37.982
I renegotiated the Canal.

0:33:38.082,0:33:39.706
The Canal will now be[br]in our hands,

0:33:39.736,0:33:42.383
we just finished negotiating[br]the treaty with Jimmy Carter.

0:33:45.790,0:33:48.993
In June of that same year,[br]just a couple of month later,

0:33:48.993,0:33:52.026
he also went down[br]in an airplane crash,

0:33:52.061,0:33:56.545
which, there's no question,[br]was executed by CIA sponsored jackals.

0:33:56.968,0:33:58.323
A tremendous[br]amount of evidence that

0:33:58.342,0:34:02.874
one of Torijjos' security guards[br]handed him, at the last moment,

0:34:02.909,0:34:04.976
as he was getting on the plane,[br]a tape recorder.

0:34:04.976,0:34:07.611
A small tape recorder[br]that contained a bomb.

0:34:14.986,0:34:16.960
It is intersting to me[br]how this

0:34:16.995,0:34:19.991
system has continued[br]pretty much the same way

0:34:19.991,0:34:21.156
for years,[br]and years, and years,

0:34:21.185,0:34:23.872
except the economic hitmen have gotten[br]better and better and better.

0:34:23.995,0:34:28.553
Then we coped with, very recently,[br]what happened in Venezuela.

0:34:28.966,0:34:31.969
In 1998, Hugo Chavez[br]gets elected president,

0:34:31.969,0:34:34.772
following a[br]long line of presidents

0:34:34.807,0:34:36.032
who'd been very corrupt

0:34:36.082,0:34:38.725
and basically destroyed[br]the economy of the country.

0:34:38.976,0:34:40.978
And Chavez was elected[br]amidst all that.

0:34:41.546,0:34:43.884
Chavez stood up[br]to the United States

0:34:44.048,0:34:48.619
and he's done it primarily[br]demanding that Venezuelian oil

0:34:48.619,0:34:51.467
be used[br]to help the Venezuelian people.

0:34:51.989,0:34:54.915
Well... we didn't like[br]that in United States.

0:34:54.992,0:34:57.483
So, in 2002,

0:34:57.895,0:35:00.698
a coup was staged, which was[br]no question in my mind, in most

0:35:00.698,0:35:03.498
other peoples' minds,[br]that the CIA was behind that coup.

0:35:08.973,0:35:10.975
The way,[br]that that coup was fomented

0:35:10.975,0:35:13.978
was very reflective of what[br]Kermit Roosevelt had done in Iran.

0:35:14.178,0:35:16.981
Of paying people to go out[br]onto the streets,

0:35:16.981,0:35:20.938
To riot, to protest, to say[br]that Chavez was very unpopular.

0:35:21.351,0:35:23.521
You know, if you can get[br]a few thousand people

0:35:23.521,0:35:27.612
to do that,[br]television can make it look like...

0:35:27.992,0:35:31.021
It's the whole country[br]and things start to mushroom.

0:35:31.662,0:35:34.678
Except in the case of Chavez,[br]he was

0:35:34.713,0:35:37.682
smart enough and the people[br]were so strongly behind him,

0:35:37.717,0:35:39.774
that they overcame it.

0:35:40.972,0:35:44.976
Which was a phenomenal moment[br]in the history of Latin America.

0:35:49.413,0:35:52.450
Iraq, actually,[br]is a perfect example of the way

0:35:52.450,0:35:53.721
the whole system works.

0:35:53.771,0:35:56.721
So, we, economic hitmen,[br]are the first line defense.

0:35:56.721,0:35:59.690
We go in, we try to[br]corrupt the governments

0:35:59.690,0:36:01.869
and get them[br]to accept these huge loans,

0:36:01.804,0:36:04.563
which we then use as leverage[br]to basically own them.

0:36:04.896,0:36:09.547
If we fail, as I failed in[br]Panama with Omar Torrijos,

0:36:09.582,0:36:11.476
and Ecuador with[br]Jaime Roldos,

0:36:11.669,0:36:13.635
men who refuse[br]to be corrupted,

0:36:13.771,0:36:16.462
then the second line of defense[br]is we send in the Jackals.

0:36:16.497,0:36:18.366
And the Jackals either[br]overthrow governments

0:36:18.401,0:36:19.518
or they assassinate.

0:36:19.744,0:36:22.502
And, once that happens[br]and a new goverment comes in it...

0:36:22.613,0:36:23.981
Boy,[br]it's gonna toe the line

0:36:24.016,0:36:26.858
because that new president knows[br]what will happen if he doesn't.

0:36:27.344,0:36:30.988
In the case of Iraq,[br]both of those things failed.

0:36:30.988,0:36:33.991
The economic hitmen were not able[br]to get through to Saddam Hussein.

0:36:33.991,0:36:36.717
We tried very hard,[br]we tried to get him to accept a deal

0:36:36.749,0:36:39.516
very similar to what[br]the House of Saud had accepted in

0:36:39.551,0:36:41.649
Saudi Arabia,[br]but he wouldn't accept it.

0:36:41.999,0:36:44.270
And so the Jackals[br]went in to take him out.

0:36:44.305,0:36:46.764
They couldn't do it.[br]His security was very good.

0:36:46.971,0:36:49.974
After all, he, at one time,[br]had worked for CIA.

0:36:49.974,0:36:54.345
He'd been hired to assassinate[br]a former president of Iraq and failed,

0:36:54.345,0:36:55.756
but he knew the system.

0:36:55.980,0:36:58.996
So, in '91,[br]we send in the troops

0:36:59.031,0:37:01.737
and we take out[br]the Iraqi military.

0:37:01.986,0:37:03.988
So, we assumed[br]at that point that

0:37:03.988,0:37:05.903
Saddam Hussein[br]is gonna come around.

0:37:05.990,0:37:08.993
We could have take him out,[br]of course at that time,

0:37:09.427,0:37:12.373
but we didn't want it.[br]He's the kind of strong man we like.

0:37:12.408,0:37:15.564
He controls his people.[br]We thought he could control Kurds,

0:37:15.599,0:37:18.461
and keep the Iranians in their border[br]and keep pumping oil for us.

0:37:18.496,0:37:20.146
And that once[br]we took out his military,

0:37:20.181,0:37:21.434
now he's gonna[br]come around.

0:37:21.973,0:37:24.609
So, the economic hitmen[br]go back in in the 90's

0:37:24.609,0:37:26.069
without success.

0:37:26.110,0:37:27.572
If they'd had success...

0:37:27.607,0:37:28.953
he'd still be[br]running the country.

0:37:29.003,0:37:31.549
We'd be selling him[br]all the fighter jets he wants,

0:37:31.549,0:37:32.961
and everything else[br]he wants,

0:37:33.041,0:37:35.441
but they couldn't,[br]they didn't have success.

0:37:35.476,0:37:38.744
The jackals couldn't take him out again,[br]so we sent the military

0:37:38.775,0:37:40.992
in once again, and this time,[br]we did the complete job

0:37:40.992,0:37:41.785
and took him out.

0:37:41.825,0:37:44.020
And in the process,[br]created for ourselves some

0:37:44.150,0:37:45.946
very, very lucrative[br]construction

0:37:46.548,0:37:48.727
deals to[br]reconstruct the country

0:37:48.788,0:37:50.467
that we'd[br]essentially destroyed.

0:37:50.468,0:37:51.536
Which is[br]a pretty good deal

0:37:51.566,0:37:53.736
if you own construction companies,[br]big ones.

0:37:54.972,0:37:58.259
So, Iraq shows[br]the three stages.

0:37:58.976,0:38:00.700
The economic hitmen[br]failed there.

0:38:00.778,0:38:01.891
The Jackals failed there.

0:38:01.921,0:38:05.550
And as a final measure,[br]the military goes in.

0:38:08.653,0:38:10.988
And in that way,[br]we've really created an empire,

0:38:10.988,0:38:14.225
but we've done it very, very subtly.[br]It's clandestine.

0:38:14.492,0:38:16.994
All the empires of the past[br]were built on the military,

0:38:17.281,0:38:18.974
and everybody knew[br]they were building them.

0:38:18.996,0:38:20.430
The British knew they[br]were building them,

0:38:20.465,0:38:23.509
the French, the Germans,[br]the Romans, the Greeks,

0:38:23.968,0:38:26.671
and they were proud of it.[br]They always had some excuse like

0:38:26.671,0:38:29.804
spreading civilization,[br]spreading some religion,

0:38:29.834,0:38:32.708
something like that,[br]but they knew they were doing it.

0:38:32.977,0:38:33.875
We don't.

0:38:33.978,0:38:36.781
The majority of the people,[br]in the United States,

0:38:36.816,0:38:41.510
have no idea that we're living off[br]the benefits of the clandestine empire.

0:38:41.686,0:38:45.538
That today there is more slavery[br]in the world than ever before.

0:38:47.992,0:38:49.285
Then you have[br]to ask yourself, well,

0:38:49.364,0:38:51.334
if it's an empire,[br]then who is the emperor?

0:38:51.996,0:38:55.966
Obviously our presidents of[br]the United States are not emperors.

0:38:55.966,0:38:57.710
An emperor is someone[br]who is not elected,

0:38:57.710,0:38:59.247
doesn't serve[br]a limited term,

0:38:59.641,0:39:01.972
and doesn't report to anyone,[br]essentially.

0:39:02.004,0:39:05.485
So you can't classify[br]our presidents that way.

0:39:05.976,0:39:07.734
But we do have[br]what I consider to be

0:39:07.774,0:39:10.981
the equivalent of the emperor and[br]it's what I call the corporatocracy.

0:39:12.316,0:39:15.534
The corporatocracy[br]is this group of individuals

0:39:15.704,0:39:17.321
who run[br]our biggest corporations.

0:39:17.321,0:39:20.415
And they really act as[br]the emperor of this empire.

0:39:20.991,0:39:23.854
They control[br]our media,

0:39:23.994,0:39:26.332
either through direct ownership[br]or advertising.

0:39:26.497,0:39:29.549
They control[br]most of our politicians

0:39:29.667,0:39:31.354
because they finance[br]their campaigns,

0:39:31.525,0:39:32.801
either through[br]the corporations

0:39:32.842,0:39:34.279
or through[br]personal contributions

0:39:34.314,0:39:35.755
that come out of[br]the corporations.

0:39:35.973,0:39:36.974
They're not elected,

0:39:36.974,0:39:38.776
then they don't serve[br]a limited term,

0:39:38.876,0:39:40.260
they don't report to anybody,

0:39:40.578,0:39:43.100
and at the very top[br]of the corporatocracy,

0:39:43.135,0:39:44.447
you really can't tell

0:39:44.482,0:39:46.584
whether the person is working[br]for a private corporation

0:39:46.584,0:39:49.177
or the government because[br]they're always moving back and forth.

0:39:49.212,0:39:53.391
So you know, you've got a guy who,[br]one moment is the president of

0:39:53.591,0:39:55.555
a big construction company[br]like Haliburton,

0:39:55.827,0:39:58.235
and the next moment, he's[br]Vice President of the United States.

0:39:58.329,0:40:00.368
Or the President,[br]who was in the oil business.

0:40:00.398,0:40:03.455
And this is true whether you get[br]Democrats or Republicans in the office.

0:40:03.490,0:40:07.118
You have this moving back and forth[br]through a revolving door.

0:40:07.471,0:40:12.543
And in a way, our government[br]is invisible a lot of the time,

0:40:12.578,0:40:15.326
and his policies are carried out[br]by our corporations

0:40:15.377,0:40:18.033
on one level or another.[br]And then again,

0:40:18.482,0:40:21.252
the policies of the government[br]are basically

0:40:21.352,0:40:23.885
forged[br]by the corporatocracy,

0:40:24.021,0:40:25.100
and then[br]presented to the government

0:40:25.119,0:40:26.439
and they become[br]government policy.

0:40:26.469,0:40:29.629
So, there's an incredibly[br]cozy relationship.

0:40:30.094,0:40:31.996
This isn't a conspiracy theory[br]type of thing.

0:40:31.996,0:40:33.715
These people don't have[br]to get together

0:40:33.864,0:40:35.621
and plot to do things.

0:40:35.671,0:40:39.570
They all basically work[br]under one primary assumption,

0:40:39.570,0:40:42.490
and that is that[br]they must maximize profits,

0:40:42.706,0:40:45.549
regardless of the[br]social and environmental costs.

0:40:50.981,0:40:54.552
This process of manipulation[br]by the corporatocracy

0:40:54.552,0:40:58.889
through the use of debt, bribery[br]and political overthrow is called:

0:40:58.989,0:41:00.319
Globalization.

0:41:00.791,0:41:04.695
Just as the Federal Reserve keeps[br]the American public in a postion

0:41:04.695,0:41:07.528
of indentured servitude,[br]though perpetual debt,

0:41:07.563,0:41:09.349
inflation and interest,

0:41:09.366,0:41:13.287
the World Bank and IMF[br]serve this role on a global scale.

0:41:13.838,0:41:15.592
The basic scam[br]is simple.

0:41:15.973,0:41:18.711
Put a country in debt,[br]either by it's own indisgression,

0:41:18.746,0:41:20.918
or through corrupting the leader[br]of that country,

0:41:21.570,0:41:25.883
then impose conditionalities[br]or structual adjustment policies

0:41:25.918,0:41:27.985
often consisting[br]of the following.

0:41:29.620,0:41:30.925
Currency devaluation.

0:41:31.455,0:41:35.173
When the value of a currency drops,[br]so does everything valued in it.

0:41:35.426,0:41:38.996
This makes indigenous resources[br]available to predator countries

0:41:39.096,0:41:40.873
at a fraction[br]of their worth.

0:41:42.399,0:41:44.971
Large funding cuts[br]for social programs.

0:41:45.006,0:41:47.839
These usually include[br]education and health care.

0:41:47.972,0:41:51.044
Compromising the well-being[br]and integrity of the society,

0:41:51.079,0:41:52.645
leaving the public vulnerable

0:41:52.680,0:41:53.978
to exploitation.

0:41:54.578,0:41:57.075
Privatization of[br]state-owned enterprises.

0:41:57.381,0:41:59.831
This means that[br]socially important systems

0:41:59.881,0:42:01.619
can be purchased[br]and regulated

0:42:01.619,0:42:03.988
by foreign corporations[br]for profit.

0:42:04.488,0:42:08.187
For example, in 1999,[br]the World Bank insisted

0:42:08.222,0:42:11.429
that the Bolivian government[br]sell the public water system

0:42:11.464,0:42:16.352
of it's third-largest city to a subsidy[br]of the US-corporation Bechtel.

0:42:16.500,0:42:17.807
As soon as this occured,

0:42:17.847,0:42:20.971
waterbills for the already[br]impoverished local residents

0:42:20.971,0:42:22.120
skyrocketed.

0:42:22.973,0:42:25.976
It wasn't until after[br]full-blown revolt by the people

0:42:25.977,0:42:28.593
that the Bechtel contract[br]was nullified.

0:42:32.082,0:42:34.652
Then there is[br]trade liberalization,

0:42:34.652,0:42:36.559
or the opening up[br]of the economy,

0:42:36.659,0:42:39.329
through removing any restrictions[br]on foreign trade.

0:42:39.456,0:42:43.233
This allows for a number of[br]abusive economic manifestations,

0:42:43.268,0:42:45.566
such as[br]transnational corporations

0:42:45.567,0:42:48.465
bringing in their own[br]mass-produced products,

0:42:48.465,0:42:52.449
undercutting the indigineous production[br]and ruining local economies.

0:42:52.770,0:42:54.609
An example is Jamaica,

0:42:55.072,0:42:58.976
which after accepting loans and[br]conditionalities from the World Bank

0:42:58.976,0:43:01.448
lost it's largest[br]cash crop markets

0:43:01.508,0:43:04.149
due to competition[br]with Western imports.

0:43:04.982,0:43:08.961
Today countless farmers are out of work,[br]for they're unable to compete

0:43:08.986,0:43:10.887
with the large corporations.

0:43:11.989,0:43:14.901
Another variation is[br]the creation of numerous,

0:43:14.936,0:43:17.995
seemingly unnoticed,[br]unregulated, inhumane

0:43:17.995,0:43:19.497
sweatshop factories,

0:43:19.972,0:43:23.649
which take advantage of[br]the imposed economic hardship.

0:43:23.968,0:43:26.697
Additionally,[br]due to production de-regulation,

0:43:26.732,0:43:28.973
environmental destruction[br]is perpetual

0:43:29.008,0:43:32.275
as a country's resources[br]are often exploited

0:43:32.310,0:43:33.887
by the[br]indifferent corporations,

0:43:33.978,0:43:37.364
while outputting large amounts[br]of deliberate pollution.

0:43:38.248,0:43:41.646
The largest environmental lawsuit[br]in the history of the world,

0:43:41.681,0:43:43.869
today is being brought[br]on behalf of

0:43:43.889,0:43:48.826
30,000 Ecuadorian and Amazonian[br]people against Texaco,

0:43:48.861,0:43:51.055
which is now owned by Chevron[br]so it's against Chevron,

0:43:51.095,0:43:53.097
but for activities[br]conducted by Texaco.

0:43:54.253,0:43:56.765
They're estimated to be[br]more than 18 times

0:43:56.800,0:44:00.673
what the Exxon Valdez dumped[br]into the Coast of Alaska.

0:44:00.971,0:44:03.258
In the case of Ecuador,[br]it wasn't an accident.

0:44:03.374,0:44:05.185
The oil companies[br]did it intentionally;

0:44:05.247,0:44:07.713
they knew they were doing it[br]to save money

0:44:07.714,0:44:10.510
rather than[br]arranging for proper disposal.

0:44:11.682,0:44:15.841
Furthermore, a cursory glance at the[br]performance record of the World Bank

0:44:15.876,0:44:18.878
reveals that the institution,[br]which publicly claims to

0:44:18.889,0:44:21.979
help poor countries develop[br]and alleviate poverty,

0:44:21.993,0:44:24.995
has done nothing but[br]increase poverty and the wealth-gap,

0:44:24.995,0:44:27.437
while corporate profits soar.

0:44:27.631,0:44:30.332
In 1960,[br]the income-gap between

0:44:30.367,0:44:33.240
the fifth of the world's people[br]and the richest countries,

0:44:33.275,0:44:35.657
versus the fifth[br]in the poorest countries

0:44:35.657,0:44:37.155
was thirty to one.

0:44:37.408,0:44:41.050
By 1998,[br]it was seventy-four to one.

0:44:41.779,0:44:46.800
While global GNP rose 40%[br]between 1970 and 1985,

0:44:46.835,0:44:50.805
those in poverty,[br]actually increased, by 17%.

0:44:50.988,0:44:53.608
While from[br]1985 to 2000,

0:44:53.669,0:44:58.723
those living on less than[br]one dollar a day increased by 18%.

0:45:00.416,0:45:04.589
Even the Joint Economic Committee[br]of the U.S. Congress admitted

0:45:04.649,0:45:09.378
that there is a mere 40% success rate[br]of all World Bank projects.

0:45:09.773,0:45:14.813
In the late 1960's, the World Bank[br]intervened in Ecuador with large loans.

0:45:14.879,0:45:19.983
During the next 30 years,[br]poverty grew from 50% to 70%.

0:45:19.983,0:45:23.755
Under or unemployment[br]grew from 15% to 70%.

0:45:24.314,0:45:28.992
Public debt increased from[br]240 million to 16 billion,

0:45:28.992,0:45:34.866
while the share of resources allocated[br]to the poor went from 20% to 6%.

0:45:35.999,0:45:40.718
In fact, by the year 2000,[br]50% of Ecuador's national budget

0:45:40.753,0:45:43.587
had to be allocated[br]for paying its debts.

0:45:46.977,0:45:50.189
It is important to understand:[br]the World Bank is,

0:45:50.229,0:45:53.739
in fact, a U.S. bank,[br]supporting U.S. interests.

0:45:53.984,0:45:57.387
For the United States holds[br]veto-power over decisions,

0:45:57.422,0:45:59.940
as it is the[br]largest provider of capital.

0:46:00.264,0:46:01.801
And where did[br]it get this money?

0:46:02.067,0:46:02.911
You guessed it:

0:46:03.072,0:46:04.555
It made it[br]out of thin air

0:46:04.625,0:46:07.028
through the[br]fractional reserve banking system.

0:46:08.999,0:46:13.789
Of the world's top 100 economies,[br]as based on annual GDP,

0:46:13.824,0:46:15.804
51 are corporations.

0:46:15.904,0:46:19.129
And 47 of that 51,[br]are U.S.-based.

0:46:19.577,0:46:22.248
Walmart,[br]General Motors and Exxon,

0:46:22.318,0:46:25.760
are more economically powerful[br]than Saudi Arabia,

0:46:25.810,0:46:31.968
Poland, Norway, South Africa,[br]Finland, Indonesia and many others.

0:46:32.589,0:46:35.882
And, as protective trade barriers[br]are broken down,

0:46:35.917,0:46:39.574
currencies tossed together[br]and manipulated in floating markets

0:46:39.609,0:46:41.864
and State economies[br]overturned

0:46:41.904,0:46:47.572
in favor of open competition in[br]global capitalism, the empire expands.

0:46:49.506,0:46:53.352
You get up on[br]your little 21 inch screen

0:46:54.788,0:46:59.103
and howl about America[br]and democracy.

0:46:59.983,0:47:03.987
There is no America,[br]there is no democracy.

0:47:04.721,0:47:10.360
There is only IBM,[br]and ITT, and AT&T,

0:47:10.461,0:47:15.489
and DuPont, Dow,[br]Union Carbide, and Exxon.

0:47:15.999,0:47:19.116
Those are the nations[br]of the world today.

0:47:19.970,0:47:22.861
What do you think the Russians talk[br]about in their counsels of state?

0:47:22.896,0:47:24.018
Karl Marx?

0:47:24.274,0:47:26.708
They get out their[br]linear programming charts,

0:47:26.921,0:47:28.398
statistical decision theories,

0:47:28.433,0:47:31.354
min and max solutions and[br]compute the price-cost probabilities

0:47:31.389,0:47:34.334
of their transactions and investments,[br]just like we do.

0:47:34.985,0:47:38.161
We no longer live in a world of[br]nations and ideologies, Mr. Beale.

0:47:39.623,0:47:43.673
The world is[br]a college of corporations,

0:47:44.693,0:47:48.999
inexorably determined[br]by the immutable

0:47:48.999,0:47:51.156
bylaws of business.

0:47:53.670,0:47:57.047
The world is a business,[br]Mr. Beale.

0:48:27.471,0:48:31.918
The World is being taken over[br]by a hand-full of business powers

0:48:31.953,0:48:34.724
who dominate the natural resources[br]we need to live,

0:48:34.759,0:48:38.257
while controlling the money[br]we need to obtain these resources.

0:48:38.292,0:48:41.100
The end result[br]will be world monopoly,

0:48:41.481,0:48:46.044
based not on human life,[br]but financial and corporate power.

0:48:46.990,0:48:49.430
And,[br]as the inequality grows,

0:48:49.480,0:48:52.715
naturally, more and more people[br]are becoming desperate.

0:48:52.996,0:48:56.967
So the establishment was forced[br]to come up with a new way to deal

0:48:57.002,0:48:59.407
with anyone[br]who challenges the system.

0:48:59.971,0:49:02.710
So they gave birth[br]to the 'Terrorist'.

0:49:03.356,0:49:06.096
The term 'terrorist'[br]is an empty distinction

0:49:06.583,0:49:08.762
designed for any person[br]or group,

0:49:08.797,0:49:11.502
who chooses to challenge[br]the establishment.

0:49:11.748,0:49:15.078
This isn't to be confused[br]with the fictional 'Al Qaida',

0:49:15.139,0:49:18.088
which was actually[br]the name of a computer database

0:49:18.088,0:49:21.347
of the U.S.-supported Mujahadeen[br]in the 1980's.

0:49:32.970,0:49:39.418
In 2007, the Department of Defense[br]received 161.8 billion dollars

0:49:39.453,0:49:42.602
for the so-called global war[br]on terrorism.

0:49:42.980,0:49:45.715
According to the[br]National Counter-Terrorism Center,

0:49:45.750,0:49:48.682
in 2004,[br]roughly 2000 people

0:49:48.717,0:49:50.256
were killed internationally

0:49:50.490,0:49:52.599
due to[br]supposed terrorist acts.

0:49:52.990,0:49:55.451
Of that number,[br]70 were American.

0:49:55.993,0:49:58.487
Using this number[br]as a general average,

0:49:58.487,0:50:00.386
which is[br]extremely generous,

0:50:00.739,0:50:03.473
it is interesting to note[br]that twice as many

0:50:03.508,0:50:07.516
people die from peanut allergies a year,[br]than from terrorist acts.

0:50:09.072,0:50:12.286
Concurrently, the leading cause[br]of death in America

0:50:12.321,0:50:14.137
is coronary heart disease,

0:50:14.583,0:50:17.757
killing roughly 450,000[br]each year.

0:50:18.419,0:50:22.090
And in 2007,[br]the government's allocation of funds

0:50:22.125,0:50:23.658
for research[br]on this issue

0:50:23.693,0:50:25.462
was about[br]three billion dollars.

0:50:25.989,0:50:29.197
This means, that the US government,[br]in 2007,

0:50:29.400,0:50:33.577
spent 54 times the amount[br]for preventing terrorism,

0:50:33.830,0:50:36.078
than it spent for[br]preventing for the disease,

0:50:36.138,0:50:40.590
which kills 6600 times[br]more people annually,

0:50:40.625,0:50:42.367
than terrorism does.

0:50:45.976,0:50:48.468
Yet, as the name[br]terrorism and Al Qaida

0:50:48.498,0:50:51.528
are arbitrarilly stamped[br]on every news report,

0:50:51.548,0:50:54.799
relating to any action[br]taken against US interests,

0:50:54.851,0:50:56.441
the myth grows wider.

0:50:56.686,0:50:59.523
In mid 2008,[br]the US Attorney General

0:50:59.523,0:51:02.292
actually proposed,[br]that the US congress

0:51:02.292,0:51:05.353
officially declare war[br]against the fantasy.

0:51:06.163,0:51:11.635
Not to mention, as of July 2008,[br]there are now over 1 million people

0:51:11.635,0:51:14.971
currently on[br]the US terrorist watch list.

0:51:16.973,0:51:19.301
These so called[br]Counter-Terrorism Measures,

0:51:19.360,0:51:22.083
of course had nothing to do[br]with social protection

0:51:22.118,0:51:25.882
and everything to do[br]with preserving the establishment

0:51:25.917,0:51:28.659
amongst the growing[br]anti-American sentiment,

0:51:28.701,0:51:31.202
both domestically,[br]and internationally,

0:51:31.815,0:51:33.950
which is legitimately[br]founded on

0:51:33.970,0:51:36.893
the greed-based[br]corporate empire expansion

0:51:36.993,0:51:38.913
that is exploiting the world.

0:51:40.630,0:51:45.068
The true terrorists of our world,[br]do not meet at the darks at midnight

0:51:45.168,0:51:48.679
or scream Allah Akbar[br]before some violent action.

0:51:49.906,0:51:53.908
The true terrorists of our world,[br]wear 5000 dollar suits

0:51:53.969,0:51:58.891
and work in the highest positions[br]of finance, government and business.

0:52:02.586,0:52:04.539
So, what do we do?

0:52:05.155,0:52:07.747
How do we stop a system[br]of greed and corruption,

0:52:07.797,0:52:09.822
that has so much[br]power and momentum?

0:52:09.993,0:52:12.605
How do we stop this[br]aberrant group behavior,

0:52:12.640,0:52:14.156
which feels[br]no compassion,

0:52:14.164,0:52:17.787
for say, the millions slaughtered[br]in Iraq and Afghanistan,

0:52:18.168,0:52:20.451
so the corporatocracy[br]can control

0:52:20.491,0:52:24.775
energy resources and opium production[br]for Wall Street profit.

0:53:16.993,0:53:19.796
How do we stop a system[br]of greed and corruption

0:53:19.796,0:53:21.743
that condemns[br]poor populations

0:53:21.802,0:53:25.104
to sweatshop slavery[br]for the benefit of Madison Avenue?

0:53:25.969,0:53:29.034
Or that engineers[br]false-flag terror attacks

0:53:29.069,0:53:31.136
for the sake of manipulation?

0:53:31.641,0:53:35.008
Or that generates[br]built-in modes of social operation,

0:53:35.043,0:53:37.337
which are inherently[br]exploited?

0:53:37.981,0:53:41.208
Or that systematicly reduces[br]several liberties

0:53:41.238,0:53:43.030
and violates human rights,

0:53:43.065,0:53:46.663
in order to protect itself,[br]from it's own shortcomings?

0:53:47.591,0:53:50.627
How do we deal with the[br]numerous covert institutions,

0:53:50.627,0:53:52.568
such as[br]the Council on Foreign Relations,

0:53:52.603,0:53:53.993
the Trilateral Commission,

0:53:54.033,0:53:55.217
and the Bilderberg Group

0:53:55.237,0:53:57.667
and other undemocratically[br]elected groups

0:53:57.667,0:54:02.021
which behind closed doors[br]collude to control the political,

0:54:02.022,0:54:06.410
financial, social and environmental[br]elements of our lives?

0:54:06.977,0:54:10.629
In order to find the answer,[br]we must first find,

0:54:10.664,0:54:12.903
the true underlying cause.

0:54:12.983,0:54:18.917
For the fact is, the selfish, corrupt,[br]power and profit-based groups

0:54:18.952,0:54:21.671
are not the true source[br]of the problem.

0:54:22.559,0:54:24.280
They are symptoms.

0:54:40.977,0:54:43.206
My name is Jacque Fresco.

0:54:43.980,0:54:48.021
I'm an industrial designer[br]and a social engineer.

0:54:48.652,0:54:51.040
I'm very much interested[br]in society

0:54:51.716,0:54:56.619
and developing a system that might be[br]sustainable, for all people.

0:54:58.561,0:55:02.090
First of all, the word 'corruption'[br]is a monetary invention,

0:55:02.167,0:55:04.205
that aberrant behavior,

0:55:04.370,0:55:08.057
behavior that's disruptive[br]for the well-being of people.

0:55:08.092,0:55:11.496
Well, you're dealing with[br]human behavior.

0:55:11.661,0:55:16.564
And human behavior appears to be[br]environmentally determined.

0:55:16.599,0:55:21.243
Meaning, if you were raised by[br]the Seminole Indians as a baby,

0:55:21.278,0:55:22.958
never saw anything else,

0:55:22.986,0:55:25.076
you'd hold that value system.

0:55:25.111,0:55:28.755
And this goes for nations,[br]it goes for individuals,

0:55:28.790,0:55:32.191
for families, they try to[br]indoctrinate their children

0:55:32.638,0:55:35.770
to their particular faith[br]and their country

0:55:35.771,0:55:38.253
and make them feel like[br]they're part of that.

0:55:38.902,0:55:43.598
And they built a society,[br]which they call established.

0:55:43.973,0:55:46.758
They established[br]a workable point of view

0:55:46.793,0:55:48.770
and tend[br]to perpetuate that.

0:55:48.978,0:55:52.742
Whereas, all societies[br]are really emergent,

0:55:52.777,0:55:54.081
not established.

0:55:54.651,0:55:57.820
And so[br]they fight new ideas

0:55:57.821,0:56:00.693
that would interfere[br]with the establishment.

0:56:01.658,0:56:06.194
Goverments try to perpetuate[br]that which keeps them in power.

0:56:06.630,0:56:11.550
People are not elected[br]to political office to change things.

0:56:11.601,0:56:13.962
They are put there,[br]to keep things the way they are.

0:56:14.971,0:56:19.687
So you see, the bases of corruption[br]is in our society.

0:56:19.843,0:56:20.905
Let me make it clear.

0:56:20.945,0:56:24.556
All nations then,[br]are basically corrupt

0:56:24.556,0:56:28.140
because they tend to uphold[br]existing institutons.

0:56:28.175,0:56:31.685
I don't mean to uphold[br]or downgrade all nations,

0:56:31.823,0:56:36.476
but communism, socialism, fascism,[br]the free enterprise-system

0:56:36.534,0:56:39.889
and all other sub-cultures[br]are the same.

0:56:39.996,0:56:42.990
They are all[br]basically corrupt.

0:56:44.435,0:56:47.971
The most fundamental characteristic[br]of our social institutions

0:56:47.971,0:56:50.933
is the necessity[br]for self-preservation.

0:56:50.974,0:56:54.801
Whether dealing with a corporation,[br]a religion or a government,

0:56:54.978,0:56:58.545
the foremost interest is[br]to preserve the institution itself.

0:56:58.982,0:57:02.276
For instance, the last thing[br]an oil company would ever want

0:57:02.286,0:57:05.915
is the utilization of energy,[br]that was outside of it's control.

0:57:05.989,0:57:09.340
For it makes that company[br]less relevant to society.

0:57:09.993,0:57:14.800
Likewise the Cold War and the collapse[br]of the Soviet Union was, in reality,

0:57:15.072,0:57:16.858
a way to preserve[br]and perpetuate

0:57:16.886,0:57:20.816
the established economic and[br]global hegemony of the United States.

0:57:22.972,0:57:27.799
Similarly, religions condition people[br]to feel guilty for natural inclinations,

0:57:27.977,0:57:31.909
each claiming to offer the only path[br]to forgiveness and salvation.

0:57:32.982,0:57:35.901
At the heart of this[br]institutional self-preservation

0:57:35.951,0:57:37.860
lies the monetary system.

0:57:37.987,0:57:41.991
For it is money that provides[br]the means for power and survival.

0:57:42.992,0:57:44.779
Therefore,[br]just as a poor person

0:57:44.828,0:57:47.187
might be forced to steal,[br]in order to survive,

0:57:47.430,0:57:50.443
it is a natural inclination to do[br]whatever is needed

0:57:50.462,0:57:53.275
to continue[br]an institution's profitability.

0:57:53.570,0:57:57.974
This makes it inherently difficult[br]for profit-based institutions to change,

0:57:58.009,0:57:59.595
For it puts[br]in jeopardy,

0:57:59.635,0:58:02.309
not only the survival[br]of large groups of people,

0:58:02.512,0:58:05.171
but also the coveted,[br]materialistic lifestyles

0:58:05.202,0:58:07.890
associated with[br]affluence and power.

0:58:08.918,0:58:12.263
Therefore, the paralyzing necessity[br]to preserve an institution,

0:58:12.345,0:58:14.524
regardless of[br]its social relevance

0:58:14.574,0:58:18.178
is largely rooted[br]in the need for money or profit.

0:58:23.733,0:58:26.617
What's in it for me?,[br]is why people think.

0:58:27.971,0:58:31.191
And so if a man makes money[br]selling a certain product,

0:58:31.474,0:58:33.077
that's where[br]he's going to fight

0:58:33.229,0:58:37.744
the existence of another product[br]that may threaten his institution.

0:58:39.749,0:58:41.910
Therefore,[br]people cannot be fair.

0:58:42.605,0:58:45.008
And people do not[br]trust each other.

0:58:45.043,0:58:46.822
A guy will come over[br]to you and say,

0:58:47.035,0:58:48.755
I've got just the house[br]you're looking for,

0:58:48.892,0:58:50.149
he's a salesman.

0:58:50.260,0:58:53.138
When a doctor says,[br]I think your kidney has to come out,

0:58:53.429,0:58:56.000
I don't know if[br]he's trying to pay off a yacht

0:58:56.478,0:58:58.335
or that my kidney[br]has to come out.

0:58:58.370,0:59:02.241
It's hard in a monetary system[br]to trust people.

0:59:02.972,0:59:04.741
If you came into my store[br]and I said,

0:59:04.741,0:59:09.779
this lamp that I've got is pretty good,[br]but the lamp next door is much better,

0:59:09.814,0:59:12.797
I wouldn't be in business very long.[br]It wouldn't work.

0:59:12.982,0:59:15.449
If I were ethical,[br]it wouldn't work.

0:59:16.085,0:59:19.381
So when you say[br]industry cares for people,

0:59:19.416,0:59:20.710
that's not true.

0:59:20.823,0:59:23.064
They can't afford[br]to be ethical.

0:59:23.826,0:59:28.164
So your system is not designed[br]to serve the well-being of people.

0:59:28.164,0:59:33.536
If you still don't understand that,[br]there would be no outsourcing of jobs

0:59:33.536,0:59:35.373
if they cared[br]about people.

0:59:35.772,0:59:36.973
Industry does not care.

0:59:36.973,0:59:40.808
They only hire people because[br]it hasn't been automated yet.

0:59:41.978,0:59:44.561
So don't talk about[br]decency and ethics,

0:59:44.952,0:59:48.142
we cannot afford it[br]and remain in business.

0:59:49.485,0:59:53.489
It is important to point out that[br]regardless of the social system,

0:59:53.489,0:59:57.364
whether fascist, socialist,[br]capitalist or communist,

0:59:57.694,1:00:02.015
the underlying mechanism is still[br]money, labor and competition.

1:00:02.999,1:00:07.503
Communist China is no less[br]capitalistic than the United States.

1:00:07.503,1:00:09.604
The only difference is[br]the degree by which

1:00:09.634,1:00:12.023
the state intervenes[br]in enterprise.

1:00:12.976,1:00:17.547
The reality is that monetary-ism,[br]so to speak, is the true mechanism,

1:00:17.547,1:00:20.942
that guides the interests of[br]all the countries on the planet.

1:00:21.818,1:00:25.688
The most agressive and hence dominant[br]variation of this monetary-ism

1:00:25.688,1:00:27.533
is the free enterprise system.

1:00:27.991,1:00:32.121
The fundamental perspective as put[br]forth by early free market economists,

1:00:32.156,1:00:33.492
like Adam Smith,

1:00:33.997,1:00:38.022
is that self-interest and competition[br]leads to social prosperity,

1:00:38.057,1:00:40.514
as the act of competition[br]creates incentive,

1:00:40.515,1:00:42.995
which motivates people[br]to persevere.

1:00:44.974,1:00:46.895
However,[br]what isn't talked about,

1:00:46.925,1:00:49.297
is how a[br]competition-based economy

1:00:49.332,1:00:53.003
invariably leads to[br]strategic corruption, power,

1:00:53.038,1:00:54.384
and wealth consolidation,

1:00:54.384,1:00:59.522
social stratification,[br]technological paralysis, labor abuse

1:00:59.522,1:01:03.977
and ultimately a covert form[br]of government dictatorship

1:01:03.993,1:01:05.570
by the rich elite.

1:01:07.630,1:01:11.430
The word corruption is often[br]defined as moral perversion.

1:01:11.701,1:01:15.805
If a company dumps toxic waste[br]into the ocean to save money,

1:01:15.805,1:01:18.637
most people recognize[br]this as corrupt behavior.

1:01:19.609,1:01:20.898
On a more subtle level,

1:01:21.477,1:01:23.849
when Walmart moves[br]into a small town

1:01:23.909,1:01:25.982
and forces small businesses[br]to shut down,

1:01:26.017,1:01:27.701
for they are unable[br]to compete,

1:01:27.984,1:01:30.009
a grey area emerges.

1:01:30.044,1:01:32.540
For what exactly[br]is Walmart doing wrong?

1:01:32.989,1:01:36.428
Why should they care about the Mom[br]and Pop organizations they destroy?

1:01:36.993,1:01:39.015
Yet even more subtly,

1:01:39.395,1:01:43.766
when a person gets fired from their job,[br]because a new machine has been created,

1:01:43.801,1:01:45.655
which can do the work[br]for less money,

1:01:45.968,1:01:48.241
people tend to just[br]accept that as

1:01:48.276,1:01:49.561
the way it is,

1:01:49.772,1:01:54.334
not seen the inherent corrupt[br]inhumanity of such an action.

1:01:54.977,1:01:56.765
Because the fact is,

1:01:56.979,1:02:01.036
whether it is dumping toxic waste,[br]having a monopoly enterprise

1:02:01.071,1:02:03.051
or downsizing the workforce,

1:02:03.086,1:02:04.641
the motive is the same:

1:02:04.987,1:02:05.976
Profit.

1:02:06.789,1:02:10.758
They are all different degrees of[br]the same self-preserving mechanism,

1:02:10.993,1:02:15.556
which always puts the well-being[br]of people second to monetary gain.

1:02:15.998,1:02:21.537
Therefore, corruption is not[br]some byproduct of monetary-ism.

1:02:21.637,1:02:23.709
It is[br]the very foundation.

1:02:24.674,1:02:28.544
And while most people acknowledge[br]this tendency on one level or another,

1:02:28.544,1:02:32.582
majority remains naive as[br]to the broad ramifications

1:02:32.815,1:02:38.174
of having such a selfish mechanism[br]as the guiding mentality in society.

1:02:38.454,1:02:41.073
Internal documents show that[br]after this company

1:02:41.074,1:02:43.548
positively,[br]absolutely knew that

1:02:43.583,1:02:46.594
they had a medication that was[br]infected with the AIDS virus,

1:02:46.662,1:02:48.998
they took the product[br]off the market in the US,

1:02:48.998,1:02:51.968
and then they dumped it in France,[br]Europe, Asia and Latin America.

1:02:52.003,1:02:54.537
The US government[br]allowed it to happen.

1:02:54.537,1:02:56.758
The FDA allowed this[br]to happen

1:02:56.849,1:02:59.661
and now the government is[br]completely looking the other way.

1:02:59.809,1:03:04.714
Thousands of innocent hemophiliacs[br]have died from the AIDS virus.

1:03:04.749,1:03:07.992
This company knew absolutely[br]that it was infected with AIDS.

1:03:08.062,1:03:12.786
They dumped it because they wanted[br]to turn this disaster into a profit.

1:03:14.824,1:03:18.426
So you see,[br]you have built-in corruption.

1:03:18.995,1:03:20.876
We're all chiseling off[br]each other,

1:03:21.330,1:03:24.299
and you can't expect decency[br]in that sort of thing.

1:03:28.404,1:03:31.607
A feeling that they[br]don't know who to elect.

1:03:31.607,1:03:33.816
They think in terms[br]of a democracy,

1:03:33.976,1:03:37.752
which is not possible[br]in a monetary-based economy.

1:03:38.748,1:03:42.492
If you have more money to[br]advertise your position,

1:03:42.527,1:03:44.465
the position[br]you desire in government,

1:03:44.854,1:03:46.489
that isn't a democracy.

1:03:46.589,1:03:51.173
It serves those in positions[br]of differential advantage.

1:03:51.208,1:03:54.803
So it's always[br]a dictatorship of the elitist,

1:03:54.997,1:03:56.736
the financially wealthy.

1:04:04.474,1:04:06.499
It is[br]an interesting observation

1:04:06.510,1:04:09.347
to note how[br]seemingly unknown personalities,

1:04:09.382,1:04:12.893
magically appear on the scene[br]as presidential candidates.

1:04:12.982,1:04:14.744
Then before[br]you know it,

1:04:14.951,1:04:16.601
somehow you are left[br]to choose from

1:04:16.641,1:04:19.722
a small group of[br]extremely wealthy people

1:04:19.757,1:04:23.414
who suspiciously have[br]the same broad social view.

1:04:24.627,1:04:26.028
Obviously,[br]it's a joke.

1:04:26.495,1:04:28.764
The people placed on[br]the ballot are done so

1:04:28.764,1:04:31.868
because they have been[br]pre-decided to be acceptable

1:04:31.903,1:04:35.085
by the established financial powers,[br]who actually run the show.

1:04:36.973,1:04:41.578
Yet many who understand this[br]illusion of democracy, often think,

1:04:41.778,1:04:46.282
"If only we could just get our honest,[br]ethical politicians in power,

1:04:46.482,1:04:48.194
then we would be okay."

1:04:48.851,1:04:51.621
Well, while this idea of[br]course seems reasonable

1:04:51.621,1:04:54.489
in our established,[br]oriented world view,

1:04:54.757,1:04:58.188
it is unfortunately[br]another fallacy.

1:04:58.995,1:05:02.999
For when it really comes down[br]to what is actually important,

1:05:02.999,1:05:06.969
the institution of politics[br]and thus politicians themselves,

1:05:06.969,1:05:10.282
have absolutely[br]no true relevance

1:05:10.293,1:05:13.751
as to what makes[br]our world and society function.

1:05:14.610,1:05:17.880
It's not politicians[br]that can solve problems.

1:05:17.980,1:05:20.860
They have[br]no technical capabilities.

1:05:20.983,1:05:22.978
They don't know[br]how to solve problems.

1:05:23.013,1:05:27.194
Even if they were sincere,[br]they don't know how to solve problems.

1:05:27.229,1:05:31.580
It's the technicians that[br]produce the desalinization plants.

1:05:31.994,1:05:34.453
It's the technicians[br]that give you electricity.

1:05:34.797,1:05:36.266
That give you[br]motor vehicles.

1:05:36.301,1:05:39.181
That heat your house and cool it[br]in the summer time.

1:05:39.368,1:05:42.037
It's technology[br]that solves problems,

1:05:42.137,1:05:43.424
not politics.

1:05:43.459,1:05:47.877
Politics cannot solve problems[br]'cause they are not trained to do so.

1:05:48.978,1:05:52.002
Very few people today[br]stop and consider

1:05:52.037,1:05:55.436
what it is that actually[br]improves their lives.

1:05:55.985,1:05:58.321
Is it money?[br]Obviously not.

1:05:58.587,1:06:02.609
One cannot eat money or stuff money[br]into their car to get it to run.

1:06:02.992,1:06:04.632
Is it politics?

1:06:04.994,1:06:07.997
All politicians can do[br]is create laws,

1:06:07.997,1:06:10.595
establish budgets[br]and declare war.

1:06:11.434,1:06:12.425
Is it religion?

1:06:12.702,1:06:15.871
Of course not,[br]religion creates nothing except

1:06:15.871,1:06:19.010
intangible emotional solace[br]for those who require it.

1:06:19.776,1:06:23.310
The true gift that[br]we as human beings have,

1:06:23.780,1:06:26.574
which has been solely[br]responsible for everything

1:06:26.609,1:06:28.532
that has improved[br]our lives,

1:06:28.985,1:06:30.215
is technology.

1:06:31.721,1:06:32.998
What is technology?

1:06:33.033,1:06:34.750
Technology[br]is a pencil,

1:06:34.891,1:06:38.650
which allows one to solidify ideas[br]on paper for communication.

1:06:38.995,1:06:40.955
Technology[br]is an automobile,

1:06:41.006,1:06:44.336
which allows one to travel faster[br]than feet would allow.

1:06:44.767,1:06:46.970
Technology[br]is a pair of eye glasses,

1:06:47.005,1:06:49.548
which enables sight[br]for those who need it.

1:06:50.973,1:06:53.044
Applied technology[br]itself,

1:06:53.085,1:06:56.545
is merely and extension[br]of human attributes,

1:06:56.545,1:06:58.257
which reduces[br]human effort,

1:06:58.365,1:07:01.366
freeing humans from[br]a particular chore or problem.

1:07:01.884,1:07:05.361
Imagine what your life would be like[br]today without a telephone,

1:07:05.554,1:07:06.722
or an oven,

1:07:06.722,1:07:07.820
or a computer,

1:07:07.990,1:07:09.141
or an airplane.

1:07:09.558,1:07:12.241
Everything in your home,[br]which you take for granted,

1:07:12.276,1:07:13.315
from a doorbell,

1:07:13.436,1:07:14.497
to a table,

1:07:14.497,1:07:15.735
to a dishwasher,

1:07:15.998,1:07:17.047
is technology,

1:07:17.268,1:07:20.732
generated from[br]the creative scientific ingenuity

1:07:20.767,1:07:22.467
of human technicians.

1:07:22.972,1:07:26.266
Not money,[br]politics or religion.

1:07:26.976,1:07:29.436
These are[br]false institutions.

1:07:29.979,1:07:33.230
...and writing your[br]congressman is fantastic.

1:07:33.583,1:07:35.185
They tell you to write[br]to your congressman

1:07:35.220,1:07:36.587
if you want[br]something done.

1:07:36.686,1:07:40.571
The men in Washington should be[br]at the forefront of technology.

1:07:40.790,1:07:42.478
The forefront[br]of human study.

1:07:42.692,1:07:44.175
The forefront[br]of crime.

1:07:44.394,1:07:47.076
All the factors[br]that shape human behavior.

1:07:47.530,1:07:49.228
You don't have[br]to write your congressman.

1:07:49.432,1:07:53.202
What kind of people are they[br]that are appointed to do that job?

1:07:53.969,1:07:56.367
The future will have[br]great difficulty...

1:07:56.972,1:08:00.611
And the question that's raised[br]by politicians is:

1:08:00.646,1:08:02.524
How much[br]will a project cost?

1:08:02.978,1:08:05.856
The question is not[br]how much will it cost.

1:08:05.981,1:08:07.969
Do we have[br]the resources?

1:08:08.431,1:08:12.392
And we have the resources today[br]to house everyone,

1:08:12.427,1:08:14.818
build hospitals[br]all over the world,

1:08:14.948,1:08:17.214
build schools[br]all over the world,

1:08:17.463,1:08:19.535
the finest equipment[br]in labs

1:08:19.586,1:08:22.326
for teaching[br]and doing medical research.

1:08:22.998,1:08:27.214
So you see, we have all that,[br]but we're in a monetary system,

1:08:27.403,1:08:30.335
and in a monetary system,[br]there's profit.

1:08:31.974,1:08:35.978
And what is the fundamental mechanism[br]that drives the profit system

1:08:35.978,1:08:37.366
besides self-interest?

1:08:37.880,1:08:41.667
What is it exactly that maintains[br]that competitive edge at it's core?

1:08:41.984,1:08:44.587
Is it high efficiency[br]and sustainability?

1:08:45.421,1:08:48.300
No.[br]That isn't part of their design.

1:08:48.591,1:08:50.936
Nothing produced[br]in our profit-based society

1:08:50.987,1:08:53.459
is even remotely sustainable[br]or efficient.

1:08:53.596,1:08:54.670
If it was,[br]there wouldn't be

1:08:54.691,1:08:58.489
a multi-million dollar a year[br]service industry for automobiles.

1:08:58.768,1:09:01.342
Nor would the average lifespan[br]for most electronics

1:09:01.377,1:09:02.772
be less than[br]three months

1:09:02.807,1:09:04.168
before they're obsolete.

1:09:05.774,1:09:06.973
Is it abundance?

1:09:07.610,1:09:08.652
Absolutely not.

1:09:08.878,1:09:11.801
Abundance, as based on the[br]laws of supply and demand,

1:09:11.981,1:09:13.732
is actually[br]a negative thing.

1:09:13.983,1:09:16.225
If a diamond company[br]finds ten times

1:09:16.275,1:09:18.857
the usual amount of diamonds[br]during their mining,

1:09:18.988,1:09:21.591
it means the supply of diamonds[br]has increased,

1:09:21.626,1:09:25.023
which means the cost and profit[br]per diamond drops.

1:09:25.695,1:09:29.515
The fact is: efficiency,[br]sustainability and abundance

1:09:29.565,1:09:31.645
are enemies of profit.

1:09:31.967,1:09:33.388
To put it[br]into a word,

1:09:33.769,1:09:38.025
it is the mechanism of scarcity[br]that increases profits.

1:09:40.976,1:09:42.265
What is scarcity?

1:09:42.611,1:09:44.902
Based on[br]keeping products valuable.

1:09:44.980,1:09:48.544
Slowing up production on oil[br]raises the price.

1:09:48.984,1:09:52.484
Maintaining scarcity of diamonds[br]keeps the price high.

1:09:52.788,1:09:55.932
They burn diamonds[br]at the Kimberly Diamond Mine.

1:09:55.967,1:09:57.078
They're[br]made of carbon.

1:09:57.113,1:09:58.671
That keeps[br]the price up.

1:09:58.994,1:10:02.998
So then, what does it mean[br]for society when scarcity,

1:10:02.998,1:10:06.071
either produced naturally[br]or through manipulation

1:10:06.235,1:10:09.174
is a beneficial condition[br]for industry?

1:10:11.107,1:10:13.704
It means that[br]sustainability and abundance

1:10:13.744,1:10:17.314
will never ever occur[br]in a profit system.

1:10:17.426,1:10:21.469
For it simply goes against[br]the very nature of the structure.

1:10:21.784,1:10:27.511
Therefore, it is impossible to have[br]a world without war or poverty.

1:10:27.990,1:10:31.794
It is impossible to[br]continually advance technology

1:10:31.829,1:10:34.430
to its most efficient[br]and productive states.

1:10:34.997,1:10:36.521
And most dramatically,

1:10:36.999,1:10:41.297
it is impossible to expect[br]human beings to behave

1:10:41.332,1:10:44.057
in truly ethical[br]or decent ways.

1:10:50.779,1:10:52.805
People use the word[br]'instinct'

1:10:53.220,1:10:56.614
because they can't account[br]for the behavior.

1:10:56.986,1:11:02.506
They sit back and they evaluate with[br]their lack of knowledge, you know,

1:11:02.692,1:11:04.605
and they say things like,

1:11:04.994,1:11:08.449
"Humans are built a certain way,[br]greed is a natural thing,"

1:11:08.530,1:11:10.523
as though they'd worked[br]for years on it.

1:11:10.558,1:11:13.647
And it's no more natural[br]than wearing clothing.

1:11:13.969,1:11:16.633
What we want to do[br]is to eliminate

1:11:17.339,1:11:19.476
the causes[br]of the problems.

1:11:19.708,1:11:22.180
Eliminate[br]the processes that

1:11:22.778,1:11:26.331
produce greed,[br]and bigotry, and prejudice,

1:11:26.782,1:11:30.275
and people taking advantage[br]of one another, and elitism.

1:11:30.686,1:11:35.576
Eliminating the need[br]for prisons and welfare.

1:11:35.891,1:11:37.479
We have always had[br]these problems because

1:11:37.514,1:11:39.790
we have always lived[br]within scarcity,

1:11:39.995,1:11:45.273
and barter, and monetary systems[br]that produce scarcity.

1:11:45.303,1:11:49.538
If you eradicate[br]the conditions that generate

1:11:49.538,1:11:52.076
what you call[br]'socially offensive behavior,'

1:11:52.174,1:11:53.534
it does not exist.

1:11:53.976,1:11:56.093
A guy says:[br]Well listen, are they in-born?

1:11:56.545,1:11:57.917
No, it's not.

1:11:57.980,1:12:00.940
There is no human nature,[br]there's human behavior,

1:12:00.983,1:12:03.786
and that's always been[br]changed throughout history.

1:12:03.821,1:12:06.118
You're not born[br]with bigotry,

1:12:06.159,1:12:09.403
and greed, and corruption,[br]and hatred.

1:12:09.692,1:12:12.257
You pick that up[br]within the society.

1:12:13.729,1:12:17.966
War, poverty, corruption,[br]hunger, misery, human suffering

1:12:17.966,1:12:20.404
will not change[br]in a monetary system.

1:12:20.439,1:12:23.883
That is, there will be[br]very little significant change.

1:12:23.972,1:12:27.755
It's going to take[br]the redesigning of our culture,

1:12:27.776,1:12:28.846
our values,

1:12:28.977,1:12:32.726
and it has to be related[br]to the carrying capacity of the earth,

1:12:32.781,1:12:37.377
not some human opinion,[br]or some politicians notions

1:12:37.486,1:12:39.314
of the way the world[br]ought to be.

1:12:39.655,1:12:44.482
Or some religion's notions[br]of the conduct of human affairs.

1:12:44.993,1:12:48.026
And that's what[br]The Venus Project is about.

1:12:49.998,1:12:52.937
The society,[br]that we're about to talk about,

1:12:52.968,1:12:57.973
is a society that is free[br]of all the old superstitions,

1:12:57.973,1:13:03.003
incarceration, prisons,[br]police, cruelty and law.

1:13:03.172,1:13:05.116
All laws will disappear

1:13:05.247,1:13:09.129
and the professions will disappear,[br]that are no longer valid,

1:13:09.184,1:13:12.988
such as stockbrokers,[br]bankers, advertising...

1:13:12.988,1:13:15.023
Gone![br]Forever!

1:13:15.058,1:13:17.809
Because it's[br]no longer relevant.

1:13:20.429,1:13:23.009
When we understand[br]that it is technology

1:13:23.044,1:13:24.949
devised[br]by human ingenuity

1:13:24.984,1:13:28.102
which frees humanity[br]and increases our quality of life

1:13:28.170,1:13:32.003
we then realize, that the most[br]important focus we can have

1:13:32.038,1:13:36.182
is on the intelligent management[br]of the earth's resources.

1:13:36.311,1:13:38.548
For it is from[br]these natural resources,

1:13:38.583,1:13:41.877
we gain the materials[br]to continue our path of prosperity.

1:13:42.784,1:13:44.787
Understanding this,[br]we then see,

1:13:44.822,1:13:48.991
that money fundamentally exists[br]as a barrier to these resources,

1:13:49.026,1:13:51.884
for virtually,[br]everything has a financial cause.

1:13:52.628,1:13:55.378
And why do we need money[br]to obtain these resources?

1:13:55.697,1:13:58.513
Because of real[br]or assumed scarcity.

1:14:00.469,1:14:03.442
We don't usually pay[br]for air and tap water,

1:14:03.505,1:14:05.466
because it is[br]in such high abundance,

1:14:05.507,1:14:07.169
selling it[br]would be pointless.

1:14:08.143,1:14:10.412
So then,[br]logically speaking,

1:14:10.447,1:14:12.263
if resources[br]and technologies,

1:14:12.303,1:14:15.134
applicable to creating[br]everything in our societies

1:14:15.217,1:14:17.558
such as houses, cities[br]and transportation,

1:14:18.223,1:14:20.187
were in[br]high enough abundance,

1:14:20.222,1:14:22.625
there would be no reason[br]to sell anything.

1:14:23.892,1:14:26.509
Likewise,[br]if automation and machinery

1:14:26.544,1:14:28.548
was so technologically[br]advanced,

1:14:28.597,1:14:30.764
as to relieve[br]human beings of labor

1:14:30.999,1:14:33.009
there would be no reason[br]to have a job.

1:14:33.669,1:14:36.034
And with these social aspects[br]taking care of,

1:14:36.338,1:14:38.378
there would be no reason[br]to have money at all.

1:14:40.275,1:14:42.014
So the ultimate question[br]remains:

1:14:42.978,1:14:45.881
Do we on earth[br]have enough resources

1:14:45.916,1:14:47.486
and technological[br]understanding

1:14:47.616,1:14:50.269
to create a society[br]of such abundance,

1:14:50.304,1:14:53.849
that everything we have now[br]could be available without a price tag

1:14:53.989,1:14:56.720
and without the need for submission[br]through employment?

1:14:58.527,1:14:59.967
Yes, we do.

1:15:01.196,1:15:03.358
We have the resources[br]and technology

1:15:03.365,1:15:05.601
to enable this[br]at a minimum

1:15:05.601,1:15:09.130
along with the ability to raise[br]the standards of living so high

1:15:09.438,1:15:12.879
that people in the future will[br]look back at our civilisation now

1:15:12.975,1:15:17.914
and gawk at how primitive[br]and immature our society was.

1:15:18.981,1:15:20.852
What The Venus Project[br]proposes

1:15:21.049,1:15:23.096
is an entirely[br]different system

1:15:23.218,1:15:26.650
that's updated[br]to present day knowledge.

1:15:26.989,1:15:29.391
We've never given scientists[br]the problem of

1:15:29.426,1:15:33.956
How do you design a society which would[br]eliminate boring and monotonous jobs,

1:15:33.996,1:15:38.376
that would eliminate accidents[br]in transportation,

1:15:38.634,1:15:41.480
that would enable people[br]to have a high standard of living,

1:15:41.803,1:15:44.901
that would eliminate poisons[br]in our food,

1:15:44.973,1:15:48.663
give us other sources of energy,[br]that are clean and efficient.

1:15:48.810,1:15:50.608
We can do that[br]out there.

1:15:56.018,1:15:57.706
The major difference[br]between

1:15:57.736,1:16:00.713
a resource-based economy[br]and a monetary system,

1:16:00.756,1:16:04.515
is that a resource-based economy[br]is really concerned with people

1:16:04.526,1:16:05.441
and their well-being

1:16:05.794,1:16:08.848
where the monetary system[br]has become so distorted

1:16:08.889,1:16:12.289
that the concerns of the people[br]are really secondary,

1:16:12.378,1:16:13.579
if they're there[br]at all.

1:16:13.869,1:16:16.356
Products that are turned out[br]are for

1:16:16.638,1:16:18.142
how much money[br]you can get.

1:16:18.173,1:16:21.612
If there is a problem in society[br]and you can't earn money

1:16:21.647,1:16:24.367
from solving that problem,[br]then it won't be done.

1:16:24.980,1:16:27.558
The resource-based economy[br]is really not close

1:16:27.593,1:16:29.273
to anything[br]that's been tried.

1:16:29.384,1:16:32.337
And with all our technology today,[br]we can create abundance.

1:16:32.438,1:16:35.340
It could be used to improve[br]everyone's lifestyle.

1:16:35.490,1:16:38.894
Abundance all over the world,[br]if we use our technology wisely

1:16:38.994,1:16:40.497
and maintain[br]the environment.

1:16:40.796,1:16:42.671
It's a very different system

1:16:42.798,1:16:44.639
and it's very hard[br]to talk about

1:16:44.767,1:16:47.968
because the public is not[br]that well enough informed

1:16:48.170,1:16:50.491
as to the[br]state of technology.

1:16:55.978,1:16:59.217
At present,[br]we don't have to burn fossil fuels.

1:16:59.581,1:17:03.445
We don't have to use anything[br]that would contaminate the environment.

1:17:03.652,1:17:06.785
There are many sources[br]of energy available.

1:17:07.990,1:17:11.031
Alternative energy solutions[br]pushed by the establishment,

1:17:11.131,1:17:13.898
such as hydrogen,[br]biomass and even nuclear

1:17:14.099,1:17:16.495
are highly insufficient,[br]dangerous,

1:17:16.565,1:17:19.384
and exist only to perpetuate[br]the profit structure

1:17:19.419,1:17:20.599
the industry has created.

1:17:21.370,1:17:25.009
When we look beyond the propaganda[br]and self-serving solutions

1:17:25.044,1:17:27.275
put forth by[br]the energy companies,

1:17:27.275,1:17:29.745
we find a[br]seemingly endless stream

1:17:29.780,1:17:33.220
of clean, abundant and renewable energy[br]for generating power.

1:17:34.449,1:17:37.086
Solar and wind energy[br]are well known to the public.

1:17:37.093,1:17:40.205
But the true potential of these mediums[br]remains unexpressed.

1:17:40.989,1:17:43.249
Solar energy,[br]derived from the sun,

1:17:43.292,1:17:47.205
has such abundance,[br]that one hour of light at high noon

1:17:47.462,1:17:51.864
contains more energy than what[br]the entire world consumes in a year.

1:17:51.967,1:17:55.528
If we could capture one-hundreth[br]of a percent of this energy,

1:17:55.971,1:17:59.452
the world would never have[br]to use oil, gas or anything else.

1:17:59.975,1:18:02.250
The questioning[br]is not availability,

1:18:02.411,1:18:04.218
but the technology[br]to harness it.

1:18:04.746,1:18:06.882
And there are many[br]advanced mediums today

1:18:06.982,1:18:08.651
which could accomplish[br]just that,

1:18:09.074,1:18:10.543
if they were[br]not hindered

1:18:10.594,1:18:13.106
by the need[br]to compete for market share

1:18:13.141,1:18:15.757
with the established[br]energy power structures.

1:18:16.992,1:18:18.259
Then there's wind energy.

1:18:18.827,1:18:21.145
Wind energy has long been[br]denounced as weak

1:18:21.396,1:18:24.605
and, due to being location driven,[br]impractical.

1:18:24.966,1:18:26.401
This is[br]simply not true.

1:18:26.768,1:18:29.904
The US Department of Energy[br]admitted in 2007

1:18:29.971,1:18:34.831
that if wind was fully harvested[br]in just three of America's 50 states,

1:18:34.976,1:18:37.351
it could power[br]the entire nation.

1:18:38.980,1:18:43.134
And then there are the rather unknown[br]mediums of tidal and wave power.

1:18:43.819,1:18:46.821
Tidal power is derived[br]from tidal shifts in the ocean.

1:18:46.988,1:18:50.546
Installing turbines which capture[br]this movement, generates energy.

1:18:51.159,1:18:52.354
In the United Kingdom,

1:18:52.394,1:18:54.909
42 sites are currently noted[br]as available,

1:18:55.130,1:18:59.059
forecasting that[br]34% of all the UK's energy

1:18:59.094,1:19:01.451
could come[br]from tidal power alone.

1:19:02.971,1:19:07.104
Wave power, which extracts energy[br]from the surface motions of the ocean,

1:19:07.476,1:19:09.828
is estimated[br]to have a global potential

1:19:09.859,1:19:12.733
of up to[br]80,000 terawatt-hours a year.

1:19:13.381,1:19:17.419
This means 50% of[br]the entire planet's energy usage

1:19:17.454,1:19:19.749
could be produced[br]from this medium alone.

1:19:21.523,1:19:26.645
Now, it is important to point out[br]that tidal, wave, solar and wind power

1:19:26.995,1:19:30.284
requires virtually[br]no preliminary energy to harness,

1:19:30.465,1:19:35.317
unlike coal, oil, gas, biomass,[br]hydrogen and all the others.

1:19:35.971,1:19:37.955
In combination,[br]these four mediums alone,

1:19:38.191,1:19:40.369
if efficiently harnessed[br]through technology,

1:19:40.409,1:19:42.897
could power[br]the world forever.

1:19:44.166,1:19:45.135
That being said,

1:19:45.174,1:19:48.542
there happens to be another form[br]of clean renewable energy,

1:19:48.577,1:19:50.154
which trumps them all.

1:19:50.752,1:19:52.580
Geothermal power.

1:19:53.421,1:19:56.776
Geothermal energy utilizes[br]what is called heat mining,

1:19:56.792,1:19:59.122
which, through[br]a simple process using water,

1:19:59.155,1:20:02.116
is able to generate[br]massive amounts of clean energy.

1:20:02.798,1:20:06.150
In 2006, an MIT report[br]on geothermal energy

1:20:06.401,1:20:11.034
found that 13,000 zetajules of power[br]are currently available in the earth

1:20:11.439,1:20:13.832
with the possibility of[br]2,000 zetajules

1:20:13.872,1:20:16.902
being easily tapable[br]with improved technology.

1:20:17.679,1:20:19.131
The total energy[br]consumption

1:20:19.183,1:20:20.758
of all the countries[br]on the planet

1:20:20.798,1:20:23.174
is about[br]half of a zetajule a year.

1:20:23.485,1:20:26.709
This means about[br]4000 years of planetary power

1:20:26.759,1:20:27.916
could be harnessed

1:20:27.923,1:20:29.374
in this medium alone.

1:20:30.392,1:20:33.017
And when we understand[br]that the earth's heat generation

1:20:33.052,1:20:34.239
is constantly renewed,

1:20:34.529,1:20:36.357
this energy[br]is really limitless.

1:20:36.598,1:20:38.252
It could be used[br]forever.

1:20:39.601,1:20:44.206
These energy sources are only a few[br]of the clean renewable mediums available

1:20:44.306,1:20:47.073
and as time goes on,[br]we will find more.

1:20:47.342,1:20:51.156
The grand realization is that[br]we have total energy abundance

1:20:51.191,1:20:53.226
without the need[br]for pollution,

1:20:53.415,1:20:57.221
traditional conservation,[br]or in fact, a price tag.

1:20:59.621,1:21:01.548
And what about[br]transportation?

1:21:02.591,1:21:04.419
The prevailing means[br]of transportation

1:21:04.454,1:21:07.376
in our societies[br]is by automobile and aircraft,

1:21:07.662,1:21:10.536
both of which predominantly[br]need fossil fuels to run.

1:21:10.999,1:21:14.336
In the case of the automobile,[br]the battery technology needed

1:21:14.336,1:21:17.718
to power an electric car that can go[br]over a hundred miles an hour,

1:21:17.873,1:21:20.181
for over two hundred miles[br]on one charge,

1:21:20.216,1:21:23.142
exists and has existed[br]for many years.

1:21:23.177,1:21:26.400
However, due to battery patents,[br]controlled by the oil industry,

1:21:26.435,1:21:29.156
which limits their ability[br]to maintain market share,

1:21:29.191,1:21:32.121
coupled with political pressure[br]from the energy industry,

1:21:32.156,1:21:36.189
the accessibility and affordability[br]of this technology is limited.

1:21:36.992,1:21:38.617
There is absolutely[br]no reason,

1:21:38.652,1:21:40.893
other than pure,[br]corrupt profit interests,

1:21:40.996,1:21:42.931
that every single vehicle[br]in the world

1:21:42.966,1:21:47.537
cannot be electric and utterly clean,[br]with zero need for gasoline.

1:21:48.536,1:21:49.819
As far as airplanes,

1:21:49.971,1:21:53.269
it is time we realize that[br]this means of travel is inefficient,

1:21:53.304,1:21:56.940
cumbersome, slow[br]and causes far too much pollution.

1:21:57.712,1:21:59.544
This is a MagLev train.

1:21:59.981,1:22:02.359
It uses magnets[br]for propulsion.

1:22:02.784,1:22:05.259
It is fully suspended[br]by a magnetic field

1:22:05.309,1:22:09.434
and requires less then two percent[br]of the energy used for plane travel.

1:22:09.991,1:22:12.586
The train has no wheels,[br]so nothing can wear out.

1:22:12.994,1:22:15.669
The current maximum speed of[br]versions of this technology,

1:22:15.729,1:22:18.151
of this technology,[br]as used in Japan,

1:22:18.498,1:22:20.725
is three hundred and sixty one[br]miles per hour.

1:22:20.969,1:22:24.717
However, this version of the technology[br]is very dated.

1:22:25.707,1:22:27.712
An organisation called ET-3

1:22:27.761,1:22:29.968
which has connections[br]with The Venus Project,

1:22:29.978,1:22:32.585
has established[br]a tube-based MagLev

1:22:32.801,1:22:36.067
that can travel[br]up to 4000 miles per hour

1:22:36.102,1:22:41.275
in a motionless, frictionless tube,[br]which can go over land or under water.

1:22:41.990,1:22:45.465
Imagine going from L.A to New York[br]for an extended lunchbreak

1:22:45.894,1:22:49.684
or from Washington D.C.[br]to Beijing, China, in two hours.

1:22:49.998,1:22:54.056
This is the future of continental[br]and intercontinental travel.

1:22:54.470,1:22:58.328
Fast, clean, with only[br]a fraction of the energy usage

1:22:58.367,1:23:01.010
we use today[br]for the same means.

1:23:01.676,1:23:03.906
In fact,[br]between MagLev technology,

1:23:03.946,1:23:06.982
advanced battery storage[br]and geothermal energy,

1:23:07.549,1:23:10.540
there will be no reason[br]to ever burn fossil fuels again.

1:23:10.986,1:23:12.606
And we can do this now,

1:23:12.699,1:23:16.351
if we were not held back[br]by the paralyzing profit structure.

1:23:20.762,1:23:24.137
Now America is inclined[br]toward fascism.

1:23:24.299,1:23:27.803
It has a propensity by[br]its dominant philosophy

1:23:27.838,1:23:31.400
and religion to uphold[br]to fascist point of view.

1:23:31.706,1:23:36.095
American industry is essencially[br]a fascist institution.

1:23:36.444,1:23:37.656
If you don't[br]understand that,

1:23:37.686,1:23:41.567
the minute you punch that time clock,[br]you walk into a dictatorship.

1:23:41.750,1:23:46.223
We're given notions[br]about the respectibility of work.

1:23:46.488,1:23:50.224
And I realy look at it[br]as being paid slavery.

1:23:50.992,1:23:52.248
You brought up[br]to believe that

1:23:52.288,1:23:55.303
you shall earn your living[br]by the sweat of your brow.

1:23:55.485,1:23:57.417
That holds people back.

1:23:57.999,1:23:59.565
Freeing people

1:23:59.795,1:24:03.527
from drudgery, repetitive jobs[br]which make them ignorant.

1:24:03.672,1:24:05.027
You rob them.

1:24:05.974,1:24:09.431
In our society, that is[br]a resourced-based economy,

1:24:09.588,1:24:11.691
machines free people.

1:24:11.980,1:24:14.482
You see,[br]we can't imagine that because

1:24:14.483,1:24:16.866
we've never known[br]that kind of world.

1:24:21.456,1:24:22.883
If we look back[br]at history,

1:24:23.058,1:24:26.370
we see a very clear pattern[br]of machine automation,

1:24:26.405,1:24:28.666
slowly replacing[br]human labour.

1:24:29.330,1:24:31.866
From the disappearance[br]of the elevator man

1:24:31.901,1:24:35.227
to the near full automation of[br]an automobile production plant,

1:24:35.570,1:24:40.341
the fact is, as technology grows[br]the need for humans in the work force

1:24:40.341,1:24:42.014
will continually be[br]diminished.

1:24:42.811,1:24:44.968
This creates[br]a serious clash,

1:24:44.979,1:24:49.747
which proves the falsness of[br]the monetary-based labor system,

1:24:49.984,1:24:53.521
for human employment[br]is in direct competition

1:24:53.593,1:24:55.536
with technological[br]developement.

1:24:55.990,1:25:00.241
Therefore, given the fundamental[br]priority of profit by industry,

1:25:00.662,1:25:03.460
people through time[br]will be continually layed off

1:25:03.495,1:25:05.285
and replaced by machine.

1:25:05.800,1:25:10.006
When industry takes on a machine[br]instead of shortening the work day,

1:25:10.041,1:25:11.172
they downsize.

1:25:11.207,1:25:15.053
You loose your job[br]so you have a right to fear machines.

1:25:15.643,1:25:18.522
In a high technology,[br]resourced-based economy,

1:25:18.980,1:25:23.699
It is conservative to say that[br]about 90% of all current occupations

1:25:23.752,1:25:25.887
could be phased out[br]by machines,

1:25:25.987,1:25:29.670
freeing humans to live their life[br]without servitude.

1:25:29.991,1:25:32.588
For this is the point[br]of technology itself.

1:25:32.994,1:25:35.688
And through time,[br]with nanotechnology

1:25:35.723,1:25:38.106
and other highly advanced[br]forms of science,

1:25:38.141,1:25:41.631
it is not farfetched to see[br]how even complex

1:25:41.661,1:25:43.860
medical procedures[br]could be performed

1:25:43.895,1:25:45.047
by machines,[br]as well.

1:25:47.068,1:25:47.071
And based[br]on the pattern

1:25:47.127,1:25:50.738
with much higher success rates[br]than humans get today.

1:25:51.746,1:25:55.167
The path is clear,[br]but our monetary-based structure

1:25:55.202,1:25:59.274
which requires labour for income,[br]blocks this progress,

1:25:59.309,1:26:02.435
for humans need jobs,[br]in order to survive.

1:26:02.991,1:26:05.575
The bottom line is[br]that this system must go

1:26:05.794,1:26:07.740
or we will[br]never be free

1:26:07.922,1:26:10.880
and technology[br]will be constantly paralyzed.

1:26:11.699,1:26:14.039
We have machines[br]that clean out sewers

1:26:14.336,1:26:17.006
and frees a human being[br]from doing that.

1:26:17.041,1:26:22.224
So look at machines as[br]extensions of human performance.

1:26:22.977,1:26:27.831
Furthermore, many occupations today[br]will have simply no basis

1:26:27.866,1:26:30.547
to exist in a[br]resourced-based economy.

1:26:30.785,1:26:33.957
Such as anything assosiated[br]with the management of money,

1:26:34.289,1:26:37.344
advertising,[br]along with a legal system itself.

1:26:37.992,1:26:41.286
For, without money,[br]a great majority of the crimes

1:26:41.321,1:26:43.729
that are commited today,[br]would never occur.

1:26:43.998,1:26:45.594
Virtually,[br]all forms of crime

1:26:45.645,1:26:47.687
are consequence[br]in the monetary system,

1:26:47.700,1:26:53.618
either directly or by nevroses[br]inflicted through financial deprevation.

1:26:53.975,1:26:58.231
Therefore, laws themselves[br]could eventually become extinct.

1:26:58.747,1:27:03.169
Instead of putting up a sign:[br]'Drive carefully', 'Slippery when wet',

1:27:03.228,1:27:06.888
put abrasive on the highway,[br]so it is not slippery when wet.

1:27:06.988,1:27:09.244
And when a person[br]gets in a car that drunk

1:27:09.279,1:27:11.362
and a car oscillates[br]at great deal,

1:27:11.397,1:27:12.703
there's[br]a little pendulum

1:27:12.994,1:27:14.142
that swings up[br]and back

1:27:14.182,1:27:16.439
and that will pull the[br]car over the side...

1:27:16.598,1:27:17.761
Not a law.

1:27:17.999,1:27:18.968
A solution.

1:27:19.003,1:27:23.274
Put sonar and radar on automobiles[br]so they can't hit one another.

1:27:23.371,1:27:25.609
Man-made laws[br]are attempts

1:27:25.807,1:27:27.976
to deal with[br]occuring problems

1:27:27.976,1:27:30.450
and not knowing[br]how to solve them...

1:27:30.490,1:27:31.790
They make a law.

1:27:32.681,1:27:35.121
In the United States,[br]the most privatised,

1:27:35.156,1:27:36.795
capitalist country[br]on the planet,

1:27:36.985,1:27:38.901
it shall come[br]as no surprise

1:27:38.987,1:27:42.636
that it also has the largest[br]prison population in the world.

1:27:42.991,1:27:44.587
Growing every year.

1:27:44.993,1:27:47.996
Statistically, most of[br]these people are uneducated

1:27:47.996,1:27:50.922
and come from poor,[br]deprived societies.

1:27:51.532,1:27:53.428
And contrary[br]to propaganda,

1:27:53.735,1:27:55.913
it is this[br]enviromental conditioning,

1:27:56.216,1:27:59.364
which lures them into[br]criminal and violent behavior.

1:27:59.974,1:28:02.046
However,[br]society looks the other way

1:28:02.081,1:28:03.793
in regard[br]to this point.

1:28:03.978,1:28:07.982
The legal and prison systems[br]are just more examples

1:28:07.982,1:28:10.523
of how our society[br]avoids examining

1:28:10.785,1:28:12.658
the root causes[br]of behavior.

1:28:12.987,1:28:14.773
Billions are spent[br]each year

1:28:14.852,1:28:16.691
on prisons and police,

1:28:16.691,1:28:18.851
while only a fraction[br]is spent on

1:28:18.886,1:28:20.456
programs for poverty,

1:28:20.618,1:28:23.047
which is one of the most[br]fundamental variables

1:28:23.048,1:28:25.438
responsible for crime[br]to begin with.

1:28:25.767,1:28:28.377
And, as long as[br]we have an economic system,

1:28:28.412,1:28:29.974
which preferes[br]and in fact,

1:28:30.009,1:28:32.893
creates scarcity[br]and deprivation,

1:28:32.994,1:28:35.150
crime[br]will never go away.

1:28:40.682,1:28:45.182
If people have access[br]to the necessities of life

1:28:45.217,1:28:49.459
without survitude, debt,[br]barter, trade,

1:28:50.892,1:28:52.597
they'd behave[br]very differently.

1:28:52.894,1:28:56.957
You want all these things available[br]without a price tag.

1:28:56.998,1:29:00.435
Now then, you're not gonna[br]have a price tag,

1:29:00.470,1:29:02.155
what will[br]motivate people?

1:29:02.870,1:29:06.513
A man gets everything he wants,[br]he's just laying around in the sun.

1:29:06.708,1:29:09.027
This is the myth[br]they perpetuate.

1:29:09.056,1:29:11.845
People in our culture[br]are trained to believe

1:29:11.979,1:29:15.189
that the monetary system[br]produces incentive.

1:29:15.450,1:29:18.865
If they have access to things,[br]why should they want to do anything?

1:29:18.986,1:29:20.939
They would[br]loose their incentive.

1:29:20.974,1:29:24.442
That's what you're taught[br]to support the monetary system.

1:29:24.477,1:29:26.625
When you take money[br]out of the scenario,

1:29:27.512,1:29:31.388
there would be different incentives,[br]very different incentives.

1:29:31.699,1:29:34.947
When people have access[br]to the necessities of life,

1:29:34.969,1:29:36.586
their incentives change.

1:29:36.671,1:29:38.574
What about the moon[br]and the stars?

1:29:38.973,1:29:40.944
New incentives arise.

1:29:40.975,1:29:43.491
If you make a painting[br]that you enjoy,

1:29:43.711,1:29:47.259
you will enjoy giving it[br]to other people, not selling it.

1:29:51.986,1:29:55.330
I think most of the education,[br]that I've seen today is

1:29:55.365,1:29:58.559
essentially,[br]producing a person for a job.

1:29:58.594,1:30:01.374
It's very specialized.[br]They're not generalists.

1:30:01.409,1:30:04.245
People don't know a lot about[br]a lot of different subjects.

1:30:04.280,1:30:06.968
I don't think you can[br]get people to go to war,

1:30:06.968,1:30:10.302
if they knew a lot[br]about a lot of things.

1:30:10.337,1:30:12.797
I think education[br]is mostly rote

1:30:12.974,1:30:16.566
and they're not taught[br]how to solve problems.

1:30:16.601,1:30:19.150
They're not given the tools,[br]emotionally,

1:30:19.185,1:30:20.962
or within[br]their own field,

1:30:20.982,1:30:23.281
of how to do[br]critical thinking.

1:30:23.584,1:30:26.890
In a resource-based economy,[br]the education would be very different.

1:30:26.988,1:30:30.913
Our society's major concern[br]is mental development

1:30:30.992,1:30:33.692
and to motivate[br]each person

1:30:33.795,1:30:35.913
to their[br]highest potential.

1:30:35.997,1:30:37.451
Because our philosophy is

1:30:37.461,1:30:40.091
the smarter people are,[br]the richer the world,

1:30:40.126,1:30:42.727
because everybody[br]becomes a contributor.

1:30:42.970,1:30:45.298
The smarter[br]your kids are,

1:30:45.333,1:30:47.098
the better[br]my life will be.

1:30:47.133,1:30:49.334
Because they'll be contributing[br]more constructively

1:30:49.369,1:30:52.125
to the environment[br]and to my life.

1:30:52.165,1:30:53.303
Because[br]everything that

1:30:53.354,1:30:56.503
we devise within[br]a resource-based economy,

1:30:56.584,1:30:58.239
would be applied[br]to society.

1:30:58.280,1:31:00.150
There would be nothing[br]to hold it back.

1:31:04.425,1:31:08.615
Patriotism, weapons,[br]armies, navies...

1:31:08.696,1:31:09.995
All that is a sign

1:31:09.997,1:31:12.574
that we're not[br]civilized yet.

1:31:12.967,1:31:14.558
Kids will ask[br]their parents:

1:31:14.702,1:31:18.404
"Didn't you see[br]the necessity of the machines?"

1:31:18.973,1:31:21.609
"Dad, couldn't you see[br]that war was inevitable

1:31:21.644,1:31:23.173
when you produce[br]scarcity?"

1:31:23.978,1:31:24.941
"Isn't it obvious?"

1:31:24.981,1:31:26.752
Of course,[br]the kid will understand

1:31:26.981,1:31:29.984
that you're pinheads;[br]raised merely to serve

1:31:29.984,1:31:32.112
the established institutons.

1:31:32.147,1:31:34.989
We're such in[br]an abominable, sick society,

1:31:35.389,1:31:37.392
that we won't make[br]the history book.

1:31:37.427,1:31:41.524
They'll just say that large nations[br]took land from smaller nations,

1:31:41.696,1:31:43.239
used force and violence.

1:31:43.274,1:31:45.646
You'll get history[br]talked about as

1:31:45.967,1:31:47.873
corrupt behavior[br]all the way along

1:31:47.969,1:31:50.463
until the beginning[br]of the civilized world.

1:31:50.498,1:31:52.803
That's when all the nations[br]work together.

1:31:53.305,1:31:54.829
World unification,

1:31:54.976,1:31:59.050
working toward common good[br]for all human beings

1:31:59.085,1:32:03.832
and without anyone being[br]subservient to anyone else.

1:32:03.985,1:32:06.590
Without[br]social stratification,

1:32:06.721,1:32:08.644
whether it be[br]technical elitism

1:32:08.723,1:32:10.561
or any other kind[br]of elitism,

1:32:10.792,1:32:13.066
eradicated from[br]the face of the earth.

1:32:13.394,1:32:17.457
The state does nothing[br]because there is no state.

1:32:21.969,1:32:24.017
The system I advocate,

1:32:24.052,1:32:27.772
a resource-based global economy,[br]is not perfect.

1:32:27.975,1:32:30.275
It's just a lot better[br]than what we have.

1:32:30.411,1:32:33.147
We can never achieve[br]perfection.

1:32:50.998,1:32:53.023
The social values[br]of our society,

1:32:53.058,1:32:55.394
which has manifested[br]in perpetual warfare,

1:32:55.469,1:32:56.370
corruption,

1:32:56.370,1:32:57.672
oppressive laws,

1:32:57.672,1:32:58.973
social stratification,

1:32:58.973,1:33:00.975
irrelevant superstitions,

1:33:00.975,1:33:02.790
environmental destruction,

1:33:02.977,1:33:07.659
and a despotic, socially indifferent,[br]profit-oriented ruling class,

1:33:08.549,1:33:11.659
is fundamentally the result[br]of a collective ignorance

1:33:11.719,1:33:15.867
of two of the most basic insights[br]humans can have about reality.

1:33:16.624,1:33:20.515
The emergent and symbiotic aspects[br]of natural law.

1:33:21.829,1:33:23.963
The emergent nature[br]of reality

1:33:23.998,1:33:26.768
is that all systems;[br]whether it is knowledge,

1:33:26.803,1:33:31.651
society, technology, philosophy,[br]or any other creation;

1:33:31.973,1:33:33.615
will,[br]when uninhibited,

1:33:33.808,1:33:36.453
undergo fluid,[br]perpetual change.

1:33:36.978,1:33:39.034
What we consider[br]commonplace today

1:33:39.069,1:33:41.992
such as modern communication[br]and transportation,

1:33:42.383,1:33:45.373
would have been unimaginable[br]in ancient times.

1:33:45.987,1:33:48.905
Likewise, the future[br]will contain technologies,

1:33:48.990,1:33:51.498
realizations[br]and social structures

1:33:51.659,1:33:54.280
that we cannot even fathom[br]in the present.

1:33:54.862,1:33:57.101
We have gone from[br]alchemy to chemistry,

1:33:57.632,1:34:00.561
from a geocentric universe[br]to a heliocentric,

1:34:00.968,1:34:03.778
from believing that demons[br]were the cause of illness

1:34:03.971,1:34:05.297
to modern medicine.

1:34:05.973,1:34:08.673
This development shows[br]no sign of ending,

1:34:08.776,1:34:11.407
and it is this awareness[br]that aligns us

1:34:11.442,1:34:14.003
and leads us[br]on a continuous path

1:34:14.038,1:34:15.823
to growth[br]and progress.

1:34:16.884,1:34:19.929
Static, empirical knowledge[br]does not exist.

1:34:19.987,1:34:24.103
Rather, it is the insight[br]of the emergence of all systems

1:34:24.138,1:34:25.626
we must recognize.

1:34:26.494,1:34:30.315
This means we must be open to[br]new information at all times,

1:34:30.531,1:34:33.100
Even if it threatens[br]our current belief system,

1:34:33.135,1:34:35.038
and hence,[br]identities.

1:34:35.970,1:34:39.544
Sadly, society today[br]has failed to recognize this,

1:34:39.674,1:34:43.174
and the established institutions[br]continue to paralyze growth

1:34:43.211,1:34:46.145
by preserving[br]outdated, social structures.

1:34:46.781,1:34:49.020
Simultaneously,[br]the population suffers

1:34:49.055,1:34:50.541
from a fear of change.

1:34:50.818,1:34:53.880
For their conditioning assumes[br]a static identity

1:34:53.988,1:34:55.945
and challenging[br]one's belief system,

1:34:55.990,1:34:59.127
usually results in[br]insult and apprehension.

1:34:59.494,1:35:03.661
For being wrong is erroneously[br]associated with failure.

1:35:04.999,1:35:08.807
When in fact to be proven wrong[br]should be celebrated.

1:35:08.969,1:35:12.630
For it is elevating someone[br]to a new level of understanding,

1:35:12.773,1:35:14.373
furthering awareness.

1:35:15.209,1:35:19.375
The fact is, there is no such thing[br]as a smart human being,

1:35:19.680,1:35:21.667
for it is merely[br]a matter of time

1:35:21.682,1:35:25.449
before their ideas are[br]updated, changed or irradicated.

1:35:26.687,1:35:30.143
And this tendency to blindly[br]hold on to a belief system,

1:35:30.324,1:35:34.031
sheltering it from new,[br]possibly transforming information

1:35:34.295,1:35:38.340
is nothing less than a form of[br]intellectual materialism.

1:35:39.834,1:35:42.706
The monetary system[br]perpetuates this materialism,

1:35:42.770,1:35:45.404
not only by it's[br]self-preserving structures,

1:35:45.573,1:35:48.182
but also throught the[br]countless number of people

1:35:48.275,1:35:50.211
who have been conditioned[br]into blindly,

1:35:50.211,1:35:52.431
and thoughtlessly,[br]upholding these structures,

1:35:52.580,1:35:57.358
therefore becoming, self-appointed[br]guardians of the status quo.

1:35:57.985,1:36:01.700
Sheep which no longer need[br]a sheepdog to control them.

1:36:01.889,1:36:03.404
For they control[br]each other,

1:36:03.654,1:36:07.078
by ostracizing those[br]who step out of the norm.

1:36:07.995,1:36:09.730
This tendency[br]to resist change

1:36:09.730,1:36:11.738
and uphold[br]existing institutions

1:36:11.773,1:36:14.063
for the sake of identity,[br]comfort,

1:36:14.098,1:36:15.535
power and profit,

1:36:15.670,1:36:17.676
is completely[br]unsustainable.

1:36:17.972,1:36:20.244
And will only produce[br]further imbalance,

1:36:20.508,1:36:21.617
fragmentation,

1:36:21.709,1:36:22.479
distortion,

1:36:22.543,1:36:23.549
and invariably,

1:36:23.778,1:36:24.860
destruction.

1:36:27.315,1:36:29.031
It's time to change.

1:36:30.251,1:36:31.990
From hunters[br]and gatherers,

1:36:32.025,1:36:33.773
to the agricultural revolution,

1:36:33.988,1:36:35.560
to the industrial revolution,

1:36:35.790,1:36:37.109
the pattern is clear.

1:36:37.424,1:36:39.627
It is time[br]for a new social system

1:36:39.894,1:36:42.756
which reflects the understandings[br]we have today.

1:36:43.998,1:36:45.866
The monetary system[br]is a product

1:36:45.866,1:36:46.947
of a period of time,

1:36:46.967,1:36:48.880
where scarcity[br]was a reality.

1:36:49.403,1:36:51.107
Now,[br]with the age of technology,

1:36:51.142,1:36:53.430
it is no longer relevant[br]to society.

1:36:54.074,1:36:57.431
Gone with the aberrant behavior[br]it manifests.

1:36:58.979,1:37:01.301
Likewise,[br]dominant world views,

1:37:01.448,1:37:02.910
such as theistic religion,

1:37:03.010,1:37:05.900
operate with[br]the same social irrelevancy.

1:37:06.787,1:37:11.892
Islam, Christianity, Judaism,[br]Hinduism and all of the others,

1:37:11.992,1:37:15.137
exist as barriers[br]to personal and social growth.

1:37:15.796,1:37:19.601
For each group perpetuates[br]a closed world view.

1:37:19.967,1:37:22.705
And this finite understanding[br]that they acknowledge

1:37:22.970,1:37:26.788
is simply not possible[br]in an emergent universe.

1:37:28.976,1:37:32.613
Yet, religion has succeeded[br]in shutting down the awareness

1:37:32.713,1:37:33.877
of this emergence

1:37:33.981,1:37:37.190
by instilling the psychological[br]distortion of faith

1:37:37.225,1:37:38.831
upon it's followers.

1:37:38.866,1:37:41.516
Where logic and new information[br]is rejected

1:37:41.789,1:37:44.890
in favor of traditionalized,[br]outdated beliefs.

1:37:45.993,1:37:47.647
The concept of God,

1:37:47.995,1:37:52.262
is really a method of accounting[br]for the nature of things.

1:37:52.297,1:37:54.969
In the early days,[br]people didn't know enough

1:37:54.969,1:37:56.941
about[br]how things formed,

1:37:56.971,1:37:58.361
how nature worked.

1:37:58.505,1:38:00.960
So they invented[br]their own little stories,

1:38:01.576,1:38:05.298
and they made God[br]in their own image.

1:38:05.980,1:38:07.767
A guy[br]that gets angry

1:38:07.982,1:38:10.043
when people[br]don't behave right.

1:38:10.078,1:38:12.522
He creates floods[br]and earthquakes

1:38:12.987,1:38:15.026
and they say[br]it's an act of God.

1:38:16.791,1:38:19.393
A cursory glance at[br]the suppressed history of religion

1:38:19.493,1:38:22.616
reveals that even[br]the foundational myths themselves

1:38:22.697,1:38:27.072
are emergent culminations[br]developed through influence over time.

1:38:27.107,1:38:30.346
For example, a cardinal doctrine[br]of the Christian faith

1:38:30.371,1:38:32.670
is the death and resurrection[br]of Christ.

1:38:32.973,1:38:36.431
This notion is so important[br]that the Bible itself states

1:38:36.877,1:38:38.659
"And if Christ be not risen,

1:38:38.710,1:38:42.675
then is our preaching vain[br]and your faith is also vain."

1:38:44.618,1:38:47.546
Yet it is very difficult[br]to take this account literally.

1:38:47.688,1:38:50.004
For not only is[br]there no primary source

1:38:50.039,1:38:53.137
denoting this supernatural event[br]in secular history,

1:38:53.627,1:38:56.978
awareness of the enormous[br]number of pre-Christian saviors

1:38:56.997,1:38:59.459
who also died[br]and were resurrected

1:38:59.667,1:39:03.961
immediately puts this story in[br]mythological territory by association.

1:39:04.772,1:39:06.167
Early church figures,

1:39:06.202,1:39:06.974
such as Tortullian,

1:39:06.974,1:39:10.246
went to great lengths[br]to break these associations,

1:39:10.377,1:39:14.675
even claiming that the Devil[br]caused the similarities to occur.

1:39:14.882,1:39:16.551
Stating in[br]the second century:

1:39:16.684,1:39:19.298
"The devil, whose business is[br]to pervert the truth,

1:39:19.486,1:39:22.772
mimics the exact circumstance[br]of the Divine Sacraments.

1:39:22.990,1:39:26.774
He baptizes his believers and[br]promises forgiveness of sins...

1:39:26.794,1:39:28.924
He celebrates[br]the oblation of bread,

1:39:29.005,1:39:31.402
and brings in the symbol[br]of the resurrection.

1:39:31.999,1:39:35.102
Let us therefore acknowledge[br]the craftiness of the Devil,

1:39:35.202,1:39:38.623
who copied certain things[br]of those that be Divine."

1:39:39.974,1:39:41.730
What is truly sad,[br]however,

1:39:41.775,1:39:45.152
is that when we cease the idea[br]that the stories from Christianity,

1:39:45.187,1:39:48.061
Judaism, Islam[br]and all the others

1:39:48.096,1:39:49.933
are literal history,

1:39:50.284,1:39:52.419
and accept them[br]for what they really are,

1:39:52.459,1:39:55.310
which are purely[br]allegorical expressions,

1:39:55.345,1:39:57.278
derived[br]from many faiths,

1:39:57.992,1:40:00.509
we see that all religions[br]share a common thread.

1:40:01.120,1:40:03.621
And it is[br]this unifying imperative

1:40:03.698,1:40:06.176
that needs to be[br]recognized and appreciated.

1:40:08.602,1:40:11.761
Religious belief has caused[br]more fragmentation and conflict

1:40:11.972,1:40:13.745
than any other ideology.

1:40:14.074,1:40:18.373
Christianity alone has[br]34,000 different subgroups.

1:40:19.980,1:40:23.005
The Bible is subject[br]to interpretation.

1:40:23.040,1:40:24.885
When you read it,[br]you say,

1:40:24.985,1:40:28.777
"I think Jesus meant this.[br]I think Job meant that."

1:40:28.789,1:40:30.628
"Oh no![br]He meant this."

1:40:30.791,1:40:34.398
So you have the Lutheran,[br]the Seventh-Day Adventist, the Catholic,

1:40:34.895,1:40:38.197
and a church divided[br]is no church at all.

1:40:44.972,1:40:47.435
And this point[br]on division,

1:40:47.474,1:40:50.784
which is a trademark[br]of all theistic religions,

1:40:50.978,1:40:53.885
brings us to our second failure[br]of awareness.

1:40:53.981,1:40:56.064
The false assumption[br]of separation

1:40:56.099,1:41:00.890
through the rejection of[br]the symbiotic relationship of life.

1:41:01.989,1:41:05.978
Apart from the understanding[br]that all natural systems are emergent,

1:41:05.993,1:41:09.163
where all notions of reality[br]will be constantly developed,

1:41:09.198,1:41:11.397
altered[br]and even eradicated,

1:41:11.899,1:41:15.869
we must also understand[br]that all systems are, in fact,

1:41:15.969,1:41:19.752
invented fragments,[br]merely for the sake of conversation.

1:41:20.374,1:41:24.021
For there is no such thing[br]as independence in nature.

1:41:24.545,1:41:26.937
The whole of nature[br]is a unified system

1:41:26.987,1:41:28.842
of interdependent variables,

1:41:29.283,1:41:34.388
each a cause and a reaction,[br]existing only as a concentrated whole.

1:41:35.989,1:41:39.122
You don't see the plug[br]to connect to the environment,

1:41:39.157,1:41:42.563
so it looks like we're free,[br]wandering around.

1:41:42.663,1:41:45.527
Take the oxygen away,[br]we all die immediately.

1:41:45.532,1:41:47.824
Take plant life away,[br]we die.

1:41:47.868,1:41:50.627
And without the sun,[br]all the plants die.

1:41:50.709,1:41:52.204
So we are connected.

1:41:52.539,1:41:55.500
We really must take into[br]account the totality.

1:41:55.535,1:41:57.978
This isn't just a human experience[br]on this planet,

1:41:57.978,1:41:59.414
this is[br]a total experience.

1:41:59.449,1:42:01.515
And we know we can't survive[br]without plants and animals.

1:42:01.550,1:42:04.376
We know we can't survive[br]without the four elements, you know?

1:42:04.585,1:42:08.314
And so, when are we gonna really[br]start taking that into account?

1:42:08.655,1:42:10.458
That's what it is[br]to be successful.

1:42:10.491,1:42:14.421
Success depends on how well[br]we're related to everything around us.

1:42:15.696,1:42:17.901
I'm very aware of[br]the fact that my grandson

1:42:17.936,1:42:19.392
cannot possibly hope

1:42:19.767,1:42:21.787
to inherit[br]a sustainable,

1:42:21.837,1:42:24.192
peaceful, stable,[br]socially just world

1:42:24.227,1:42:26.428
unless every child today[br]growing up

1:42:26.463,1:42:30.878
in Ethiopia, in Indonesia, in Bolivia,[br]in Palestine, in Israel,

1:42:30.978,1:42:33.294
also has[br]that same expectation.

1:42:33.981,1:42:35.870
You gotta take care[br]of the whole community

1:42:36.105,1:42:38.346
or you're gonna have[br]serious problems.

1:42:38.686,1:42:42.454
And now we have to see that[br]the whole world is the community.

1:42:42.690,1:42:45.874
And we must all take care[br]of each other that way.

1:42:45.993,1:42:47.995
And it's not just[br]a community of human beings,

1:42:48.030,1:42:51.149
it's a community of plants[br]and animals and elements.

1:42:51.184,1:42:53.918
And we really need[br]to understand that.

1:42:54.067,1:42:55.969
That's what's[br]gonna bring us joy too,

1:42:55.969,1:42:56.671
and pleasure.

1:42:56.970,1:42:58.826
That's what's missing[br]in our lives right now.

1:42:58.972,1:43:00.632
We can call it[br]spirituality,

1:43:00.974,1:43:02.278
but the fact[br]of the matter is...

1:43:02.443,1:43:06.497
Joy comes from that[br]bliss of connectedness.

1:43:06.513,1:43:07.822
That's our godspirit.

1:43:07.863,1:43:09.591
That's that side[br]of ourselves

1:43:09.616,1:43:11.518
that really feels it,

1:43:11.518,1:43:13.222
and you can feel it[br]deep inside you.

1:43:13.383,1:43:15.060
It's this amazing,[br]wonderful feeling

1:43:15.100,1:43:16.343
and you know it[br]when you get it.

1:43:16.378,1:43:17.599
You don't get it[br]from money,

1:43:17.991,1:43:19.729
you get it[br]from connection.

1:43:21.995,1:43:24.745
Now if that isn't[br]a hazard to this country.

1:43:26.600,1:43:28.735
How are we gonna keep[br]building nuclear weapons,

1:43:28.735,1:43:29.873
you know[br]what I mean?

1:43:30.871,1:43:33.170
What's gonna happen[br]to the arms industry

1:43:33.205,1:43:35.333
when we realize[br]we're all one?

1:43:36.310,1:43:38.136
It's gonna fuck up[br]the economy.

1:43:38.745,1:43:40.914
The economy[br]that's fake anyway.

1:43:49.423,1:43:50.736
Which would be[br]a real bummer.

1:43:51.692,1:43:54.142
You can see why[br]the government's crackin' down...

1:43:56.997,1:43:59.837
on the idea of experiencing[br]unconditional love.

1:44:10.978,1:44:14.982
Once we understand that[br]the integrity of our personal existences

1:44:14.982,1:44:16.684
are completely dependent

1:44:16.784,1:44:19.989
on the integrity of[br]everything else in our world,

1:44:20.024,1:44:24.063
we have truly understood[br]the meaning of unconditional love.

1:44:24.692,1:44:28.780
For love is extensionality,[br]and seeing everything as you

1:44:28.896,1:44:32.309
and you as everything[br]can have no conditionalities,

1:44:32.466,1:44:36.249
for in fact,[br]we are all everything, at once.

1:44:36.303,1:44:38.972
If it's true that we're all[br]from the center of a star,

1:44:38.972,1:44:40.838
every atom on each of us[br]from the center of a star,

1:44:40.873,1:44:42.708
then we're all[br]the same thing.

1:44:42.748,1:44:43.707
Even a Coke machine

1:44:43.757,1:44:45.979
or a cigarette butt[br]in the street in Buffalo

1:44:46.014,1:44:47.781
is made out of atoms[br]that came from a star.

1:44:47.816,1:44:49.716
They've all been recycled[br]thousands of times,

1:44:49.716,1:44:50.854
as have[br]you and I.

1:44:50.984,1:44:54.185
And therefore,[br]it's only me out there.

1:44:54.554,1:44:56.107
So what is there[br]to be afraid of?

1:44:56.142,1:44:58.258
What is there[br]that needs solace seeking?

1:44:58.258,1:44:58.706
Nothing.

1:44:58.746,1:45:01.448
There's nothing to be afraid of[br]because it's all us.

1:45:01.695,1:45:04.733
The trouble is we have been[br]separated by being born

1:45:04.768,1:45:07.267
and given a name and an identity[br]and being individuated.

1:45:07.302,1:45:08.791
We've been separated[br]from the oneness,

1:45:08.826,1:45:09.970
and that's[br]what religion exploits.

1:45:09.970,1:45:14.027
That people have this yearning[br]to be part of the overall one again.

1:45:14.062,1:45:15.094
So they exploit that.

1:45:15.129,1:45:17.223
They call it God,[br]they say he has rules,

1:45:17.577,1:45:18.889
and I think it's cruel.

1:45:19.079,1:45:21.512
I think you can do it[br]absent religion.

1:46:09.429,1:46:11.354
It's time[br]to claim the unity.

1:46:11.465,1:46:14.407
Our outmoded social systems[br]have broken apart,

1:46:14.768,1:46:17.656
and work together[br]to create a sustainable,

1:46:17.671,1:46:20.666
global society,[br]where everyone is taken care of

1:46:20.741,1:46:22.767
and everyone[br]is truly free.

1:46:23.343,1:46:25.645
Your personal beliefs,[br]whatever they may be,

1:46:25.696,1:46:29.304
are meaningless when it comes[br]to the necessities of life.

1:46:29.449,1:46:31.591
Every human being[br]is born naked,

1:46:31.651,1:46:34.971
needing warmth, food,[br]water, shelter.

1:46:34.988,1:46:36.973
Everything else[br]is auxiliary.

1:46:37.311,1:46:39.739
Therefore, the most[br]important issue at hand

1:46:39.893,1:46:43.385
is the intelligent management[br]of the Earth's resources.

1:46:43.897,1:46:46.575
This can never be accomplished[br]in a monetary system,

1:46:46.767,1:46:50.034
for the pursuit of profit[br]is the pursuit of self-interest

1:46:50.069,1:46:52.432
and therefore,[br]imbalance is inherent.

1:46:53.974,1:46:56.937
Simultaneously,[br]politicians are useless.

1:46:56.977,1:47:01.493
For our true problems in life[br]are technical, not political.

1:47:01.982,1:47:04.979
Furthermore,[br]ideologies that separate humanity,

1:47:05.014,1:47:06.029
such as religion,

1:47:06.064,1:47:08.479
need strong reflection[br]in the community

1:47:08.555,1:47:12.305
in regard to it's value,[br]purpose and social relevancy.

1:47:12.993,1:47:14.409
Hopefully,[br]through time,

1:47:14.444,1:47:18.007
religion will loose it's materialism[br]and basis in superstition

1:47:18.042,1:47:21.154
and move into the useful field[br]of philosophy.

1:47:21.535,1:47:24.515
The fact is,[br]society today is backwards,

1:47:24.638,1:47:28.566
with politicians constantly talking[br]about protection and security

1:47:28.742,1:47:31.988
rather than creation,[br]unity and progress.

1:47:32.712,1:47:34.460
The US alone[br]now spends about

1:47:34.510,1:47:37.592
$500 billions dollars annually[br]on defense.

1:47:37.784,1:47:40.353
That is enough to send[br]every high school senior

1:47:40.388,1:47:42.559
in America[br]to a four year college.

1:47:43.490,1:47:45.946
In the 1940's,[br]the Manhattan Project

1:47:45.992,1:47:49.064
produced the first true[br]weapon of mass destruction.

1:47:49.496,1:47:55.342
This program employed 130,000 people,[br]at an extreme financial cost.

1:47:55.769,1:47:58.038
Imagine what our life[br]would be like today,

1:47:58.073,1:47:59.839
if that[br]group of scientists,

1:47:59.973,1:48:02.774
instead of working on[br]a way of killing people,

1:48:02.976,1:48:07.232
worked on a way to create[br]a self-sustaining, abundant world.

1:48:07.747,1:48:10.138
Life today[br]would be very, very different,

1:48:10.173,1:48:11.680
if that was their goal.

1:48:13.987,1:48:16.210
Instead of[br]weapons of mass destruction,

1:48:16.456,1:48:20.264
it is time to unleash[br]something much more powerful.

1:48:20.994,1:48:23.580
Weapons of Mass Creation.

1:48:25.201,1:48:27.967
Our true divinity is[br]in our ability to create.

1:48:28.301,1:48:32.274
And armed with the understanding of[br]the symbiotic connections of life,

1:48:32.539,1:48:36.128
while being guided by[br]the emergent nature of reality,

1:48:36.376,1:48:39.349
there is nothing[br]we cannot do or accomplish.

1:48:41.248,1:48:43.932
Of course,[br]we face strong barriers,

1:48:43.984,1:48:46.354
in the form of[br]established power structures,

1:48:46.389,1:48:48.249
that refuse to change.

1:48:48.789,1:48:51.430
At the heart of these structures[br]is the monetary system.

1:48:51.625,1:48:54.191
As explained earlier,[br]the fractional reserve policy

1:48:54.326,1:48:56.432
is a form of[br]slavery through debt,

1:48:56.474,1:49:00.408
where it is literally impossible[br]for society to be free.

1:49:00.767,1:49:04.013
In turn, free market capitalism,[br]in the form of free trade,

1:49:04.048,1:49:07.374
uses debt to imprison the world[br]and manipulate countries

1:49:07.474,1:49:11.678
into subservience to a handful of[br]large business and political powers.

1:49:11.978,1:49:14.347
Apart from[br]these obvious amoralities,

1:49:14.382,1:49:17.016
the system itself[br]is based on competition,

1:49:17.051,1:49:19.661
which immediately[br]destroys the possibility

1:49:19.686,1:49:22.893
of large scale collaborations[br]for the common good.

1:49:22.989,1:49:27.967
Hence paralyzing any attempt[br]at true global sustainability.

1:49:28.995,1:49:32.950
These financial and corporate structures[br]are now obsolete,

1:49:32.999,1:49:34.955
and they must be[br]outgrown.

1:49:36.336,1:49:38.134
Of course, we cannot be[br]naive enough to think

1:49:38.169,1:49:41.228
that the business and financial elite[br]are going to subscribe to this idea,

1:49:41.374,1:49:43.290
for they will lose[br]power and control.

1:49:43.543,1:49:47.026
Therefore, peacefully,[br]a highly strategic action must be taken.

1:49:47.981,1:49:50.607
The most powerful course[br]of action is simple.

1:49:50.984,1:49:53.407
We have to alter[br]our behavior to force

1:49:53.442,1:49:56.522
the power structure[br]to the will of the people.

1:49:57.657,1:50:00.305
We must stop[br]supporting the system.

1:50:01.828,1:50:03.997
The only way[br]the establishment will change

1:50:04.032,1:50:06.212
is by our refusal[br]to participate

1:50:06.247,1:50:10.554
while continuously acknowledging[br]its endless flaws and corruptions.

1:50:10.971,1:50:14.085
They're not gonna give up[br]the monetary system,

1:50:14.120,1:50:17.759
because of our designs[br]of what we've recommend.

1:50:17.911,1:50:19.641
The system[br]has to fail,

1:50:19.780,1:50:24.425
and people have to lose confidence[br]in their elected leaders.

1:50:24.685,1:50:27.035
That will be[br]a major turning point

1:50:27.070,1:50:32.002
if The Venus Project is offered[br]as a possible alternative.

1:50:32.037,1:50:34.708
If not,[br]I fear the consequences.

1:50:34.995,1:50:39.996
The trends now indicate[br]that our country is going bankrupt.

1:50:40.031,1:50:45.439
The probability is our country[br]will move toward a military dictatorship

1:50:45.672,1:50:49.648
to prevent riots[br]and complete social breakdown.

1:50:49.976,1:50:51.540
Once[br]the US breaks down,

1:50:51.745,1:50:54.598
all the other cultures[br]will undergo similar things.

1:50:55.982,1:50:58.259
As of now,[br]the world financial system

1:50:58.294,1:50:59.880
is on the brink[br]of collapse

1:50:59.915,1:51:01.851
due to[br]it's own shortcomings.

1:51:01.988,1:51:04.991
The Controller of Currencies[br]stated in 2003

1:51:05.026,1:51:07.394
that the interest[br]on the US National Debt

1:51:07.429,1:51:10.410
will not be affordable[br]in less than ten years.

1:51:10.797,1:51:14.262
This theoretically means[br]total bankruptcy for the US economy

1:51:14.468,1:51:17.048
and it's implications[br]for the world are immense.

1:51:17.470,1:51:20.008
In turn, the fractional reserve-based[br]monetary system

1:51:20.043,1:51:23.007
is reaching it's theoretical limits[br]of expansion

1:51:23.042,1:51:26.659
and the banking failures you are seeing[br]are just the beginning.

1:51:26.980,1:51:29.467
This is why[br]inflation is skyrocketing,

1:51:29.749,1:51:31.518
our debt is[br]at record levels

1:51:31.618,1:51:34.187
and the government and FED[br]are hemorrhaging new money

1:51:34.287,1:51:36.084
to bailout[br]the corrupt system.

1:51:36.489,1:51:38.458
For the only way[br]to keep the banks going

1:51:38.493,1:51:40.015
is by[br]making more money.

1:51:40.050,1:51:41.895
The only way[br]to make more money

1:51:41.995,1:51:44.298
is to create more debt[br]and inflation.

1:51:44.431,1:51:47.459
It is simply a matter of time[br]before the tables turn

1:51:47.634,1:51:50.238
and there's no one willing[br]to take new loans

1:51:50.273,1:51:54.554
while defaults grow as people are unable[br]to afford their current loans.

1:51:54.808,1:51:56.921
Then the expansion of money[br]will stop

1:51:56.976,1:52:00.713
and contraction will begin[br]on a scale never before seen,

1:52:00.814,1:52:04.099
ending a century long[br]pyramid scheme.

1:52:04.417,1:52:06.236
This has already begun.

1:52:07.287,1:52:11.082
Therefore, we need to expose[br]this financial failure for what it is,

1:52:11.117,1:52:13.468
using this weakness[br]to our advantage.

1:52:13.793,1:52:15.558
Here are[br]some suggestions:

1:52:15.895,1:52:17.709
Expose the banking fraud.

1:52:17.997,1:52:21.478
Citibank, JP Morgan Chase[br]and Bank of America

1:52:21.513,1:52:23.332
are the most[br]powerful controllers

1:52:23.375,1:52:26.029
within the corrupt[br]Federal Reserve system.

1:52:26.064,1:52:29.124
It's time to boycott[br]these institutions.

1:52:29.576,1:52:32.588
If you have a bank account[br]or credit card with any of them,

1:52:32.846,1:52:34.807
move your money[br]to another bank.

1:52:34.981,1:52:38.232
If you have a mortgage,[br]refinance with another bank.

1:52:38.518,1:52:40.621
If you own their stock,[br]sell it.

1:52:40.887,1:52:42.514
If you work for them,[br]quit.

1:52:42.689,1:52:44.791
This gesture[br]will express contempt

1:52:44.826,1:52:47.912
for the true powers[br]behind the private banking cartel,

1:52:47.994,1:52:49.903
known as[br]the Federal Reserve.

1:52:49.996,1:52:54.331
And create awareness about[br]the fraud of the banking system itself.

1:52:54.567,1:52:56.927
Two:[br]Turn off the TV news.

1:52:56.970,1:52:59.864
Visit the emerging,[br]independent news agencies

1:52:59.899,1:53:01.966
on the Internet[br]for your information.

1:53:01.975,1:53:06.498
CNN, NBC, ABC, FOX[br]and all the others

1:53:06.546,1:53:10.997
present all news pre-filtered[br]to maintain the status quo.

1:53:11.032,1:53:14.609
With four corporations owning[br]all major media outlets,

1:53:14.721,1:53:17.181
objective information[br]is impossible.

1:53:17.216,1:53:19.625
This is the true beauty[br]of the Internet.

1:53:19.693,1:53:21.895
And the establishment[br]has been losing control

1:53:21.930,1:53:24.208
because of this free flow[br]of information.

1:53:24.631,1:53:27.001
We must protect the Internet,[br]at all times,

1:53:27.036,1:53:29.737
as it is truly our savior[br]right now.

1:53:30.770,1:53:31.528
Three:

1:53:31.871,1:53:34.140
Don't ever[br]allow yourself,

1:53:34.175,1:53:37.278
your family[br]or anyone you know,

1:53:37.313,1:53:40.601
to ever[br]join the military.

1:53:41.180,1:53:43.573
This is[br]an obsolete institution

1:53:43.683,1:53:47.069
now used exclusively[br]for maintaining an establishment

1:53:47.104,1:53:48.690
that is no longer[br]relevant.

1:53:48.988,1:53:52.212
US soldiers in Iraq[br]work for US corporations,

1:53:52.247,1:53:53.207
not the people.

1:53:53.426,1:53:56.583
Propaganda forces us to believe[br]that war is natural

1:53:56.730,1:53:59.019
and the military is[br]an honorable institution.

1:53:59.632,1:54:00.956
Well if[br]war is natural,

1:54:00.967,1:54:04.149
why are there 18 suicides[br]every single day

1:54:04.184,1:54:05.605
by American veterans

1:54:05.640,1:54:07.732
who have post-traumatic[br]stress disorder?

1:54:08.575,1:54:11.304
If our military men[br]and women are so honored,

1:54:11.411,1:54:15.214
why is it that 25% of the[br]American homeless population

1:54:15.249,1:54:16.356
are veterans?

1:54:18.004,1:54:18.907
Four:

1:54:18.985,1:54:21.312
Stop supporting[br]the energy companies.

1:54:21.454,1:54:23.168
If you live[br]in a detached house,

1:54:23.289,1:54:24.578
get off the grid.

1:54:24.757,1:54:28.208
Investigate every means of[br]making your home self-sustainable

1:54:28.243,1:54:29.648
with clean energy.

1:54:29.896,1:54:32.600
Solar, wind[br]and other renewable energies

1:54:32.635,1:54:35.155
are now affordable[br]consumer realities,

1:54:35.335,1:54:38.909
and considering the never-ending[br]rising costs of traditional energies,

1:54:38.972,1:54:42.123
it will likely be[br]a cheaper investment over time.

1:54:42.275,1:54:45.009
If you drive,[br]get the smallest car you can

1:54:45.044,1:54:48.279
and consider using one of the many[br]conversion technologies

1:54:48.314,1:54:50.620
that can enable your car[br]to be a hybrid,

1:54:50.655,1:54:54.768
electric or run on anything[br]other than establishment fuels.

1:54:54.988,1:54:56.037
Five:

1:54:56.072,1:54:57.870
Reject[br]the political system.

1:54:58.357,1:55:01.897
The illusion of democracy[br]is an insult to our intelligence.

1:55:01.995,1:55:03.169
In a monetary system,

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there is no such thing[br]as a true democracy,

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and there never was.

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We have[br]two political parties

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owned by the same set[br]of corporate lobbyists.

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They are placed in their positions[br]by the corporations,

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with popularity artificially[br]projected by their media.

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In a system[br]of inherent corruption,

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the change of personnel[br]every couple of years

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has very little relevance.

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Instead of pretending that[br]the political game has any true meaning,

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focus your energy on[br]how to transcend this failed system.

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And six:

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Join the movement.

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Go to[br]TheZeitgeistMovement.com

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and help us create the largest[br]mass movement for social change

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the world[br]has ever seen.

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We must mobilize[br]and educate everyone

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about the inherent corruption[br]of our current world system,

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along with the only true[br]sustainable solution,

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declaring all the natural resources[br]on the planet

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as common heritage[br]to all people,

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while informing everyone[br]as to the true state of technology

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and how we can[br]all be free

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if the world works together,[br]rather than fights.

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The choice[br]lies with you.

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You can continue to be[br]a slave to the financial system

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and watch[br]the continuous wars,

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depressions[br]and injustice across the globe

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while placating yourself[br]with vain entertainment

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and materialistic garbage.

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Or, you can focus your energy on true,[br]meaningful, lasting, holistic change

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which actually has[br]the realistic ability to support

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and free all humans[br]with no one left behind.

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But in the end,[br]the most relevant change

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must occur first[br]inside of you.

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The real revolution[br]is the revolution of consciousness,

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and each one of us[br]first needs to eliminate

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the divisionary,[br]materialistic noise

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we have been conditioned[br]to think is true;

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while discovering,[br]amplifying and aligning

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with the signal coming[br]from our true empirical oneness.

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It is up to you.

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What we are trying in all[br]these discussions and talks here,

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is to see if we cannot radically[br]bring about a transformism of the mind.

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Not accept things[br]as they are...

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but to understand it,[br]to go into it, to examine it,

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give your heart and your mind[br]with every thing

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that you have[br]to find out.

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A way of[br]living differently.

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But, that depends on you[br]and not somebody else.

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Because in this,[br]there is no teacher,

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no pupil.

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There's no leader,

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there's no guru,

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there's no master,[br]no savior.

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You yourself are[br]the teacher and the pupil,

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you're the master, you're the guru,[br]you are the leader...

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You are everything!

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And,

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to understand...

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is to transform[br]what is.

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