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Zeitgeist ( Part Two )

Something is very wrong here A world monopoly, based not on human life but on financial and corporate power Money is one of the most socially paralysing structures humanity has ever endured “ None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free ” Johhan Wolfgang von Goethe “Greed and competition are not the result of immutable human temperament; greed and fear of scarcity are in fact being created and amplified; the direct consequence is that we have to fight with each other in order to survive.” Bernard Lietaer founder of the EU Currencey system This is in an age where planetary sustainable wealth has exceeded anything known in human history. “We can either have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few; we can’t have both ” Louise Brandeis Supreme Court Justice Money is the greatest single impediment to the evolvement of humanity as a species. Money generates nothing except the need for more money. Money creates greed, greed degrades the human condition to a level of slavery to survival no better than that of cave men Abundance, is not the mechanism of money, scarcity is its mechanism; scarcity equals profit. Abundance surrounds us, it is evident in the creation of our cities and in our super markets. What point is there in selling abundance, you might as well try and sell air. The environmental conditioning of poverty is the prime cause of 90% of global criminality. The United States has the largest prison population in the world. “ My country is the world. My religion is to do good ” Thomas Paine “ I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality ” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

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Date: 7/10/2009 4:24:00 PM
Who thought WATER would ever be sold, it is! They will figure out how to sell air too...perhaps this new PAY FOR POINT system to pollute the air is the first step in the selling of clean air. Light & Love
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Date: 7/5/2009 3:19:00 PM
Many excellent quotes in this write, Colin. Especially liked the one by Bernard Lietaer, but there is truth in all of them. Thank you for reminding us what greed is all about and that money is not the answer to every crisis. Love, Carolyn
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