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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July 10, 2009 at 4:24 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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July 5, 2009 at 3:19 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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