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Affluenza
Shopping centers have really become the centers of many communities. Children and adults, see a shopping center, only the natural destination to fill a boring life. Through revealing personal stories, expert commentary, hilarious old film clips, dramatized vignettes and “anti-commercial” breaks, Affluenza examines the high cost of achieving the most extravagant lifestyle the world has ever seen . Last year, the Americans, who represent only five percent of the world’s population uses about one third of its resources and produces almost half of its hazardous waste.
Add overwork, personal stress, the erosion of family and community, the debt through the roof, and the growing gap between rich and poor, and is easy to understand why some people say that the American dream is not a bargain. Many are opting out of the consumer chase, redefining the dream, and making “voluntary simplicity” one of the top 10 trends in 90 years. Affluenza travels across the country to show men and women working and shopping less, spending more time with friends and family, volunteering in their communities, and enjoy their lives.
Affluenza,
It is estimated that “laizzes faire” capitalism killed about 60 million people during 19th century, and in capitalistic India alone 100 million were dead because of hunger during 20th century. The USA have been just carrying on the heritage of old British capitalistic colonialism, which means using its power and making colonized people to accept their “laizzes faire” form of capitalism when saving democracy and “soft form” of capitalism to themselves. Only that is changed is cost of the wars.
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@erion628 Besides, the US population represents only 5% of the world population.I support this video but I’m not poor. Most people I know have no problems with the ideas of RBE. It is supported by those who fully understand it and rejected probably mostly by those who don’t.
@frattaro estimado amigo,creo que no entendistes la pelicula.la automatizacion corrupta? cuando dicen eso en la pelicula? el proyecto venus no es perfecto pero puede ser mucho mejor que el actual sistema que ya es obsoleto para los tiempos en que vivimos.
ugh. Awful movie. They say automation is corrupt, then turn around and say that its the foundation of their utopian society that is inherently flawed by their fundamental misunderstanding of greed. I can’t believe this is the follow up to the original Zeitgeist.
The waste dumping/Walmart/automation example is interpreted incorrectly. Automation is just the market’s way of saying “it isn’t worth a human’s time to do this task”. On the other hand, dumping waste pollutes the ocean, driving down the value of a shared resource and others should be compensated for that. Those are black and white. The only grey area is Walmart. They have a natural monopoly in many areas, but they may not have arrived at that state through non-coercive means.
so, this is all very intresting, yet it still remains that youtube and google are giant busnesses and are still running this video, that seems to spill its guts about all ‘trade secrets’…..hrm, thought provoking, yet sus.
This is such a heartbreaking and freaky video in the begining and then turns into such a hopeful video with all sorts of ideas to actually free all people all over the world from the current profit non human money system we currently are enslaved by, please watch if you have time.
Inventions and development were supported and encouraged by religion associated with peace through the history. Religion gave us a believe that there is a perfect living afterlife, gave us a hope, and told us that the the life that we know is a test. Do better in life, gain better in the afterlife. (Read about Islam, Read untill you understand why a true muslim would never leave his/her religion). 60, 70 or 80 years that’s it, that’s your life. ”make the world beter living for new generations”
people will realize they want fresh clean water, fresh air, nutritious food,healthy relationships and a healthy community. Its just a matter of how long will it take. its going to be a value change…What do you value??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????O FORTUNA
@nascarhippie1 im a fan of and agree with a lot in the zeitgeist movies, but i dont think the venus project type society will ever emerge. i think more local economies, communities will emerge with a hell of a lot less materialism and more of a connection to eachother and the earth. kind of like the transition town movement.
for the third time…who is going to run this “new machine”? who is going to plant, manage & harvsst crops? who is going to build this utopian society? what happens to children & old people?? i want to know the real answers, and not some vague techno babble!!
since technology is not perfect, nor is science for that matter. who will fix the technology when it breaks, who will program it ot determine what I need? who will continue to research cures for disease? who will build the machine, and dont say robots, and if you do, who will build the robots? etc. etc etc. one VALID answer would be nice! please note, i am not one of the sheep or chattle that has limited intellect..and cannot be convinced of validity with the minimum or vague explanation.
@aroundtheplace Unfortunately, the filmmakers believed that they would have to address some of the weakest in our society, that being the blind faith believers. Of course they don’t really want to resort to those tactics, but they do have to stoop so low in order to be ‘inclusive.’
i will continue to do so in the imperative interest of our world, society,and well being of humanity..i am only 1 person, but i feel that if i can at least tell people about this and show documentaries and other important ones like this to everyone i know, the word and ideal will spread..even though i sometimes feel hopeless and after turning blue in the face while getting into heated debates with family, friends and strangers, i will still continue to do so and perpetuate this information..
I’ve been trying, for a few years now,to show and tell almost everyone i know , be it family or friends and even strangers, about the zeitgeist movement,about important people like Alex Jones,and all that i know and have researched myself over the course of 7 years on these and many other topics and documentaries, and i have to say that it never ceases to amaze how many ignorant, naive, oblivious,blind,individuals there are out there in complete denial..however, i will continue to do so !
Other boycott movements can we do as well:7. Stop buying large corporate crap GMO foods8. Stop getting healthcare from large insurance and pharma corporations.9. Become less dependent on the education system as much as you can. Stop going to the colleges, schools, and taking tests that fuels propaganda!10. Put your weatlh into preious metals and away from paper assets or debt (Even though this film is against a monetary system, advice is still needed for survival.)
again…who is going to run this “new machine”? who is going to plant, manage & harvsst crops? who is going to build this utopian society? what happens to children & old people?? i want to know the answers!! the usa should withdraw from all foreign countries and concentrate on fixing it’s own bad machine!!!
The main issue is lack of self awareness. Self doubt is the stem of all negativity. You can only love another as much as you love yourself. We are in fact all One. The knowledge of this is the only way for world peace. If one is lacking assurance in the beauty and perfection of their existance, they will surely overcompensate in self destructive actions. It is not just the victims lacking this, but the offender as well. For if they truely understood the cause of their actions.
@nascarhippie1 People in power is not the problem. I don’t think that was ever implied here either. It’s those greed-obsessed monsters, who abuse positions of power for infinite self-gain, at any cost to humanity. The”Gargamel’s of man”. They are destroying our world.The “broken machine” ceases to exist without them.