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Beyond Poverty, Politics, Crime, and War
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Doubt is higher than truth

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The following is a
audio reading of one of
Jacque Fresco’s Essays.

Resource-Based
Economy
(Part 1 of 4)

Presented here is a straightforward approach to
the redesign of a culture, in which the age-old
inadequacies of war, poverty, hunger, debt,
and unnecessary human suffering are viewed
not only as avoidable, but totally unacceptable.
This new social design works towards
eliminating the underlying causes that are
responsible for many of our problems. But, as
stated previously, they cannot be eliminated
within the framework of the present monetary
and political establishment. Human behavior is
subject to the same laws that govern all other
physical phenomena. Our customs, behaviors,
and values are byproducts of our culture. No
one is born with greed, prejudice, bigotry and
hatred - they are learned. If the environment is
unaltered similar problems will reoccur.

These aspirations cannot be accomplished in a
monetary based society of waste and
human exploitation. With its planned
obsolescence, neglect of the environment,
outrageous military expenditures and the
outworn methods of attempting to solve
problems through the enactment of laws, these
methods are bound to fail. Furthermore
the belief that advanced technologies would
lead to an improvement in the quality of life
for most people is not the case in a monetary
system. More and more companies are
adopting the tremendous benefits of
automation, resulting in increased production
with fewer employees. Corporations’ short-
term concern with profit will ultimately result
in the demise of the world monetary based
economies. If the monetary system continues
to operate, we will be faced with the condition
of more technological unemployment, today
referred to as downsizing. From 1990 to 1995,
companies dismissed a staggering 17.1
million employees, many of these due to
automation. Automation will continue to
replace people well into the foreseeable future,
resulting in the lack of purchasing power for
these displaced workers. Despite expanding
global markets, the human cost in terms of
displaced workers and a disenfranchised
populous, will inevitably bring about massive
and unmanageable social problems.

During the 1930's, at the height of the Great
Depression, the Roosevelt administration
enacted new social legislation designed to
minimize revolutionary tendencies and to
address the problems of unemployment. Jobs
were provided through the Works Progress
Administration, Civilian Conservation Corps,
National Recovery Act, transient camps,
and Federal Arts projects. Ultimately,
however, World War II pulled the U.S. out of
that worldwide depression. If we permit
current conditions to take their natural course,
we will soon be faced with another
international recession of potentially greater
magnitude. At the time of this depression the
US had only 600 first class fighting aircraft at
the beginning of World War II, we rapidly
increased production to 90,000 planes per
year. Did we have enough money to pay for
the required implements of war? The answer is
no. Neither did we have enough gold. But, we
did have more than enough resources. It was
the available resources and personnel that
enabled the U. S. to achieve the production
and efficiency required to win the war.
Unfortunately, such an all-out effort is only
considered in times of war or disaster.

We live in a culture that seems to work
collectively only in response to a crisis. Only
in times of war do we call upon and assemble
interdisciplinary teams to meet a threat from
human aggression. Only in times of national
emergency do we do the same to resolve a
natural or man-made threat. Rarely, if ever, do
we employ a concerted effort to help find
workable solutions to social problems. If we
apply the same efforts of scientific
mobilization toward social betterment as we
do during a war or disaster, large-scale
results could be achieved in a relatively short
time.

To be continued on
The Venus Project Essay -
Resource-Based Economy
(Part 2 of 4)
For more information visit
www.thevenusproject.com
www.thezeitgeistmovement.com

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