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The Zeitgeist Movement - Orientation Guide
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associating their social status with what they own. As stated before, the monetary
system
requires `cyclical consumption' to function. This naturally leads to the
need
for people to be manipulated into thinking they want or
need
a particular good or service. With the powerful tactics of modern advertising, most in the world support an artificial, materialistic
value
system
that entails wanting more and more goods and services, often regardless of their necessity or utility. In a Resource-Based Economy, the monetary
system
will no longer pollute the human mind via its manipulative arm - "advertising". The endless sea of billboards, media commercials, magazines and the like will no longer poison the landscape or our perceptions. This will cause a dramatic shift in the human
value
system
and hence lifestyle. More powerfully, in a Resource-Based Economy there is no reason for property. Property is an outgrowth of scarcity. People who had to work very hard to create or obtain a product or resource in turn protected it because it had immense
value
relative to the labor entailed along with the scarcity associated. Property is not an "American" or "Capitalist" idea... it is a primitive mental perspective generated from generations of scarcity. People claim "ownership" because it is a legal form of protection. In a
system
of abundance, without the
need
for money, the idea of ownership becomes irrelevant. In this new
system
no one owns anything. Instead, everyone has unrestricted access to everything. Ownership is a massive burden. No longer will a person
need
to live in one place. One could travel the world constantly. Anything
need
ed is obtained, without restriction. There is no reason for abuse for there is nothing to gain. You can't steal things that no one owns and you certainly couldn't sell them. Household items are obtained through central distribution in the cities, while recreational items are available on call or near the location of their use. For example, if you go to a golf course you would select, on site, your clubs from the most effectively designed models available. You use them, and then you return them. If you decide to keep the clubs, go ahead - that is your burden... for why would a person want to transport, maintain and store golf clubs, when they can always have access to them and then return them onsite? Our homes today are full of junk that we hold onto because of the supposed
value
they maintain. This waste will no longer be
need
ed. In this model, the city complex or, in fact, the entire world, is really your home. Instead of having extraneous items like recreational equipment and vehicles sitting about your physical house, collecting dust when they are not in use, they are stored centrally for everyone's free access, with products being utilized actively, minimizing redundant waste. If you require an automobile for whatever reason, the car is made available for you. When you get to your destination, the satellite based driving
system
will automatically make the car available for others to use, as opposed to sitting in some parking lot wasting space and time.
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