CESSqc's video: ZEITGEIST 3 - MOVING FORWARD 2011

Thank you for allowing us to showcase documentary on our YouTube channel: Visit here: http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/ _____________________________________________ Zeitgeist: Moving Forward is arranged into four successive parts. Within each part is an amalgam of interviews, narration and animated sequences. Part I: Human Nature The film begins with a brief animated sequence narrated by Jacque Fresco Part II: Social Pathology The origins of our modern economic paradigm are explored, beginning with John Locke and Adam Smith. In Two Treatises of Government, John Locke lays out the fundamental principles of private ownership of land, labor and capital. In The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith mentions the invisible hand balancing out supply and demand leading to trade equilibrium. Part III: Project Earth As with Zeitgeist: Addendum, to improve the human condition the film presents a "Resource-Based Economy" as advocated by Jacque Fresco. The dialogue leads to a train of thought on how human civilization should start from the beginning. Imagine an exact copy of Earth somewhere in space: conduct a survey of the planet, to assess the resource types, locations, quantities, to satisfy human demands; track the consumption and depletion of resources to regulate human demands and maintain the condition of the environment; localize the distribution of resources, to control environmental impacts and maintain self-sufficiency; Part IV: Rise The current world state of affairs is described in a dire light. The peak oil phenomenon is seen as a threat to civilization's progress, potentially resulting in extinction. A strong case is presented that pollution, deforestation, climate change, overpopulation, and warfare are all created and perpetuated by the socioeconomic system. Various poverty statistics shown as progressive worsening of world culture. According to the United Nations, currently 18,000 children a day die from starvation.[8] Also according to the UN, global poverty rates have doubled since the 1970s.[9][10][11] Not directly mentioned, currently the gap between the rich and the poor is wider than at any time since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution. The top 1% own more than 40% of the planet's wealth.[12] In other estimates not mentioned, the top 2% own more than 50% of the planet's wealth.[13] The movie closes with a standoff between protesters on the streets of Times Square in New York City facing off against police in riot gear while in the midst of global economic depression. People withdraw trillions of dollars from the world's central banks, then dump the money at the doors of the banks. The police stand down.