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Money and property in a resource based economy

By admin | Published: March 30, 2010
It seems like Peter Joseph (the founder of the Zeitgeist Movement) thinks that machines will do all the work for all people and that no one will own anything in a resource based society. I think he is wrong about this. For one, people like to work and share their work, secondly, everyone like to [...]
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Videos

By admin | Published: March 21, 2010
Awakening (Part 4 of 4) ject> RT News: Interviews Jacque Fresco of the Venus Project Jacque Fresco Zday NY 2010 Roxanne Meadows Zday 2010 – Part 1of2 Roxanne Meadows Zday 2010 – Part 2of2 Peter Joseph’s Zday 2010 Lecture Part 1
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Trademarking Common Heritage

By RBE | Published: January 9, 2010
Trademarking Common Heritage Open Letter Response to Venus Project “Why The Venus Project has the term RBE trademarked” To all vested interests, The first and foremost claim in Venus Projects official statement regarding Trademarking is that the Resource Based Economy idea is something Fresco has been working on his entire life. Well quite frankly we [...]
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Transformation through eco-communities and gift economies

By admin | Published: December 17, 2009
I first want to remind the readers of the question: What is relevant? What is relevant is what we really need. And what we really need is food, water, sunlight, joy, happiness, and meaningful lives. Nature itself can provide all that. Now, to overcome both the problems of the transition to RBE and problems within [...]
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What is a Resource Based Economy?

By RBE | Published: December 15, 2009
Resource Based Economy –noun 1. An economic system or theory of social organization that advocates a system of commodity distribution without the use of capital, credits, energy certificates, barter or any other artificial medium which denotes value. 2. A school of thought in Natural Resource Economics 3. Any of two theories of systems of social [...]
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What is Directivism?

By RBE | Published: December 12, 2009
DIRECTIVISM -NOUN 1. A theory or system of social organization that advocates the elimination of all forms of currency as well as advocating the Direct and Proportional Democratic management of resources as common heritage of all children of mother earth; creating abundant automated distribution of all commodities and services to all people equally. 2. The [...]
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Spirituality, Technology, and Sustainability

By RBE | Published: December 12, 2009
Spirituality, Technology, and Sustainability (Open Response to The Zeitgeist Movement) What follows here is a response to three of the six understandings of The Zeitgeist Movement as they appeared on November 28th of 2009. Our purpose here is to facilitate an open dialogue, discussion, and reach an understanding of sorts on the three topics choosen. [...]
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