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TBF

(32,047 posts)
Wed Jul 16, 2014, 08:16 AM Jul 2014

The Monetary System

Not a long article - just a tidbit from the Venus Project facebook page this morning. To be clear Fresco is not a Paulite, he is an engineer who has tirelessly advocated for moving beyond capitalism to a resource based economy. More about Venus Project Here: http://www.thevenusproject.com/about/resource-based-economy

The Venus Project - Global
Wednesday, July 16 at 7:00am ·

"People say that the monetary system produces incentive. This may be true in limited areas, but it also produces greed, embezzlement, corruption, pollution, jealousy, anger, crime, war, poverty, tremendous scarcity, and unnecessary human suffering. You have to look at the entire picture." - Jacque Fresco
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The Monetary System (Original Post) TBF Jul 2014 OP
K&R TexasTowelie Jul 2014 #1

TexasTowelie

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Wed Jul 16, 2014, 09:54 AM
Jul 2014

I remember that at one time people said that with the introduction of computer technology that people would be freed from the tedious activity of work. Yet, the opposite has actually occurred and people now work longer and harder than they did in the past. It's not likely that TPTB will allow for the loss of their power, but the Venus Project does have the correct idea.

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