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- I should have realized this sooner, but it's
- still not too late to act, to make the best
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- of the situation. As you all are painfully
- aware of we're in the collapse the entire
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- socioeconomic structure. A lot has happen
- in the last couple of years. What was first
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- considered a dip in the economy in 2007 has
- evolved to a global financial crisis and finally
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- the possibility of a collapse in the spirit
- at least of 1929 doesn't seem so farfetched
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- for the average person on the street. Sadly
- though, we still see people clinging on to
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- old and outdated institutions, such as politics,
- military, money, democracy, laws etc. Many
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- for whatever reason fail to consider the possibility
- of a not just financial collapse, but a systemic
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- collapse on a global scale.
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- As an advocate of the train of thought put
- forward by The Zeitgeist Movements and The
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- Venus Project, I see the necessity for what's
- called a critical mass. A critical mass is
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- a sufficient number of adopters of an innovation
- in a social system so that the rate of adoption
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- becomes self-sustaining and creates further
- growth and the paradigm simply shifts. As
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- a simple example, this is what happens every
- election a new party wins, or when we demonstrate
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- for the rights of women to vote, black rights
- or gay marriage. It's a form of positive peer
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- pressure, but on a large social scale.
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- When it comes to moving into a global resource-based
- economic model, simply demonstrating won't
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- be enough because it's not addressing the
- root causes of the problem. The choice to
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- move from one system to another doesn't depend
- on the elected few, or the very rich corporate
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- business-men of the world. It's up to us,
- every single one of us. Not just the 99%,
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- but the full 100%. No one knows how large
- the critical mass for this type of transition
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- is, because it has never been done before.
- But if there is any time in history where
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- we could and should test this, it's now.
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- In Egypt something historical has happened
- in the last couple of days. 22 million people
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- joined together in an outburst of disappointment
- toward the current state of affairs. What
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- if the people of Egypt would turn their power
- towards creating a better future, rather than
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- using it for anger against certain individuals
- in politics? What if they could realize that
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- it's them, who build, maintain and creates
- the society? What if they would realize that
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- they are brilliant people with lots of skills
- in all branches of industry who are able to
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- organize society from their knowledge? What
- if they would truly realize that they don't
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- need some elitist group to tell them what
- to do? They are currently so many who want
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- a better society that they could simply turn
- their backs on the old institutions together
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- and start living a life of sustainability
- and collaboration.
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- We who hold these notions as true are powerful
- as well, we can be heard and make an impact,
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- we've done it before. We've had projects who
- reached large awareness before. The Zeitgeist
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- Movement is well-known, hundreds of millions
- of view on related videos on the internet
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- with campaigns like "Why I support The Zeitgeist
- Movement and The Venus Project", the release
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- of Zeitgeist: Moving Forward and not to forget
- all the Z-days across the world. The Occupy
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- Movement has made a huge impact and showed
- the way to demonstrate peacefully, respecting
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- each other and share resources and skills
- because it's beneficial to all. Anonymous
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- have many times stood up for the privacy and
- the integrity of the common man against the
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- profit seeking corporations who has little
- social concern as well as fighting for the
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- free access of knowledge and information,
- which are the fruits of humanity. Just to
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- name a few organizations.
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- It would be a shame if we who advocate such
- values did not rise as the unity we are and
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- told the people of Egypt what grand opportunity
- they have to free themselves from this circus
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- of economics and politics and what honor it
- would be for them to show the rest of the
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- world what greatness we all can achieve if
- we work together with nature and each other.
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- I can't tell the future, but from my understanding
- nothing has so far really changed in Egypt.
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- The same structures are still in place and
- the risk of history repeating itself once
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- again is sadly overwhelming. But we can change
- this if we put our minds to it.
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- First of we need to spread this very message
- to as many people as possible who share the
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- values about operating the society within
- the carrying capacity of the Earth and using
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- science and technology to efficiently solve
- problems and arrive at solutions. If I personally
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- thought that I had the means to reach 22 million
- Egyptians this step wouldn't be needed, but
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- I realize that's not the case. So if you're
- in the Zeitgeist Movement and feel this is
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- a great campaign, post it forward to your
- local, regional and global coordinators, reread
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- it and make your own video about it, tell
- everyone who agrees with the concepts no matter
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- their organizational affiliation, but keep
- in mind, this first phase is for people who
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- already agree with the notions, it's not a
- campaign about raising global awareness about
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- the situation in Egypt. This phase fades in
- priority on 31st July, depending slightly
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- on how quickly this message spreads. If the
- time feels right, then feel free to initiate
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- the second phase.
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- If at least 4700 people could be involved
- in this campaign, then we thanks to exponential
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- spread could reach 22 million Egyptians. The
- second and main phase begins on 1st August,
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- when hopefully a lot of people are aware about
- this and we can get that "punch effect" where
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- it arises sudden everywhere but at the same
- time not let it become a short hype that's
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- forgotten a week later. In this second phase,
- we send the people of Egypt a message, a personal
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- message, about what we hope for the future
- of their and our society. It could be through
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- music, artwork, lectures, vlogs, blogs, news
- articles, you name it. Utilize your strengths.
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- The activists of Egypt are good at using social
- media, so make sure to get it up there on
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- all thinkable sites. Facebook, Youtube, Tumblr,
- Twitter, Reddit, and so on. Make them realize
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- that the world care about them and that they
- can build an amazing society which benefits
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- all people. It's not about telling them what
- to do, it's not about showing them what's
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- wrong, and it's not about convincing anyone.
- It's about giving them the tools to problem
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- solving equally brilliant as those who gave
- it to us.
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- This shit's got to go!
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