“In a world where 1% of the population owns 40% if the
planets wealth…in a world where 34,000 children die every single day from
poverty and preventable diseases, and where 50% of the world’s population lives
on less than 2 dollars a day.. One thing is clear: Something is very wrong”
˞ The Zeitgeist Movement
2 Dollars a day is R17.69 a day, there is an enormous amount
of wealth out there, and the system that controls it, controls it to our
detriment. We have all been touched and seen the damage that this system does
to our society. People are helpless, homeless and in debt. I am sick and tired
of hearing about a zero increase on my salary because the companies are failing
to meet their debt requirements. Hearing about how the price of petrol is going
up by 41c per litre (as 6 February 2013)
Etolls are still being pushed despite the massive public outcry. Why? Because
money is being wasted on things that don’t matter.
If you don’t understand what matters, it might be time
to take a step back. Have a look around you; look at the people who are the
same as you, with their own struggles, their own stresses. And we are all
enslaved. Our brothers and sisters die horrible deaths, caused by lack, caused
by greed. Our earth is straining under the pressure of misuse and waste.
And who is planning and profiting from the destruction? The
same corporates that benefit from grief and “misfortune” Medical supplies
companies, Eskom, Health Care, Military, and Insurance companies… where does
the profit from human misery end?
So what are we suggesting?
To understand the reason behind the madness, there are
things you should start thinking about. The system will crash. It is said that
in order for us to cover the interest from debt made by the man on the street.
The interest that we pay over, pays the investmors of the corporate companies,
the big guys. Their livelihood is invested in the consumption of the general
population. Because of inequality in our societies, we are getting to a point
where in order for us to recover the money, tax deductions will increase to 60%
of your salary... Countries need financial bail-outs for the amount of debt
they have made. Which does makes me wonder about the amount of money the ANC
has and still is investing in the Etolls – shops renting spaces, staff members
salaries etc.
So in essence we are creating the extinction of mankind.
If we are not able to emotionally and mentally evolve to a higher being, who
knows what ends we will meet.
“Its
like we watch humanity bring around its own destruction”
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While a revolutionary movement worldwide is slowly
happening, it may be too late. We might be in a country that falls apart. And where
will that leave us?
Some ideas we have started testing out, while we are all
in residential property. Practical ways must be possible even though we might
still rent or own an apartment in a block of flats. So we will start researching
and testing out different ways of bringing down your monthly expenses, in order
to free up your disposable cash.
The biggest problem we agree on is DEBT. Being in our
twenty-something’s we have debt. So what could you do about it? Well stop
wasting money you don’t have! Obviously, but sometimes living gets to the point
where you are surviving on your debt. Your monthly salary doesn’t quite reach
over to the next month. Throw in one unexpected car expense, medical bill
(because of course you can’t afford medical care/your medical aid does not
cover the full expense) and you are pushed over your limit.
So we plan to test and see how far we can push the line.
For me myself if I could cut out only my student debt, credit card debt and one
clothing account I could have an additional R1200 per month disposable income,
without having to slave away day in day out to meet my living needs. Well debt
doesn’t just disappear? You are right. So we still need an amount of money to
pay that debt off.
We need a way to live, a way to have additional
disposable cash, and fewer expenses. We will test just how far you can push the
limits, what are the alternatives? We will be looking at advantages and
disadvantages of sustainable living. Using resources that are not controlled by
the hands of the economy, that cannot be cut off or increase suddenly, we are
suggesting living off the land, alternatives, independence.
Funnily enough, we have a theory that by doing the exact
things we need to do to help save this precious place called home, is the only
way we can survive in the end.
