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'''The Zeitgeist Movement''' is an activist movement established in the ] in 2008 by ]. The group is critical of market ], describing it as structurally corrupt and wasteful of resources. The group dismisses historic religious concepts as misleading, and embraces sustainable ] and scientific administration of society.<ref>McElroy, Danien. June 17, 2012. . ''The Telegraph.'' Retrieved November 14, 2018.</ref><ref name="pia14">{{cite journal|author=Resnick, Jan|date=February 25, 2009|title=The Zeitgeist Movement|url=http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=543809933974722;res=IELHEA|journal=Psychotherapy in Australia|volume=15|issue=2|issn=1323-0921}}</ref><ref>Quotations and citations in this Misplaced Pages article are based on the translation from Hebrew to English of , original Hebrew article by Asher Schechter, ] (Israel), January 19, 2012.</ref><ref>Quotations and citations in this Misplaced Pages article are based on the translation from Hebrew to English of , ] (Israel), March 18, 2010.</ref>
]'''The Zeitgeist Movement''' is a worldwide ] advocating broad social change concepts, the most significant of which is the transition of modern global society from a ] based economy to a ]. The movement describes itself as the activist arm of the ], which is the lifelong work of industrial designer and social engineer ].<ref name="zeitgeist manual">{{cite web|url=http://www.thezeitgeistmovement.com/The%20Zeitgeist%20Movement.pdf|title=Movement Orientation Guide:THE ZEITGEIST MOVEMENT - OBSERVATIONS AND RESPONSES|last=Joseph|first=Peter |coauthors=Roxanne Meadows, Jacque Fresco|date=February 2009|work=Activist Orientation Guide|publisher=www.thezeitgeistmovement.com|accessdate=2009-04-08}}</ref> As of March 16, 2009 the movement claimed to have approximately a quarter-million members.<ref name="NYT1">{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/17/nyregion/17zeitgeist.html|title=They’ve Seen the Future and Dislike the Present|last=FEUER|first=ALAN |date=March 16, 2009 |work=New York Region|publisher=New York Times|accessdate=2009-04-08}}</ref>
''VC Reporter's'' Shane Cohn summarized the movement's charter as: "Our greatest social problems are the direct results of our economic system".<ref>{{cite web|author=Cohn, Shane|title=New world re-order|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/travis-walter-donovan/the-zeitgeist-movement-en_b_501517.html|publisher=VCReporter|date=May 12, 2011|access-date=November 14, 2018}}</ref>


==History==
The Zeitgeist Movement is named after the documentary films produced, written, and narrated by ] and released online. ], was released in 2007 and a sequel, ], was released in 2008. A third film with the working title Zeitgeist III, is scheduled to be released in October of 2010. Peter Joseph has stated that its topics will focus on human behavior, technology, and rationality.<ref>The Zeitgeist Movement Public Forum, Radio Address, Full Q & As (from Peter), available at http://www.thezeitgeistmovement.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_kunena&Itemid=1905&func=showcat&catid=232. Retrieved on 2009-05-31</ref>
The Zeitgeist Movement was formed in 2008 by Joseph shortly after the late 2008 release of '']'', the second film in the ].<ref name=o3/><ref name=v2>{{cite web|last1=Cohn|first1=Shane|title=New world re-order|url=http://www.vcreporter.com/cms/story/detail/new_world_re_order/8838/|publisher=VCReporter|date=May 12, 2011|access-date=May 28, 2015|archive-date=October 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006110044/http://www.vcreporter.com/cms/story/detail/new_world_re_order/8838/|url-status=dead}}</ref>


Zeitgeist was first linked to ], which had been founded by ] in 1985. In April 2011, partnership between the two groups ended in an apparent power struggle, with Joseph commenting, "Without , doesn’t exist – it has nothing but ideas and has no viable method to bring it to light."<ref name=o3>{{cite journal|author=Gore, Jeff|url=https://www.orlandoweekly.com/orlando/the-view-from-venus/Content?oid=2248863|title=The view from Venus Jacque Fresco designed a society without politics, poverty and war. Will it ever leave the drawing board?|journal=Orlando Weekly|date=October 12, 2011|access-date=September 17, 2015}}</ref>
The movement currently maintains a large group on ]<ref>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=55303891744</ref>.


The first Zeitgeist documentary which predates the organization Zeitgeist movement, borrowed from the works of ], ], and radio host ].<ref name="Goldberg"/> Much of its footage was taken directly from Alex Jones documentaries.<ref name="Goldberg"/>
==Resource-based economy==
::''see also:'' ]


The group holds an annual event, Z-Day (or Zeitgeist Day), an "educational forum" held in March. '']'' reported on the second Z-Day held at ] in New York in 2009 which included lectures by Peter Joseph and Jacque Fresco.<ref name="Feuer" /> This event sold out with 900 people paying $10 each to attend. The event's organizers said that 450 connected events in 70 countries around the globe also took place.<ref name="Feuer"/>
Fresco's concept of a resource-based economy replaces the need for the monetary economy we have now, which is "]-oriented" or "scarcity-based". Fresco argues that the world is rich in natural resources and energy and that with modern technology and judicious efficiency the needs of the global population can be met with abundance, while at the same time removing the current limitations of what is deemed possible due to notions of economic viability.


==Reactions==
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An article in the '']'' describes the movement as an example of a "]", a synthesis of ] spirituality and ].<ref>{{cite journal|author=Ward, Charlotte|author2=Voas, David|year=2011|title=The Emergence of Conspirituality|journal=Journal of Contemporary Religion|volume=26|issue=1|pages=109–111|doi=10.1080/13537903.2011.539846|s2cid=143742975}}</ref>
He gives this example to help explain the idea:<ref>{{cite web | title=Resource based economy | url=http://www.thevenusproject.com/a-new-social-design/resource-based-economy | publisher=Venus Project | accessdate=2009-03-26}}</ref>
{{cquote|At the beginning of World War II the U.S. had a mere 600 or so first-class fighting aircraft. We rapidly overcame this short supply by turning out more than 90,000 planes a year. The question at the start of World War II was: Do we have enough funds to produce the required implements of war? The answer was No, we did not have enough money, nor did we have enough gold; but we did have more than enough resources. It was the available resources that enabled the US to achieve the high production and efficiency required to win the war. Unfortunately this is only considered in times of war.|200px||''Jacque Fresco''}}


] of '']'' called the movement "the world's first Internet-based apocalyptic cult, with members who parrot the party line with cheerful, rote fidelity."<ref name="Goldberg">{{cite web|url=http://tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/57732/brave-new-world|title=Brave New World|author=Goldberg, Michelle|date=February 2, 2011|work=]|access-date=November 14, 2018}}</ref> In her opinion, the movement is "devoted to a kind of sci-fi planetary communism", and the ] that "sparked" the movement was "steeped in far-right, isolationist, and covertly anti-Semitic conspiracy theories."<ref name="Goldberg" />
Fresco states that for this to work, all of the Earth's resources must be held as the common heritage of all people and not just a select few; and the practice of rationing resources through monetary methods is irrelevant and counter-productive to our survival.


Alan Feuer of '']'' said the movement was like "a utopian presentation of a money-free and computer-driven vision of the future, a wholesale reimagination of civilization, as if Karl Marx and Carl Sagan had hired John Lennon from his "Imagine" days to do no less than redesign the underlying structures of planetary life."<ref name="Feuer">{{cite news|last=Feuer|first=Alan|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/17/nyregion/17zeitgeist.html|title=They've Seen the Future and Dislike the Present|work=The New York Times|date=March 17, 2009<!--"A version of this article appeared in print on March 17, 2009, on page A24 of the New York edition." -->|access-date=November 14, 2018}}</ref>
==Zeitgeist Day==

The Zeitgeist Movement has labeled March 15 as Zeitgeist Day. On this day the movement has local gatherings to learn and share information with all interested individuals. In 2008 there were 1800 events held in 70 nations around the world.<ref name="zeitgeist day">{{cite news|url=http://www.santiagotimes.cl/santiagotimes/index.php/2009031615820/news/cultural-news/celebrating-zeitgeist-day.html|title=CELEBRATING ZEITGEIST DAY |date=Tuesday, 17 March 2009 |work=Cultural news|language=The Santiago Times|accessdate=2009-04-08}}</ref> In 2009, among other events, Peter Joseph and Jacque Fresco spoke to a crowd of around 900 at the Borough of Manhattan Community College for over 2 hours <ref name="Peter Joseph and Jacque Fresco Critique the Monetary Economy">{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/17/nyregion/17zeitgeist.html?_r=1|title=They've Seen the Future and they Dislike the Present |date= 16 March 2009 |work=Cultural news|language=The New York Times}}</ref>

==Radio Address==
Currently, Peter Joseph maintains a bi-weekly radio address, which is broadcast every other Wednesday on ], a website which allows users to host live internet radio shows. These broadcasts discuss the progress of the movement and answer questions sent in by listeners about the concept of a resource-based economy. Joseph also discusses issues with Jacque Fresco and Roxanne Meadows.

There are two other known blogtalk radio shows dealing with The Zeitgeist Movement, Resource Based Economies and The Venus Project, all affiliated with The Movement. One which is known as V-Radio is hosted by former Libertarian Congressional candidate Neil Kiernan Stephenson, who in 2008 ran for Congress and was endorsed by former Democratic Presidential candidate Mike Gravel.

==Ban from StudiVZ==
In June 2009, the ] ] ] shut down The Zeitgeist Movement's group, which reportedly had around ten thousand members <ref>http://www.thezeitgeistmovement.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_kunena&Itemid=1905&func=view&catid=229&id=137493</ref>, and sent a letter to the group's administrator stating that the reason for the ban was ] tendencies expressed by the group's members. The group has vehemently denied this accusation, particularly on the forum of The Venus Project's website. Members stated that the accusation made an unfair association to groups which supported ] conspiracy theories.

==Media Reviews==

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On April 30, 2009, Rhonda Swan of ''Palm Beach Post'' wrote:<ref name="PBP20090430">
{{cite web
|title=COLUMN: A dream worth having
|author=Rhonda Swan|date=April 30, 2009
|publisher=Palm Beach Post
|url=http://www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion/content/opinion/epaper/2009/04/30/swancol_0501.html#
|accessdate=May 04, 2009}}
</ref>
{{cquote|Who can argue with such a movement? What we have never has worked for the benefit of society as a whole. How much longer can we really expect it to last? Isn't keeping our current system and expecting something different from what it's always given us insanity?|200px|Rhonda Swan|''Palm Beach Post''}}

On March 17, 2009, the New York Times wrote:<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/17/nyregion/17zeitgeist.html?_r=1</ref>

{{cquote|"The mission of the movement is the application of the scientific method for social change,” Mr. Joseph announced by way of introduction. The evening, which began at 7 with a two-hour critique of monetary economics, became by midnight a utopian presentation of a money-free and computer-driven vision of the future, a wholesale reimagination of civilization, as if Karl Marx and Carl Sagan had hired John Lennon from his “Imagine” days to do no less than redesign the underlying structures of planetary life.|200px|New York Times|''New York Times''}}

==Further reading==
*], '']'' (D. Appleton & Co. 1897).
*], '']'' (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. 2004).
*], '']: The Decline of the Global Labor Force and the Dawn of the Post-Market Era'', (Tarcher/Penguin; Updated Edition 2004).


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The Zeitgeist Movement
AbbreviationTZM
Formation2008; 16 years ago (2008)
TypeAdvocacy group
Region served International
Key peoplePeter Joseph
Websitethezeitgeistmovement.com

The Zeitgeist Movement is an activist movement established in the United States in 2008 by Peter Joseph. The group is critical of market capitalism, describing it as structurally corrupt and wasteful of resources. The group dismisses historic religious concepts as misleading, and embraces sustainable ecology and scientific administration of society. VC Reporter's Shane Cohn summarized the movement's charter as: "Our greatest social problems are the direct results of our economic system".

History

The Zeitgeist Movement was formed in 2008 by Joseph shortly after the late 2008 release of Zeitgeist: Addendum, the second film in the Zeitgeist film series.

Zeitgeist was first linked to the Venus Project, which had been founded by Jacque Fresco in 1985. In April 2011, partnership between the two groups ended in an apparent power struggle, with Joseph commenting, "Without , doesn’t exist – it has nothing but ideas and has no viable method to bring it to light."

The first Zeitgeist documentary which predates the organization Zeitgeist movement, borrowed from the works of Eustace Mullins, Lyndon LaRouche, and radio host Alex Jones. Much of its footage was taken directly from Alex Jones documentaries.

The group holds an annual event, Z-Day (or Zeitgeist Day), an "educational forum" held in March. The New York Times reported on the second Z-Day held at Manhattan Community College in New York in 2009 which included lectures by Peter Joseph and Jacque Fresco. This event sold out with 900 people paying $10 each to attend. The event's organizers said that 450 connected events in 70 countries around the globe also took place.

Reactions

An article in the Journal of Contemporary Religion describes the movement as an example of a "conspirituality", a synthesis of New Age spirituality and conspiracy theory.

Michelle Goldberg of Tablet Magazine called the movement "the world's first Internet-based apocalyptic cult, with members who parrot the party line with cheerful, rote fidelity." In her opinion, the movement is "devoted to a kind of sci-fi planetary communism", and the 2007 documentary that "sparked" the movement was "steeped in far-right, isolationist, and covertly anti-Semitic conspiracy theories."

Alan Feuer of The New York Times said the movement was like "a utopian presentation of a money-free and computer-driven vision of the future, a wholesale reimagination of civilization, as if Karl Marx and Carl Sagan had hired John Lennon from his "Imagine" days to do no less than redesign the underlying structures of planetary life."

See also

References

  1. McElroy, Danien. June 17, 2012. Forest boy 'inspired by Zeitgeist movement'. The Telegraph. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
  2. Resnick, Jan (February 25, 2009). "The Zeitgeist Movement". Psychotherapy in Australia. 15 (2). ISSN 1323-0921.
  3. Quotations and citations in this Misplaced Pages article are based on the translation from Hebrew to English of The Filmmaker Who Helped Recruit Millions for the Global Protests of the Bottom 99%, original Hebrew article by Asher Schechter, TheMarker (Israel), January 19, 2012.
  4. Quotations and citations in this Misplaced Pages article are based on the translation from Hebrew to English of Imagine, original Hebrew article by Tzaela Kotler, Globes (Israel), March 18, 2010.
  5. Cohn, Shane (May 12, 2011). "New world re-order". VCReporter. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
  6. ^ Gore, Jeff (October 12, 2011). "The view from Venus Jacque Fresco designed a society without politics, poverty and war. Will it ever leave the drawing board?". Orlando Weekly. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  7. Cohn, Shane (May 12, 2011). "New world re-order". VCReporter. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved May 28, 2015.
  8. ^ Goldberg, Michelle (February 2, 2011). "Brave New World". Tablet. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
  9. ^ Feuer, Alan (March 17, 2009). "They've Seen the Future and Dislike the Present". The New York Times. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
  10. Ward, Charlotte; Voas, David (2011). "The Emergence of Conspirituality". Journal of Contemporary Religion. 26 (1): 109–111. doi:10.1080/13537903.2011.539846. S2CID 143742975.

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