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My name is Peter.

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I am one of the coordinators of TZM in Slovakia

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and I coordinate Slovak linguistic team.

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At the moment I am also active in European TZM team

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where I communicate with members of 5 other countries.

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I joined TZM pretty much the same way as many others

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after watching Zeitgeist the Movie in 2007.

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I bumped into it only by chance.

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It was the first film which inspired my thinking about connections and associations in society.

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I realized that not everything that is presented must be true

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and also not every official story is built upon solid foundations.

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The film made me wonder about many issues, that required answer.

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Thanks to the presence of the internet I was able to investigate and inform myself.

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I realized that not everything is what it seems to be.

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I wondered what are the solutions to the recent problems and issues.

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The system we inhabit is in many ways hostile to us

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and the rules of "the game" are set against the possibility of everyone being able

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to expand their potential to the greatest extent.

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I joined TZM after watching Zeitgeist: Addendum.

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For me it was the moment of realization that there is indeed a solution.

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We are able to do something about our situation

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and that not only there are problems which make people feel helpless and behave passively,

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but it is possible to cooperate to resolve the problems.

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After I registered at the TZM main website

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I found out, there is a Czech chapter, where I registered as well.

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In May 2009 I was made aware, there was newly created Slovak chapter as well.

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It was there I met my friends from Slovakian chapter.

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First months for me was mostly about observing, meeting and talking to other people via forum.

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I took me a year to come to conclusion, that I can contribute in some other ways to TZM.

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I decided to take responsibility for the Slovak linguistic team and translate lectures and short videos.

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I wanted to contribute with my knowledge of English language to make materials available

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for people, that are unable to understand English.

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...brainstorming....

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Due to my studies in Czech Republic

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I know some of the members of Chech chapter which decided to dedicatate their time and skills for TZM.

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Czech and Slovak language are very similar.

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After some discussion we decided, it would be a good idea to join our efforts

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and create one chapter from Czech and Slovak chapter.

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Our nations are close geographically and historically and we understand each other´s language.

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Our goals and priorities were also very similar, so we created one common website, one forum,

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so we were able to discuss together as members of one Czechoslovakian nation.

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I think it is a good way to promote joined efforts between our nations

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and to promote idea, that nations do not really devide us.

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In reality we are devided by our opinions, our inability of unwillingness to listen to each other,

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passivity, helplessness, fear of change,

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and this way we´ll be motivated even more for action and effort.

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I joined TZM also because I realized that many problems may not be solved on this level of thinking.

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I like the saying that problems cannot be solved on the same level of thinking that created them.

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The current system lacks mechanisms, which would be able to solve difficult global problems.

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In my opinion politics is unable to solve them as well,

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because politicians can only satisfy interests of a few groups, not the interests of everyone.

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Some people are always left out, some of them are even hurt.

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Only way, that would be able to satisfy need of everyone, would require a completely different approach.

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The only movement I know of that takes this into account and addresses the root causes is TZM

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and that´s why I decided to join.

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I think that other movements and initiatives miss the root causes or the source of the problems of today.

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They see the main causes in the corruption of some people or interest groups

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and it it not recognized that even without specific individuals in the position of power

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the rules of the systems are set for the benefits of some people over another.

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This must be dealt with accordingly, on individual level as well as in the society as a whole.

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...brainstorming and reading the notes... :-)

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There are different kinds of people in our society.

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Some of them are aware that change is necessary, some of them are subordinate to the system.

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They don´t have the time, money or need to think in broader terms about society, in which they live.

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One of our main goals is to approach like-minded people that are willing to do something for the change.

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One of these tools is the scientific method and skepticism and such people don´t believe everything automatically.

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Instead they are looking for the way how to identify high-quality trustworthy information

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and distinguish what information to trust and which not.

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I can´t say that different nations are themselves homogenous groups.

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In every nation there are both kinds of people.

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...unimportant stuff...

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The core of our proposal is the transition to the new socioeconomic system called RBE.

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This system would create righteous allocation of resources not based on money

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but on basic human needs, which would in turn help people to really develop their potential.

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It is understandable, that this kind of system would not work unless there are certain conditions met

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and until enough people realize it is much more advantageous to cooperate than to compete and fight.

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People have to understand, they are the key to change and they have to want such system to exist.

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They have to consider the idea, they are responsible to develop their personality, their potential.

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It is a hard thing to do, undoubtedly, take their own responsibility into their own hands

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and not wait until someone else does something instead of them.

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The change starts within the person, the same is true for the movement itself.

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We imagine a transition between this system and the RBE.

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It is a time period which for everybody starts today and everyday is an opportunity to do something better

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and to transform thoughts and words into meaningful acts.

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The world is a single organism and unless we cooperate, we will probably wipe ourselves off this planet.

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We either run out of resources or we damage the planet in such way, the civilization as we know it will be history.

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The question is, whether we will learn it before this happens and act accordingly to avoid this,

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or we will learn our lesson by the conditions changing for the worse.

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The question is how many people will do something for the change before inevitable happens.

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..instructions from Jasiek..

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..thinking hardly..

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I would like to tell other people that their potential is really great.

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They might not realize that but everyone has their potential

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and everyone can develop his own and help others develop theirs.

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It is up to us, whether we will fight and compete with each other or cooperate.

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...unable to think for the rest of this video...funny feeling :-)

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...we can´t do it again, thanks for asking :-) but it was quite an experience :-) Thank you! Greetings from Slovakia, Jasiek and Paulina (thanks for the message on FB today...) P.