Hello, my name is Jean-Michel and my alias
for the movement is Seldon
Who are you? what are you doing in the movement? Present yourself as you want : alias, occupation,
hobbies, etc... So, hm,
So, I've recently taken
the coordination of "Languedoc-Roussillon", since I'm living in the "Gard"
around "bagnols-sur-Ceze", not far from "Avignon/Nîmes",
and, hm, I'm trying to make my contribution
for the movement since these ideas have echo in my mind
and... what really drives me is to take real action.
How did you
join the movement? why did you join it? and why do you advocate
the movement and a ressource based economy?
so, I've been aware of the
film : "Zeitgeist : the movie"
and it was totally matching the ideas
that I was developping on my own as well, and it was just after
the "addendum" part where I found out that there was an associated movement with it
and... I took some time before
to gather infos about it was all about, and I registered myself in
the end of 2010, in the movement.
Why do you support the movement
and a ressource-based economy?
I support this movement because of the ideas it brings
as to say : informing people about the financial system
as it is, and the process of money creation which really is
the root cause of all our troubles and also
this idea of a ressource-based economy
which will be, in a future
that I know to be far, will be a
a viable solution to find some equilibrium on this planet
Tell me
Tell us something about the movement history in your country, its most successful achievements, its most
important difficulties, talk to us about the next actions of the movement in
the story of the french movement
of course, I don't have the full details since the
movement is quite young, so, the most
important difficulties -in my opinion- that the movement is facing
is trying to
motivate new activists in order to
concretely work on real projects
and one of the difficulties we've been facing was the splitting with the
Venus Project. I am a part of those
who took it in a positive way,
knowing that, at the moment, there are two distinct existing entities.
tell us more about what is more important about the current social, economical and political context of
your country
that is a huge topic. in fact, the
circumstances in France are not so different than
most of European countries, and in the news,
for example in Greece, it is more and more
noticeable that other countries are stricken in same ways and believing France
won't be reached by those events
is a mere delusion. so, we will have
to suffer the same aftermath, as Greece, Portugal,
Ireland, Spain... All these countries that are affected
by this economic crysis and by a sort of privatization of
countries.
how do you imagine the transition between the actual economy and the ressource based economy?
The ressource based economy is
an ultimate goal, but it can
not ever happen -in my opinion-
because of two major facts. First of all,
everyone has to take full responsibility and act accordingly
to defuse that system from its root cause.
As to say, from the consumption point of view,
avoid the super-markets, clarify one's banking status,
Of course, this status is
relatively difficult since some people are in need.
and we have even more responsabilities in relation to this
trying to inform people at our best and, if we are able to do it,
finally help them.
on the second hand,
before reaching the RBE,
it will be necessary to "militate"
about intermediate phases to
break that financial system, ie,
forbid money speculation
forbid tax havens,
forbid all speculations from companies
to feed shareholders that are not real actives but only there to
take benefits from the work of all.
So, I think there is to globally clarify this level
and it only can be reached with a maximum
of people who knows how the financial system
works, and
it is how the Zeitgeist Movement can help, by bringing
really coherent and practical datas on how this financial system works
as perverted as it now can be
talking directly at the camera, your message
to all the people in the world, think about something brief, a sentence
that you'd like to say to viewers in the whole world
and we switch the tapes (laughs)
watching the camera?
Well, so... then
hm... to viewers and people
I'll tell you, with the help from a thinker : Sri Chinmoy,
he said as follows :
"when the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace"
Well, the future of the ZM as I can see it,
one of the advantages that I can find in the Zeitgeist Movement
is the ability to have an international communication
and from my point of view, the part that I am trying to play as
the coordinator of "Languedoc-Roussillon"
is a more local coordination because there are
many associations and groups in France, that exists and works with concrete results
We already have very important people
with great philosophies such as
Pierre Rabhi, for example, with "Terre et Humanisme" and the "Mouvement Colibris"
So, I can feel the Zeitgeist Movement as a kind of
an international spokesman of local actions
since many people take real actions
and the point of it
is to get the benefits of international informations
at a local level.
Here are some of the things I think I do.
Hello! My name is Jean-Michel,
my alias in the ZM is "Seldon",
I live in the area of Bagnols-sur-Ceze, in the Gard (SSW, France)
and I recently took coordination of Languedoc-Roussillon for the Zeitgeist Movement
and it also appeared important to me
to be an active member, since my area is a bit unusual
Bagnols-sur-Ceze being near a
nuclear and nuclear-waste treatment plant, but the Gard
is also a target for prospectors interested
by gas fracking, so I am used to collaborate
with several movements in my area
like the collective "Stop au gaz de schiste".
So it seems important to me to find an echo with the Zeitgeist Movement.