Our world is imperiled and our lives impoverished. We feel the stresses and strain of an unfair system, one where power resides at the top with little regard for its impact on our selves and our planet. One where money and individual gain are paramount. Why is this so? Follow the money.

Our culture, like every culture in our history, is intended to foster a two class society. The rich and powerful elitists, from kings to our modern aristocracy, have manipulated their populations for centuries in a process called kleptocracy. What has changed in recent times is scale.

Now, with the United States as the primary imperial power, our government connives hand-in-hand with the world's most powerful families and corporations - and not for our well being. Do not be dissuaded if this seems a foreign idea. You are intentionally duped into believing our government would never do this. But do you recognize our government as one who has started 70 wars since WWII? Seventy? One that promotes corporate malfeasance? One that has exported millions of jobs in 10 years? One that foments fear and terror at every turn? There is no other honest explanation.

Money, and the attendant power, have been the driving force in our culture since villages became city-states and more recently nation-states. We've reached the point where monolithic corporatism and billigerent nation-states are threatening the very existence of our species - not to mention the host of other species with which we share this Earth.

The old systems of government and commerce are broken. Communities are being devastated. Privatization robs us. Ecologies crumble, and there is no love for nurturing. These elitists have failed us. And so, like the dinosaur, this culture and its purveyors must end.

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World 5.0 Manifesto (text only)

We, the People of Earth, in order to realize a more perfect Union, establish justice, insure peace

and tranquility, provide for our common interests, promote the general welfare, and secure the

blessings of liberty for Ourselves and Our Brethren, do ordain and establish this World 5 Manifesto.

Our Reality is found Here, in This, the only Moment that Is. The only Moment We can Share.

Here Is Life. Here Is Love. Whatever God must Be Is found Here. The past is gone and tomorrow

never comes. What Is, Is. This central tenant of Reality cannot be overstated.

In the fierce urgency of this Moment We come Together and realize our Kinship. The meager

distinctions of money, ethnicity, beliefs, looks, education or whatever else we let stand in the way

of our kinship are of no consequence. They pale in relation to the Reality of Who We Are.

We hold Integrity, Justice and Balance as key precepts of a new cultural operating system

for ourselves and our planet. Without them, we have no real methodology for communication,

knowledge and transformation.

and the secrecy that hides exploitation. We condemn private institutions like the The Federal Reserve

Bank and others that, by design, serve the interests of those who oppress us. Our U.S. government

sold itself long ago to those same interests.

At the heart of Justice is fairness. There is no fairness in kleptocracy or prejudice. There is no fairness

in "Free Trade" treaties that ruin lives, communities and ecologies. There is no fairness as citizens

around the world find constant abuse by global corporatism. Such treaties support only multi-nationals,

and must be rescinded. Just so, there is no fairness in policy that supports occupation in nations like

Iraq and Palestine.

At the heart of Balance is discernment. We appreciate that something is lost for each thing gained.

A mountaintop lost for coal, or children killed for the profit of war, is a poor trade, and we have allowed

far too many poor trades. The needs of the many must supplant the insane goals of elitists.

We see Now that Ecology and Human Rights are intimately Connected. We address injustice and our failing

ecologies through our actions and spheres of influence. We vote with our dollars, supporting businesses

and endeavors that support us. And so we enliven our selves, our families and our communities.

We choose ethics over morals, as morals diverge significantly, but ethics apply to all. We embrace

pluralism, and reject the notion that differences among Us are to be feared or used for manipulation.

Ethics demands consideration for the untold billions that suffer under the current paradigm.

We choose abundance over greed as we reject the consumerism that denigrates us, and comes at

heavy human and environmental cost. We choose local, sustainable and organic as always preferable

choices. We strive to live lightly on this dear Earth, whereby We Live and Breathe. We understand that

the quality of our lives is not determined by the toys we possess, but by the health of our communities,

ecologies and relationships.

We reject the propaganda and distraction of the media, appreciating that in these times the media is but the

mouthpiece for elitist and corporate interests and, like our government, has little interest in serving the needs

of the citizenry.

We do not accept violence as justified in any pretext. Those who purvey violence and war must be stopped.

The maiming, suffering and death to untold millions cannot be allowed to continue. We utterly discredit

anyone who claims allegiance to God while condoning violence or war. Peace Is our birthright.

We embrace the idea of the Commons - that air, water, roads, rails, skies, transmission infrastructure and

this burgeoning Internet belong to all of us, and do not exist for the profit of a few.

We choose Love instead of fear. We find Truth and Light in ourselves and in each other. In this light we

intend and are designing a New Age where Integrity, Justice and Balance permeate our interactions.

We are standing our ground. We are recreating ourselves as people unafraid, for we know where both Love

and fear lead - and only One leads to Happiness. We move from Here, because Here is our hope for Peace,

and the wars of our world today cannot stand against This Presence.

We do not beat a bad system by fighting it. We replace a bad system by creating a better one. A system

based on Reality - not kleptocracy, elitism and isolation. As we enliven ourselves, we better design a culture

that is supportive and ecological.

Now is the only time. Here is the only Moment. Life, Love, Peace, God - They Connect with Each

and All of Us Right Here and Now. We are all Family, in the most intimate of ways. Our Sacred Connection

supersedes all else. And so We call to each other in Awareness, as We recreate Ourselves and This Earth

- and find meaning where Life has Us Be.

We Are Life. We Are Love. We Are One. Welcome to World 5.0.

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