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This was really beautiful. I've watched tens of documentaries and read hundreds of articles on inequality and poverty, and some ideas here are really nice. This documentary, however, does seem to be trying to appease population. We should not relax. We should be really angry. We are being taken advantage of.

" you cannot solve problems by using the same kind of thinking when you created them" - albert Einstein

Yeah, this video pretty much paraphrases why don't believe real change will come from 'anyone'. Because it's not just politicians who are selfish and self-interested, it's people. It's all fine and good to go out in the street and protest against "big money" for all the stuff they do and how they live off our toil and sweat, but when someone points that same finger at us and shows us how almost everything we wear and use is made from virtual slaves in third world hell-holes our government takes pains to keep that way, there is rolling-eyes and silence. No one is going to stop shopping at Walmart because they profit personally. No one is going to stop using or buying electronics because they benefit, personally. No one is going to stop wearing clothes or using products made in such fashions because they benefit personally. Why do the rich do what they do? The same reasons we do..because we benefit from it, and we don't really give a shit about anyone else if we can get away with it.

like his Jamaican accent !!!

Definition of poverty: the way that 99% of humanity has always lived throughout recorded history and pre-history.

This has been given to me as an assignment

Ok. I'm going to thumbs up this, for education, and mild entertainment. Our system, with all its complexity, is nothing but an extrapolation of some very simple principles. The analogy I have used is that of a group on a small island. If we can break the grip of programmed thinking, we can restore the understanding of the island nation Earth. We are not here to fight and struggle, horde and steal, we are one group, sharing one island, and we are all related to one another. Can we act like it? That is the biggest threat to ANY nation, any group. And they damned well know it. It brings the paradigm that keeps them on top, tumbling down. And makes OUR lives a hell of a freak'in massively, hugely, ginormously lot better. On every front.

I really like how this is set.

thank you for doing these in such a high frequency and quality. outstanding, really.

I watched this a few years ago, I think I was 15. It really broke down a lot that I hadn't understood before, I even re-watched it with my parents. Super cool documentary. :) This is coming from an artist who get's distracted very easily, haha.

Beautiful Narration, it's calming and calculative yet harsh at the same time.

brilliant ,simplified version of the whole structure of poverty through history ,great viewing thanku for sharing

exceptional documentary! thank u for uploading

Poverty is not hunger, or lack of accommodation or clothing or medical care. By the same token wealth is not a full fridge, comfortable home, fast car, vacation abroad now and then. Poverty is not having what others have within a given society. Wealth is having what others in the same society can only dream about. To support this thesis, imagine yourself working hard in a field and struggling to feed yourself and your family. You actually enjoy this as long as everyone else around you is in the same plight. The moment there appears someone in the society living comfortably without having to do anything useful to that society and your perception of yourself changes in an instant. You feel opressed and exploited. What makes our world miserable is not poverty, but barefaced international theft and plunder on a global scale. Stop the theft and 7 billion people become happy as so many larks and humanity as a whole is spared yet another bloody war.

So much progress, humans are amazing. I’m actually more optimistic after watching this, and far more grateful to have been born in 1988. But I also share Edvard Munch's scream whenever I watch art auctions at Christie’s and Sotheby’s taking place.

You ask "Why Poverty?", I ask "Why Capital?"!

that whispering is driving me nuts

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Better question: why wealth? Affluence is NOT the normal condition.

I liked the video. But, I could see on the numerous comments lots of different points of view, miraculous solutions, meritocracy, etc. I do not know what any people living in a developed country could understand, what is living in poverty. Poverty is not only not having money. Poverty is the real conditions you have for living, and the real conditions you have for evolving as an active person to the community, to the labour force, to the society. It will depend on all those conditions for you to have the perspective of having a wretched life, or a minimum prosper life. Do any of you know poverty in fact? Do you know what is living in a place without any infrastructure. Without clear water, without sanitation, without access to a good health service, no education? Seeing your kids crying for food, and you incapable of doing anything to meet the minimum needs for them? And that thought hammering in your head, "There is nothing I can do to change this now and their future is far better worse than it is now!!! Inevitably!!! Some of you just said, "I have made myself. I have studied by my own. I have created the conditions to not being poor by my means. All meritocratic bullshit! I wonder if you were born in India, Cuba, Congo or any other poor country, I mean real poor!!! You would have the same opinion. Poverty is a precondition even before you are born. If you are lucky enough to be born in a developed country, or in a under developing country but, not in the guettos, if you are born not a white person, not ill. If you survive your childhood from diseases which are eradicated in great part of the world. If, if, if, there are too many conditionals for a person to escape from poverty. Few ones have succeeded, few are really few. Take a time to know poverty if you have the chance. Talk to someone from' Doctors without Borders" or any other humanitarian organization. I know poverty, I am one of these, a poor. I live in Brazil, a country full of contrasts, where the discrepancy between rich and poor is huge. I am poor, but not the poorest in my country. I live near the rich and poor world, I see people in the minimum conditions of life. And at the same time I see wealthy people living in islands sorrounded by slum districts. I will no longer continue to comment. I just advise you to get to know poverty before speculating the solutions or opinions.

Thanks for making this...

Very good work has been put in this video. Thank you

great doc, very informative!

loving this channel, good food for thought

Nice post. It is always encouraging to see comments about a Resource-based economy. The awareness does seem to be growing and every comment like yours that points out the root cause of our problems (the for profit monetary system) and a possible solution (a Resource-based economy) is one more step toward a cultural shift.

I finished high school. I finished college. I got a master's degree. I learned fluent Spanish. I became computer literate. I sent out thousands of resumes. I signed up with temp agencies. I started up a dozen home businesses (all failed). I applied for any and all jobs. And what happened? I was out of work 13 of 15 years, 5 years-in-a-row and now I'm evicted from my house and impoverished - relying on medicaid, food stamps, and federal SSI. What happened!!

Amazing!!!

this is awesome

For some strange reason I thought this video would explain Why Poverty exist. Not the what, the who, the when or the how but the WHY!!!

amazing video, with its own viewpoint.. interesting to think about...hmmmmm.. Thank You very Much for putting this video up!

This documentary skims through a lot of history, and makes a lot of statements that are open to argument without backing them up.

thks but the animation; I've seen it before & its about an hour but can't remember the name. ??Could someone tell me the tilte & where I can get it?

I like very much this video. I saw it when I was in Strasbourg in February. The message is very important, but the way You release it is very amazing...

"Count your money. Keep it simple. Don't blow it".

Great Doc!

Great video!

phenomenal

That was so scary to watch, but this was and is the reality for billions of people.

this was amazing

Great work

Knowledge is power and power is money. The only way to end poverty is to invest in science and education.

The Incas were not a "Latin American" civilization as this civilization was pre-Columbian. The Inca Empire was part of what are referred to as Andean Civilizations. Central and South America were not "latinized " until the arrival of Latin Europeans...

Worth watching and learning on human history...

Not having money isn't the problem. It's not knowing what to do with it when you have it. That's the problem. Education is the answer

II. (continue from I.) You watched the video. Anyway, there are bit tricky questions that I want to asked: Our resources are still abundant, but why is there a poverty? Why are we competing to each other instead sharing to each other? Why are we repeating our problems and sufferings over and over again? Is our money necessary for our future of mankind?

Absolutely, my friend

II.[Continue on I.] In cooperation, everybody wins; while in competition, nobody wins. In other words in Crossroads: Labor Pains of a New Worldview (/watch?v=5n1p9P5ee3c&feature=youtu.be&t=1h23s) "The lack of connection between people causes all the sadness in the world. No question about it." [I will expected continue on III.]

Well said. Ideologies are not sufficient to address the problem.

Nice video. But it leaves out a very important part of western history that was key in reducing poverty. The commentators in this video all act like the reduction is a mystery and just somehow happened miraculously. But its not a mystery. The biggest factor was the rise of social reforms in the early 1900s - labor unions, new laws about work conditions and wages, rules about sanitation in rental buildings, mandatory education, and later the civil rights movement and laws against discrimination, not to mention the rise of socialist programs that provides a safety net for many people (food stamps, Social Security, medical, etc). All of those reforms had a dramatic impact in the reduction of poverty through Europe and the US. The rate of poverty among the elderly in the US was severe until 1935 with the introduction of Soc Sec which was the single biggest factor that changed that reality. Europe and Canada have been champions of socialist aid (to benefit all, not just the poor) without being communist in order to do it (such as socialized medicine and free college educations) which has had a very positive impact on those societies. This video barely broaches the topic of these social reforms, leaving a big hole in its presentation.

36:03 and turn on the subtitles XD

Great documentary

Does anyone have a link or this video dubbed in Norwegian? Thank you :)

Differing perspectives on Extreme Poverty. Grist for the Mill.

very good film!

Thanks, I just watched Mr Lewis's Google v libraries doc. Commendable.

Well said! I agree completely.

its the perception and values we carried on how we look at poverty... poverty repeats its history...

Thanks for sharing 😃🇨🇴

Excelleent presentation.

i loved this episode

Ending can be proceeded to a good end because there will continuously ups and down it's on you where should you stop.

Nice animations

Very interesting video, it makes for a great understanding on this major problem of the World's,.....poverty,....now that the reasons for its existence has been looked into here, now we need to come together and create a system to eliminate poverty, but having rich/middle class/poor benefiting from the end result,.....easier said than done but what have we to lose!

May i ask What are the analogies used to define poverty ?

Can I just say...WOW. I have on hold, The Conservative Heart, by Arthur C. Brooks, at my local library. I also added another book authored by the same man. It has the title of, From Strength to Strength; as I am trying to reinvent myself at the ripe age of fifty-two.

This does not address debt that can never be paid, as it's creation is inherent in the finical system. Why does a program addressing poverty not even allude to this structurally induced impoverization. Why not? Properganda!

Brilliant, i think you covered it. Our problem is the people who willfully follow the unpleasent capitalist wealthy elites, in my opinion! Like Bucky Fuller said “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” we need to work cooperatively to create a new paradigm! Thank you :D

Watched this for my class, good video

Really best doc I've seen in a long long time. Ty.

This documentary is really interesting

The definition of crazy.. "Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result." Humans have not and seems cannot stop the system working the way it is. Since there is (according to this documentary) " no one answer." Then it is clearly something more than what we have come up with so far. This proves that from the start, humans have never been able to solve this age old problem.. Obviously, something more is sorely needed.

I wish the doc in Portuguese, where do I find?

Like the video love the Jamaican touch to it :}

-Stivers & Slackers- I'd recommend "Drive" by Dan Pink. 40 years of scientific research into human motivation -gifted & plain- There is so much research on the affects of our environment on humans. You can specifically look into "The Abecedarian" project that tested why some children were doing better than others in school. the other issues also seem to be either structural problems or environmental problems not some inherent human condition

Mind. Blown. I loved it like anything.

The scarcity of the world is not time nor energy nor money but of mutual solutions. To fight poverty people must give back to sources of solutions (intellectual property), give back to teachers, give back. Money should mean that the holder has provided help and deserve to be helped back. But now people distribute money to people who could help them in the future.

Exactly.

Good questions. Poverty is a mixture of bad choices, bad luck, bad legacies (family problems) and laziness. Competition is a natural state of man. Even in Zeitgeist World, there is going to be someone striving to have more than someone else. It's human nature. We repeat our sufferings because we do not study or respect History. Money can be changed/reformed, but yes, we do need some medium of exchange. Zeitgeist is very good at pointing out the problems, but the solutions are no good.

nice history lesson here...

Watching this documentary I finally realized that Hitchens was right when he said that religion poisons everything.

Other documentaries worth watching "The Corporation", John Pilger's "The War on Democracy", and "Zeitgeist Moving Forward". Some of my favorites at least

We have a "winner" folks!!!! Bravo, bravo!!!!! (Applause) Kudos to you. Finally, we have someone who understands the root cause of poverty. Great to see people out there who can think "outside of the box". Could you kindly give your opinion of how poverty can be eliminated/eradicated forever also? I am very interested to hear your idea. Peace;-) to you.

(1 of 2) As a Indian I do struggle with the idea of poverty. Growing up in india I always wondered "How did it get so bad ?". Are we indians not hard working like the westerners who use phrases like "I worked really hard to get here". I see it in western media all the time. Lot of people blame colonialism and the new westerners give it back to colonised countries saying "Well we did not do it.You are free now". Then i came across this 20 year world economy report published by OECD (Contd ..2)

I did watch the link. Thanks for pointing it out to me. It's pretty damning evidence for what you say. I am not saying that you are wrong - not at all. I'm just saying that what you say in this *particular situation* is not accurate. But on the larger, more important picture, along the lines of what you sent with that video, I agree with you completely.

it's true, i have to be more especific. A state which can grow its size when it needs more money, will not push itself to be more responsable, accountable and disciplined.

Thanks Ty, yeah its funny how they completely skiped the money system in this film. I just feel when a currency has a store of value it can be corrupted by greed and hoarding (saving) which in turn allows unsavory folk to gain power over us all. But hey what do i know im not an economist lol. take it easy friend. :)

A colloquial meaning of the word ignorant would be arrogant and rude which would be an accurate description of your behavior.

Counter-Position. Poverty is an ideal. To have this view, you have to be rich. Rich in things you know, rich in those things, that dosent cost anything, food, that comes from your garden, air, health. You may learn to build your house, about perma culture, to have enough food. You will afford Solar panels after a few holdups on tourists, who dare to disturb your peace in the hills. A gun is needed only for the guy, who tries to sell you an insurance.

Can someone please explain why the "Wicked Witch of the East" is in the Karl Marx scene at 27:57? It's been bothering me and I can't work it out. Karl Marx was said that "Religion is the opium of the people." It keeps them numb. In "The Wizard of Oz" the characters fall asleep in a field of poppies (symbolic opium?). What does this mean?

II. [continue from I.] It looks like this in my sayings The complex problems cannot be solved by one man. His knowledge is limited, he can only solves what he knows. If a man wants to solve the complex problems by helping and/or pooling them. He realizes that solving the complex problems by helping and/or pooling them is better than solving the complex problems by doing him alone. Even he's forgotten some parts that he wants to solve the complex problems, he is not alone...[cont. on III.]

How to eradicate poverty: Production - Trade - Specialization - Capital. The people talking should feel embarrassed for all having admitted they don't know how economic progress is made. I'd say the only truly intelligent thing said was that behind every form of poverty is the use of force. Absolutely true. Government is force. Get it now?

My AP Human geography teacher made me watch this

21:53 Proof of time travelling! The man is clearly talking on a cell phone to someone in the future!!!

In Norway (and probably in other contries too) the national tv-station NRK(Norwegain Broadcasting Channel) have cut out like 6-7 minutes from this episode. One of those cuts is the part from 5:40 - 7:59 .It is mostly done I belive to make it fit TV, and that is understandable, but I cant help but to feel loss of an interesting philosophical point of veiw. NRK is I belive a bit more on the socialistic side so it strikes me as fitting to socialist that a scene that speaks in favour of there beeing poor people to make the world go around is cut. Or it could also be that its just a less important scene..

The definition of poverty as been lost, in the UK, people think poverty is when they cannot afford to run a car each, have mobile phones, computers, and a luxury home. They have no idea what is poverty, that is the trouble with people, they are so selfish and wrapped up in their own little selfish world, they have no ability to deal with reality. Poverty in today's society, is defined by having children when you are unemployed, with no way of looking at them except to rely on the rest of society, to get yourself in get by living outside of your means, this is all poverty in the modern developed countries. The fact is poverty in today's society even in Third World countries, is self created by the inability to act intelligently. Example: I am living in poverty, I am an intelligent life form, therefore I will not be bringing any children into this environment, that's not happening is it, in the most polished countries in the world, you have people or should I say women, having multiple of children, that action shows the inability to be intelligent, they are operating on auto mode like something out of the dark ages. Even in the modern developed countries you have the same behaviour, women having multiple of children creating poverty, and a running after them giving them money, which of course encourages them even more. You have a government encouraging people to take credit cards, overdrafts, loans, payday loans, all amount to debt, you have a government encouraging greedy selfish people to get into debt which creates poverty. You all embrace a system that creates poverty, a system based on endless growth, you have heard the word economic growth, to endlessly expand, you can only run a system of endless growth by maintaining an endless supply of people, and the only way you can do that is to overpopulated to appoint weather will be not be enough resources to support the amount of people. This system is solely designed for the few at the top, so they can roll in luxury paid for by the many who wallow in poverty, but who's to blame for this, the many who wallow in poverty for the endless greed to endlessly multiply, which creates the environment they moan about. It is why no government on the planet, will do anything to reduce the number of people, (please don't mention China, that's a joke) for to do so would be to cut off the endless supply of wealth that is going to the few at the top, that's why they pay women to have kids, in the UK they brought in tax credit, and a system where a woman in full-time work, can have the time off work, be paid to have the time off work, have the job kept open, so she can have children, and then dumped the children onto anybody else so she can go back to work. That is a recipe for disaster, and that's exactly what you've got, you have the full two time workers part-time parents brigade, not looking after their kids, that's what why you have unruly children because children have no discipline in the lives, how can they when their parents are absent from their lives to 10 hours a day, and the person that looking after them couldn't care a toss as long as they are not under their feet. Then you have the single female in full-time work doing the same thing having kids but not looking after them, she can't, she can't be in two places at the same time. Then you have the woman unemployed single or with a partner, having multiple of children for money. You have a government that encourages all this. Why is the government doing this, it is simple, if a child is not born, then that's a child that cannot grow up, take out a loan, credit cards, by things, cannot contribute directly or indirectly to the few at the top to keep them in there lap of luxury. You really are a bunch of stupid people, you feed the system you hate and the people you hate who run it. For you have to be stupid not to understand how the system works, and how you keep it in existence by endlessly multiplying.

What we need now is to step it up! By using our global communications skills we can, again, deliver a way to diminish poverty, or... To make the poorest richer.

Lot of discrepancies when it concerns India ,notably the fact that you pointed out about south-indian farmer with wheat and he being poor.Whilst the truth is that south India is the majority GDP earner of India ,and was even at that point of time.Even some states in South-India like kerala was pretty much developed in late 1800s but even now north india is languishing in poverty.

18:12 I would have to greatly doubt that the Emperor of the Incas was some kind of benevolent administrator of his nation's resources and that his people lived the life of Riley.