TZM官網正式FAQ1:時代精神運動是什麼?

The Zeitgeist Movement
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TZM官網正式FAQ1:時代精神運動是什麼?

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(1) What is The Zeitgeist Movement?
(1) 時代精神運動是什麼?

The Zeitgeist Movement is an explicitly non-violent, global sustainability advocacy group currently working in over 1000 regional Chapters across 70 countries. The basic structure of the Movement consists of Chapters, teams, projects and events. Overall, the Chapters are essentially what define the Movement and each Chapter works to not only spread awareness about the roots of our social problems today, but also to express the logical, scientific solutions and methods we have at our disposal to update and correct the current social system and create a truly responsible, sustainable, peaceful, global society.
時代精神運動(簡稱TZM)是一個非暴力並努力提倡全球永續性的社群,目前在70個國家中有超過1000個區域性的分部。TZM的基本架構是由分部、小組、計畫、活動所組成。整體而言「分部」是定義整個運動的實質要素,而每一個分部不只致力於傳播關於我們今日社會問題的根源,也展現出人類其實早有合乎邏輯且科學的解決方案與措施,能夠更新並修正目前的社會體系,創造出一個真正負責任、永續、和平的全球社會。

Working through global and regional educational projects and community programs, the intermediate goal is to obtain a worldwide movement, essentially unifying the people, regardless of country, religion or political party, with a common value identification that we all invariably share, pertaining to our survival and sustainability.

透過全球和區域性的教育計畫和社群活動,中期目標是成為一個全球性的運動,能夠確實團結人們而不論其國家、宗教或黨派的限制,並且享有對於人類生存和永續性而言普遍的價值認同。

It is the assumption of the Movement that the educational/activist pressure generated, coupled with what is currently a failing social system, will inhibit and override the established political, commercial and nationalist institutions outright, exposing and resolving the inherent flaws. It is our view that the traditional mediums of politics and commerce as forces for change will not obtain the goals needed to make our social system sustainable and humane, for they appear to be born out of the same traditionalized flawed logic that has created the problems as they stand.
TZM的假設是經由教育或行動主義者所引發的壓力,再加上目前正失靈敗壞的社會體系,將會徹底推翻已建立的政治、商業和民族主義的各種制度,暴露顯現出此體系內在的缺陷。TZM的觀點是:傳統上政治與商業作為改變社會的這種力量,已經無法使我們的社會體系變得更為永續與人道。這些仍然屹立不搖的體制在邏輯上是有缺陷的,因為這體制本身就有問題。

The transitional goal, once such a global presence and pressure is obtained, is to implement an economic model that follows a truly scientific train of thought with respect to the technical factors that allow for human prosperity, public health, and environmental responsibility over generational time.
當獲得了全球大多數人們的認同與要求改革壓力時,TZM在過渡時期的目標則是實踐一種經濟模式,能夠真正地遵循科學方法的思維,發揮科技的力量,讓人們能夠繁榮興盛、享有大眾醫療併負起對自然環境應負起的『世代責任』。

This new model, since it is based upon resource management and natural law (science) as the logical starting point for all decisions and processes, is often referred to as a Resource-Based Economic Model. However, the realization of this direction is not that of an institution, but of a train of thought – the train of thought of objectively applying the scientific method for social concern, and allowing its natural emergence to flourish without limitation as new efficiencies present themselves.
這種新的模式稱為「資源導向型經濟模型(Resource-Based Economic Model)」(簡稱RBEM),它是以科學和資源管理來達成所有決策過程的重要指標。然而,這種方向的實踐並不是一種「建制」,而是一種「思維」,將科學方法客觀地應用至社會所關注的議題上,而當科學有新的突破時,也能夠使其沒有任何限制的快速發展。

General Observations:
一般論點:

In the view of the Movement, society today has become increasingly detached from the physical world, with techniques of production, distribution and social ordering that have little to no relationship to the environment, or the current state of scientific knowledge, with respect to public health and sustainability.
以TZM的觀點而言:現今的社會已經與實體的世界越來越脫節了。當談到生產技術、物資分配、社會秩序、公眾健康、永續性等等,這些層面幾乎都與自然環境或目前的科學知識水平『無關』。

Cyclical Consumption
循環消費

For instance, our use of a profit-based, growth-driven monetary system has become one of the greatest destroyers of the natural world and sustainable human values. The entire global economy requires cyclical consumption to operate, which means that money must constantly be circulating. Thus, new goods and services must be constantly introduced regardless of the state of the environment and actual human necessity. This perpetual cyclical approach has a fatal flaw for resources as we know are simply not infinite. Resources are finite and the earth is essentially a closed system.
例如,我們目前實施的金融貨幣體系是以利潤為導向,並由所謂的「經濟成長」所驅動,但這卻早已變成摧毀自然世界和永續價值觀的最大元兇。目前,全球經濟需要循環消費來運作,這也就意味著金錢必須要不斷地流動。因此,新的商品和服務就要不斷地被生產,但卻不顧及自然環境的狀態以及人類的實際所需。這種不斷透過消費的『手段』對於資源而言有一個致命的缺陷。因為我們瞭解到在地球這一個封閉的系統中「資源」是有限的。

To assume the need for constant consumption to keep people employed and, hence, the market system going is ecocidal on a finite planet. The true goal of an economy, by definition, is to strategically preserve and create efficiency. The system today demands the opposite.
在一個資源有限的行星上,去假設一種不斷消費的必要性,好讓人們就業,為的是要使「市場」體系繼續運行,這根本就是一種『自我毀滅』(生態自殺)。「經濟」的「真正」目標,其定義是有策略地(永續地)保存資源並且有效率的使用(避免不必要的浪費),但現今的「經濟」體系卻完全與其背道而馳。

Infinite Growth
無限增長

The monetary-market model is based upon money being treated as a commodity and its origination from debt; sold for interest income. This is a 「Ponzi Scheme」. Each time this commodity (money) is sold (bank loans) it needs to be paid back (debt) with more money charged as a fee for profit (interest).
金融貨幣體系的市場模式是建立在:金錢被視為一種商品,且金錢的產生是來自於「債務」。金錢被買賣並附上本金之外的「利息」收入。這明顯是一種「龐氏騙局」。每當這種「商品」(即金錢)被買賣時(銀行的借貸),債務人需要償還更多的金錢(債務),因為被加收了一筆作為利潤的收益(利息)。

The problem is that the interest value required to settle the debt does not exist in the money supply outright. In other words, bankruptcy and default are not byproducts – they are inevitable – as there is always more debt outstanding than money in existence. This creates severe, offset monetary scarcity that oppresses many people on many levels.
但問題是為瞭解決(沖銷)債務額外「利息」的價值,打從一開始就不存在於金錢的本身。換句話說,破產和違約不是副作品,而是不可避免的致命缺陷,因為比起流通中的金錢供給數量,總是會有更多的未償清「債務金錢」。這造成了嚴重、偏差的貨幣數量「匱乏」,並因此在許多層面上壓迫著無數人。

The Value of Scarcity
匱乏的價值觀

Likewise, the intentions inherent within the monetary system derive a strategic edge from scarcity. This means that depleted resources are actually a positive thing for industry in the short term for more money can be made from each respective unit. This is contextual to the monetary law of supply and demand and hence 「value」 in economics.
同樣地,存在於金融貨幣體系內在意圖源自於一種從「匱乏」而來的戰略優勢。這意味著剝削(不永續地使用)資源對於產業而言實際上是件有益的事,因為短期內可以從每一個資源單位上搾取更多的金錢。這就是目前主流經濟學中貨幣「供給和需求」的脈絡,即事物的「價值」。

It creates a perverse reinforcement to ignore environmental problems and the negative consequences that create scarcity, not to mention reinforcing technically unnecessary human deprivation. This system does not/can not meet the needs of many because it is not financially efficient to do so.
這種概念創造並強化了墮落的傾向,使得人們漠視環境問題和創造匱乏後的負面結果,就更別說以技術層面而言,強化了根本就不必存在的人類資源剝奪與貧困。目前的金融貨幣體系『不能』滿足大多數人們的需求,因為從金融的角度而言,這樣做就會沒有『效率』。

Problems/Inefficiency = Profit
問題/沒效率=利潤

Similarly, the system also requires problems/constant consumer interest in order to work. The more people who have cancer, or the more cars that break down, the better the economy is, due to the servicing of those problems. Needless to say, this also generates an inherent disregard for human wellbeing and the environment. Sustainability, efficiency and preservation are the enemies of this model.
同理,為了維持金融貨幣體系,就必須持續製造問題和不斷引起消費者的興趣。若有更多的人得到癌症,或是有更多汽車故障,則經濟反而會更加繁榮。因為必須要有人解決這些『問題』並且負責維修照料(換句話說,故意產生更多的問題或是不從根本性的解決問題,只是為了增加原本就不需要存在的工作量)。不用說,這種邏輯也產生了一種內在固有的『漠視』,不顧人類與環境本身的需求。永續性、高效率、資源的維護保存必定是金融貨幣體系的天敵。

Cost Efficiency & Irresponsible Obsolescence
成本效益和不負責任的報廢

And then there is the cost efficiency mechanism which demands cutting expenses to remain 「competitive」 in the marketplace. Every single product created by a corporation today is immediately inferior by design due to the market requirement of cutting production costs in favor of lowering the output 「purchase price」 to maintain a competitive edge, which automatically reduces the quality of any given item by default.
金融貨幣體系中有所謂的「成本效益」機制,要求減少開支以在市場中保持「競爭力」。目前由公司生產的任何產品,基本上在生產出來之後馬上就淪落為次級品,因為市場所要求的是降低生產成本(偷工減料)以降低「購買價格」,以便保持競爭優勢,而這點就會自動地降低任何原本就應該有的產品品質。

It is impossible to create the 「strategically best」, long lasting anything in our society and this translates into outrageous amounts of wasted resources and time. Likewise, this same mechanism is also reinforcing the environmental disregard, depletion and pollution we see as a constant in the world today, among other issues.
因此,不可能創造出「技術上最好的」產品,是能夠在我們的社會中儘可能地耐久耐用的,也就是大量的資源和時間精力是被浪費的,這實在是令人髮指且無法忍受的。同樣的,這種敗壞的體系也強化了對環境保護的漠視、生態耗竭與汙染,而我們在當今的世界中不斷地看到這樣的情形。

Waste & Oppression of the Human Resource
浪費和人力資源的壓迫

Regarding occupations today, we need to ask ourselves what the point is of a given focus and why it is necessary. The fact is that most jobs today are not directly related to the actual necessities of life. Rather, most are artificial concoctions created in order to keep people employed so they can maintain purchasing power in an environment where our technology continues to expand exponentially, displacing humans from the production force.
關於現今人們的職業,我們必須問問自己:為何「職業」是必需的,而其重點又到底是什麼? 事實上,今日大部份的工作,與『生活的實際必需』都是沒有直接關係的。相反地,大部份被創造出來的職業只是非必要人為的建構,目的是為了讓人們能夠保持就業,這樣人們就可以維持購買力。但實際上,社會環境是人類的『科技』以指數等級的速率不斷進步,並取代了人類原有的生產力。

It is common in politics today to hear about 「creating jobs」. Well, in theory, an occupation could be created where people are paid to sit in a room and test chewing gum all day, every day… but is that a useful occupation of the human mind?
在當今的政治中,普遍會聽到關於「創造就業」的說詞。呃,理論上而言,確實有可能創造出一種職業,其中人們會被支付薪水,但卻只要負責坐在房間裡整天、每天都測試檢查著口香糖…但這對於人類的心智發展而言真的是一種有用的「職業」嗎?

Should we relegate our mental capacity to simply any so-called job due to mere 「economic」 reasons, regardless of what it actually contributes to personal and/or social development? This becomes even more bizarre as a train of reasoning when we realize that mechanization not only frees us from labor, but that it is actually more efficient and productive due to the exponential advancement of science and technology.
我們應該貶低我們的心智能力、屈從於任何這種性質的工作,僅僅是只為了「經濟」的理由,而不去管什麼才是對於個人或社會的整體發展而言是有貢獻的? 而當我們瞭解到因為科技指數般的進步,機械不只能將人類從不必要的勞動中解放出來,而且實際上也能夠更有效率和生產力時,那麼這點甚至就會變成一種更「詭異」的「理性思維」。

On a different level, the very reality that each human being is required to be put in a position of servitude to a corporation or client in order to gain income to purchase the necessities of life not only perpetuates the waste of the human mind and human life, it is also a form of oppression – slavery.
以另一個角度而言,每個人都被要求要處於被企業財團或顧客的位置,以便為了獲得金錢來購買生活必需品。這樣的現實不只會持續浪費一個人的生命和心智能力,也是一種壓迫的『奴役制』。

If we combine the aforementioned point on 「infinite growth」 and the issue of debt pressure that is build into this system, we see that the combination of the guaranteed debt imbalance and the requirement to submit to labor, regardless of its purpose/effect, in order to gain monetary income for survival, is a structural form of oppression against the lower classes (who hold the most debt and need for more regular income).
如果結合我們之前提到過的論點-「無限增長」和建立在金融貨幣體系內的債務壓力問題-那麼我們就會看到:要承擔債務的不平衡以及『屈從』於勞動的需求,而不論勞動的目標或效果,只是為了要獲得金融貨幣體系下的『金錢』而生存下去。這是一種結構性的壓迫,壓榨著較低階層,而這些人背負著大部份的債務且需要更穩定的薪資收入。

As noted, advancements in science and technology have shown that we can automate a great deal. The more we have applied mechanization to labor, the more productive things have become. Therefore, it is not only negligent for us to waste our lives waiting tables, working at a bus station, fixing cars, or other repetitive, monotonous jobs, it is also entirely irresponsible for us not to apply modern mechanization techniques to all industries possible for, apart from strategic resource management, this is a powerful way to achieve balance and abundance for all the world's people, reducing imbalances that lead to increased crime rates.
就像前面所提到的,科學與科技的進步已展現出人類可以大量自動化生產的潛力。我們越是投入更多的機械化並取代傳統的勞動,人類反而就越有更高的生產力。因此,浪費生命在桌子旁邊等待、在公車站工作、修理車子或從事其它重複單調的工作,不只漠視了人類的價值,而且對社會而言,不將現代機械化技術應用至所有產業也是不負責任的,因為除了『策略地管理資源』這一點之外,機械化也是一種強而有力的方式,來創造出全人類的富足與平衡,並減少了『會導致犯罪率上升』的社會不平衡。

The fact is, the market system cannot maintain itself with any viable integrity any longer as corporations will continue to save money through automation, displacing human labor- which also displaces purchasing power, continuing the inevitable loss of 「growth」 that defines this system.
事實上,市場體系再也不能維持本身的完整性,因為企業財團將繼續透過自動化取代人力來省錢,而這種行為同時也會削減人們的購買力-不可避免的,在金融貨幣體系中所謂的「經濟成長」絕對會消失。

In the end, today's society now has access to highly advanced technologies and can easily provide more than enough for all the earth's people. This is possible through the implementation of an economy based on scientific resource management and applying modern methods. This is the purpose of The Zeitgeist Movement – to create a global awareness to thus transition into a new, sustainable direction for humanity as a whole.

簡而言之,現今的社會已能讓人們取得高度先進的科技,且能夠輕易地為全人類提供超過所需的資源。透過實踐一種根據科學方法而管理資源的經濟體系,人們可以應用現今的方法來實現這一點目標。這就是TZM的目標:為全人類創造一種全球性的『意識』,以便過渡轉化到一種嶄新的永續文明方向。

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