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The Venus Project
Beyond Poverty Politics And War

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A common enemy is not only at our door

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but could infiltrate in through our loved ones.

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All that people can do now is to
take desperate preventive measures

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to mitigate the threat of a violent
intruder possibly devastating their lives.

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The Venus Project presents
Thinking in Systems for Global Well-Being
A Thought on the Covid19 Pandemic

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We are observing governments around the
world reacting erratically to the threat

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because the system we currently
live in is far too overconfident

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and underprepared for events such as these.

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A healthcare system that
focuses on supporting the sick

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instead of being integrated and interacting
with every part of the system we live in

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(keeping healthy people healthy),

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will only be able to have a weak reactive
stance rather than a vigorous preventive one.

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Historically speaking we have improved through
the years in awareness and vaccines

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but... still not good enough.

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Why?

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The parts within a system
(or systems within the system)

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are fighting each other because the focus of the
grander system is property, wealth, and power.

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Anything that interferes with this is realigned,
disregarded, or removed from the equation.

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Pharmaceutical companies need to generate
wealth, which is generated by illness

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(both mental and physical)

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thus working against a health
care system that tries to care.

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The allowance of conspiracy
theories to propagate through media,

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weakening the public’s trust in
proven preventative measures

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(which were written in blood)

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further deteriorates confidence.

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Transport companies need to make money,

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transporting disease from
one country to another.

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Our civilization - if you can
call it that - is working against us.

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We need to go to jobs to feed our
families and meet our basic needs,

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regardless of the threats,

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potentially bringing home a deadly foe

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initially masquerading as
a 'common' seasonal cold.

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In a scarcity system which generates
a mindset of hoarding, withholding

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and depriving people of resources
(including vital information),

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what is generated is low social capital

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(low trust, cooperation and reciprocity)

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i.e. a highly individualistic society.

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How can we begin to tackle world threats

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if we are divided with artificial boundaries
and values and plagued with vested interests?

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If we are to see a world that acts
in unison against a common threat,

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we must transform the
focus of (in summary) profit

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into a focus of taking care
of earth and everyone on it.

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We have been severely desensitized
to the threat of war, poverty,

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crime, racism, bigotry,
embezzlement, corruption,

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environmental destruction, territorial
disputes, economic conflicts,

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and nuclear and AI arms races -

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all problems which require
a united world to fix them.

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If we do not unite for these pressing issues,

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how can we even begin to
unite and cooperate now?

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Boost your immune systems,
quarantine yourselves as much as possible,

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follow advice from the
World Health Organization,

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and learn more about The Venus Project at
thevenusproject.com