The headscarf debate

In our "actual problems of society" class we watched a short movie and interview about the headscarf debate. In the video they showed the muslim girls protesting for the right to wear their headscarf in school, and that schools are devided in allowing it or not. After there was a discussion between a muslim man who is I think part of a party but I am not sure, and Bart de Wever who won the elections months back here in Belgium, from a more right winged party.

Anyway, that debate has been going on for quite a while on wether to ban the headscarf in schools or not. And suddenly I thought to myself: this all looks like discussions to keep the population buzzy from seeing the true antrocity in this world, from seeing the true causes of all such problems.
Because on one hand they are discussing this, wether or not to ban, what to allow etc... But then on the other hand, the commercials promote sex, promote greed and glutony, girls walk around with tank tops and short skirts and presenting an image of "come and get me, I am sexy", commercials are designed to create desire in the population and buy crap that is dangerous and harmfull for the human body and other life forms, the system is based on capitalism that creates debt and poverty... But that is not really present in the debates. They single out a controversial topic (or make it controversial by writing about it) and forget the core of the biggest abuse = our money system and the way people get brainwashed and conditioned.
There is always this limited attention towards 1 topic , and if they are serious they should look at ALL forms of abuse existent. It is hypocrite for a system to go crazy on for example the headscarf thing but then when you look at the populations life, we are all abusing on massive scale! Dont we see and realise our own hypocricy? We are allowing sweatshop items to be sold and to be necessary for people to survive, we allow animal abuse for vanity, we allow commercials to brainwash everyone, we allow gossiping, we allow the gender definitions of how man or woman should be, we allow children to be raised by parents not fit to raise children, we allow alcohol to be consumed in amounts that causes many deaths , violence and rape each year, we allow our children or ourselves to dress up to be sexy and desireable, we allow judgement etc... and then we still dare to point our finger at something without realising 3 fingers are pointing back at us. As if we are innocent. We aren't , none of us is. And if we want things to change we gotta get to the core.

People in poverty and hard living situations, with lack of good education or upbringing,  often go towards radicalism or religion. Trying to get some certainty in an uncertain fucked up world. Look at what happened to use way back, where catholicism totally dominated our society and people were terrified of going to hell, where woman had to be obedient and show that they are "feminine" and play their role, or in tribes where there are strange rituals and practices towards gods. Same as what happens still in islam cultures, where people copy what has been taught to them. A lot of them are simply wanting to find a way against the capitalist system that oppresses them, some do this by "terrorist / revolutionary" acts and others go towards hoping for a better life in heaven.

In an equal money system, people would first of all not starve or having to do fucked up stuff because they have no other way to survive. No one can exploit them by threatening to take away their money. As this is adressed, people have more free time to develop themselves and investigate life. And equal money system also means equal adequate education for all, without the emphasis on greed and money. Anyone will get access to education and not just those who can afford it like today. People who looked for certainty in religion will not have to do that anymore, and education must also give them the basic skills to develop some common sence and insight in why they do what they do, why we are the way we are. Equalizing all the world nations will change many things, and will slowly but surely stop the seperation between groups and cultures. Because crime and abuse can only exist when there is an "us vs them" situation, seperation, a feeling of being disconnected from each other , being "different". We gotta realise that culture creates this. So what would be the impact if we equalize culture? And we learn to see our neighbour as ourselves?

http://www.equalmoney.org/

Teenager looking for assassin through facebook

This morning I was going through the online paper, seeing it is full of bullshit about celebrities and their dresses and sports and that a sexy blond is now miss germany... That shit takes the space of the real important issues in this world. For example the starvation, the child soldiers, how our banking system creates debt and poverty, how chinese workers are often exploited for the discount shit the rich can buy and how a lot of us simply dont care. Unless it is done to us or our "loved ones" a.k.a. us because we care because OUR feelings are touched.

Anyway, I was going through the page, scrolling down and I saw this title " Teenager looking for assassin on facebook". http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/959/Bizar/article/detail/1222110/2011/02/14/Tiener-zoekt-huurmoordenaar-via-Facebook.dhtml

He wanted the woman who accused him of rape to be wiped from the face of the earth. The best thing he could think off was to look for someone to kill her on facebook. That is not really what I would choose if I wanted to commit such a crime that could cost me my life outside of prison :P
He got caught and is awaiting jail time up to 22 years.

First of all, what are people thinking when they are accusing each other of rape? Is it for revenge? Is it because of spite? Or is it some kind of secret desire?
Seconds of all, why then risk an even bigger punishment by wanting to dispose of the one that is accusing you of raping her.

Our society raises people that are able to do this to each other, to treat each other as shit. And it doesnt suprise me, when I sometimes hear and see how people treat their children. How people gossip about each other, how there is constant attention on violence, competition, winning, being "strong" etc... It are all ingredients of a "I-dont-give-a-fuck-culture". It has all become so normal. Killing, fighting, taking drugs, gossiping and talking shit about each other, animal testing for make up, exploitation, starvation... People hear it and its like: "oh well, sad, but I am going to watch some tv now."

Things have to change. We do not realise what we are creating. This profit driven system is not innocent, the media is not innocent, the parents are not innocent. We take things on without question, like puppets on strings. Learn to question your culture, your government, your own attitude and thoughts and feelings. Dont just let it control you. When you do or think something ask yourself: "Do I want this to continue in the world", "Do I want to be in the shoes of the other person", "if I was in their position, would I want people to not care about me" ? Because maybe one day you will, and then look around you, see if anyone cares and if anyone is willing to help. But all you will see is emptyness, around you and inside people. Because the life has drained out of them, and your not close to them, they are not your family or friend and your so far away. And they just keep walking and you scream, but nothing you do reaches their ears. And you feel powerless, because you cannot reach robots if they are not wired to respond to you.
This is what is really going on. Sounds to sci-fi for you? Well just look around you, look in the world. If your one of the people who said "I dnot believe what they write or show on tv", then go to those countries and investigate yourself.
Day after day we put up with this and no one is standing up to do something about it. There is this general attitude of "we are just so small", "its always been that way", "it is human nature". If all people would stop that attitude, which they can, then there would be a giant mass of people that can take action! But right now we are stuck in this low inferior attitude. Like the leaders are superhumans much better then ourselves who have to sort things out. Thats why we want an end to it and bring together a group of people that will care at http://www.equalmoney.org/ . It is very easy to just let things be, but when your sick or in pain you realise how much it sucks and you just want it to end. And imagine people undergoing this daily, nto only people also animals, because of preventable things.

And right now couples can have babies, all they want, there isn't much screening being done if they are proper parents. And so many screw up their children to make them into copies of themselves that care about only money, or how they look and judging others on their appearance, that they have to "fit in", care about what others say about them, follow along and not think for themselves, to respond to punishment instead of using common sense. It is a way of creating obedient slaves. And successfull it has been. I have seen parents laughing at their child when it kicks or hits their brother or sister. as if it is innocent. But they train the child to think that behavior is harmless, like they can just kick and slam, no problem. And then on tv there is all the violence and an attitude of battle. Not only physical. Check out the tv shows about teenage girls or friends and what they argue about, and how they treat each other, or gossip. And then all the magazines with the beauty standards and what products you have to use because without them your just not good enough. And children play it out, and copy what they see. And none is questioned sincerely. Not even in school.

Why are such things even allowed to be played out on tv? It is all profit above life. Money money money. It boggels my mind thinking about that, how the hell did we come to find this so normal. Because it has become the norm ofcourse. And if you introduce these graudal changes, people accept it, take it on, continue it, and dont protest. Because it is the norm = normal. And those who deviate from that are often ridiculed. It is the way of a system to maintain itself. Making sure every opposition is silenced. Either by social pressure, physical pressure or simple ignorance.

And so we create people who will accuse each other falsly, for various reasons, who will treat each other like an object, something not worth a thing, something "less" and inferior. People who have no value for life and can dispose of each other.
Because in the end, nothing will matter anymore.
Not even our own destruction.

Zeitgeist and self change

I have been a member on the zeitgeist forum (venus project) for a while now, and what I keep seeing is arguing on the forums. Right now there was a member who often seems to be "lashing out" to others and later on said "it is human nature", "we all make mistakes". As if that justifies a behavior?
And I realise, as long as zeitgeist movement only focusses on the outer change, the design of the new systems etc... it is not going to be enough to bring forth a ral lasting change. We require a strong group if we want to change the working of the world. A group that stands with the same principle and is able to direct themselves instead of being directed by our programming.
Because if we would all just allow ourselves to be directed by the way we are all programmed within our upbringings and cultures, then we could argue forever. Because people would follow the ways taught to them without really looking at what is best and most practicle to do. And I know , it is not an easy task because of the extend of different prorgamming in this world. Thats why we have to have 1 common point to stand by. And within the Equal money system that is = to do what is best for all. Thus OBJECTIVLY. What is best, not based on a subjective thing such as people saying "jezus christ is whats best for all". Thats simply a believe. What is best for all is for example that all have basic living, food, health care, access to education etc...
And it will have to go step by step, using money to make it happen. Because you cant just BOOM place a new system right here, it takes much time and preparation. People have accepted gradual change always, thats how capitalism survives aswell. Very sneakily and slowly, things are put in place and no one really notices it because it goes slowly and people follow the flow. When you do things fast like a bomb, then things turn into chaos and people often tend to move towards fascism and toletarian regimes.
Where does it have to start? With giving people the opportunity to take a look at their lives and who they are and how the world works. An equal income will give that time. And from there on we can move on, by implementing gradual change in the ways things work (through the political route). Such as education that is more centered on what is really going on in the world, self expression and practicality to live, as well as the knowledge necessary to develop things the best way possible. Health care becomes a system of true care, not dependent on profit.
Money can be use deffectivly to move things around when it is not based on profit and abuse. If we cannot be trusted with money then we cannot be trusted without money it is as simple as that. If people can be tempted to do bad shit with money, then they can be tempted by other means aswell. We once did not have any money and at one point we did. So we already got tempted to create abuse and inequality, even before money was around. We made it, invented it.

And if we cannot change ourselves and agree on a 1 point = what is best for all. Then abuse will not stop because abusers will be allowed to go their ways. Because people do not stand up together, for whatever reasons they may have (fear, desire, depression, doubt...).
When one wants to do something it is all good as long as it is not abusing another, such as what happens now for example with the whole sweatshop workers, or animal testing for make up. I often use those examples because that is just fucked up beyond understanding.

So the Zeitgeist forum, does not take in consideration how humanity is programmed. Not enough anyway. It talks about first setting up new systems and creating new cities. But you know also, you need a large piece of land, and a lot of money. Money. Because in the current world, no change can happen without it.

When people worldwide, who want a true change in the world, stand up and get jobs of influence, emerge themselves in the system, then we can form a network to truly change things. So far those that desire power have been in control, filled with self-intrest. What if those that dont desire power, and want a change for the best of all, get to such positions? And what if this happens worldwide? Using the system but not being off the system. In that way those in power right now cant do anything about it, since you will then have a full network of people in higher positions all across the world. Who will have influence on the way things work and the votes of the people will do the rest. Because the majority of the worlds people, are living in poverty.

Bible studies 101

Bible studies 101
Lets look at this bible verse 1 Peter 1:3-7

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

First of all, which great mercy? If god has created all then he created this earth and the ability for people to be mind controlled, to be mislead and to have a malfunctioning brain. Because seriously, we do have a malfunctioning brain a lot of times. We are often not even aware when we are being fucked with, let alone know what gods plan is. So then supposedly (because the bible is made out of ancient books waaaaay back, so they say ...    who? The religious institutions who have used religion to manipulate and keep the population under control, so yeah that really adds to their credibility doesn’t it!) god wanted to give people some new living hope, through the resurrection of himself (because jezus is god right?) from the dead. People were like: “wow! Awesome trick there god really fucking cool.”  Except maybe for the swearing.
And that is supposed to give hope? Hope for what exactly? That a god is more busy with giving unclear signs and distorted messages, which can in ages to come (up till today) confuse the hell out of people so they start to make up all kinds of different forms of religion?
People just hear “god resurrected jesus Christ from the dead as living hope for all”, and they accept it? Automatically people assume that its true + that it is really a god who did it + that that god is a good god. That are all believes. Was what he did best for all? No it wasn’t, so I would be careful with that deceiver god. Who has to let himself (his son) be tortured and killed to fix his mistakes. In a very bad way since it’s not working out very well. People are confused. I mean, really confused!

and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade-- kept in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God's power until the coming of the... salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

Oh yes that is just enough mystery bundled with some joy and fantasy to have people wanting and desiring it to be true.  It must make anyone believing it feel so much better about this life and their believes. Because of the rewards waiting in heaven. You know, fuck earth, heaven is the place to be J
Not.
And that salvation stuff, they have been talking about it for thousands of years, when is it going to happen? It is very clever to say that “it is going to happen”. I can do that aswell. I say: “a big natural disaster is going to happen where there will be thunder and the ground will turn red!”
There will, as some time, be events that live up to the prediction I just made. Ground turning red, maybe from blood, maybe from sand, maybe from the sunrise or the sundown, maybe a painting factory that explodes, or a plague of red insects.  But shhhhht we are going to give god ideas.
In school we learned how various religious leaders and even non-religious leaders used religion and the bible to manipulate the masses and keep the poor from rebelling against the rich. Because they should be content with what they have, their treasure awaits in heaven, give to the king what belong to the king. Shit like that. It kept the poor and abused from questioning the power structures.
Why do we still allow it?
And why would we allow a power structure as god describes in some books? Like we just say “yes” without any question. As if we have taken a pill that makes you respond to the word “god” with worship AUTOMATICLY.

 In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that your faith-- of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire-- may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.

See, here again, in total support of the elite structure and the status quo.
And guess what, who have kept and translated the bible books? Who read the books to the masses who couldn’t even read ages ago? Exactly, the religious elite did. The priests were very powerful back in the days. And as you can see, the bible totally reflects that power structure and keeps people from questioning it.

And ofcourse they say their faith is greater worth than gold, then they can keep all the gold themselves!!! Hah. Money money money, is so funny, in a rich mans world.

Education - 1 ear in, out the other?

Our educational system is designed to get "the right people" into the "right place". It needs people that can function in the system we currently have. Which is a system of inequality and capitalism.
From a young age we get trained to memorize and repeat. Not only in the schooling system but also through for example - the media. Human beings are treated like objects who are potential buyers. The commercials and adds are made to create desires in people so that they will want to buy things, so more jobs can be created for those things, and more stuff can thus be sold and boost the economy.
Never mind the sweatshop workers, the animal abuse, or environmental destruction...

I remember during my schoolyears I had to repeat a lot of things. For my tests I had to memorize so much, and all the students did it and then "spilled it out" on the exams and forget all about it. There were not much practicle things included and we also did not learn anything about how our system really works. We didnt learn how our economy supports worldwide poverty, how the banking system lives on debt, how to live self-honestly, why criminals become criminals, how sweatshop workers get abused for consumer goods, how animals are being tested on for vanity etc...
You get to learn a lot about the superficial things but not the more important topics. We would for example learn about jail or avoiding bad people, but we would never learn about why people become "bad" in the first place. And how to investigate our own behavior and character.

So throughout the years, students develop the tendency to repeat, memorize, and dont give a fuck.
Now in university there are much cooler classes where there are some teachers who give very valuable information about how the world works. We have one teacher who spoke out about how charity does not adress the core of the issue of poverty, and how charity is being used as a hype for people to temporarily feel good. As if they are contributing to something good and then can go on with their lives of not really giving a fuck. It sounds harsh but thats the reality. If it was your child starving in another country, you would not do the same and be rather apathetic.
While I was studying my books and courses for these exams, I came across many interesting topics. And I thought to myself how cool it was that this is being exposed and that other students will learn from it. Like about socialisation and how people are made into consumers to boost the system. But then later on when I talk to students I notice they haven't learned a thing from it. As if its just "school stuff". But that school stuff actually had some substance.

And I asked myself; is that because of the habbit we are brought up within, the habbit of "laying back" of not caring, of relativity ? Everything is not relative! There is a specific purpose and goal behind a commercial. There is a specific goal behind the system. Its not just something thats there and you can have a different opinion about. It has a set standard which it created for to reach it. And as long as we do not take self-responsebility to create a better world, we will continue to just walk as slaves and do as we are told. But its subliminal because no one is pointing at you like a dictator saying "DO THIS NOW!!". Its all done subtle so you wont notice it. Through the cultural upbringing, the millions of adds you see during your life, all those around you who have gone through the same things and thus support it themselves and influence you to follow along. The tv shows that present the dominant culture so that it all feels so normal. Critical thinking was not part of my schoolyears, it only has become a part of the schooldays now, because of different teachers. But all the years previous was a serious lack of critical thinking.

In an Equal money system, we would make sure that children are taught what is practicle, and what is real and what will develop their own critical thinking. Where they will not just follow along, and also get the room to express themselves. Also we will not allow any manipulative commercials which treat living beings as objects for profit.
There is much to consider and we cannot wait on feelings to start to move. Because if we only wait until we feel something, that means you are a slave to your feelings. Which are programmed, and then we could wait forever. Thats why some people react to 1 thing but not towards another thing.
If we support this system it means we also support all its outflows, the war, the creation of criminals, of poverty, sweatshop abuse, animal testing for vanity, abuse of nature etc...

So investigate the equal money system, and decide where you want to stand in this life.
http://www.equalmoney.org/

Mediacircus Music for Life van Stubru

http://www.equalmoney.org

Mediacircus Music for Life van Stubru ( uit mijn cursus Vrijheid en gelijkheid van Sami Zemni)

iN 2008 ging het om moeders op de vlucht en in 2009 tegen malaria, de zogenaamde sensibilisering van vlaanderen voor otnwikkelingskwesties leek zich te beperken tot een gedepolitiseerde, gezellige koffieklets van BV’s op zoek naar exposure in het groeiende marktaandeel van StuBru.
men staat hierbij niet stil bij de oorsprong van de nood en hoe de wereld daar iets aan kan doen.
De wildgroei van de hedendaagse filosofie is fenomenaal en overstijgt vele malen de officiële ontwikkelingshulp. Multimilionaire voelen zich verantwoordelijk om iets “terug te doen” : Bill Gates heeft zijn stichting voor steun aan afrika, Bono promoot zijn RED producten, Armani heeft globaal fonds om Aids te bestrijden en zelfs McDonalds sponsort UNICEF.
Wat al die goedbedoelde initiatieven gemeen hebben is kritiek op inefficiëntie van de officiële hulp. Deeze filantrokapitalisten gaan ervan it dat staten onderdeel van het probleem zijn en dat hulp kan werken als je het overlaat aand privé organisaties die het managen hoe het hoort.
Bill Gates pleit voor creatief kapitalisme = kapitalisme dat ook goed moet zijn voor de armen
George Soros gaat ervan uit dat de markten moeten bijgestuurd worden zodat ook armn de voordelen van de markt plukken.

Deze apolitieke en probleemgeorienteerde aapak van de hulp leidt niet ot het in vraag stellen van de ongelijkheid in de wereld. Niemand zoekt nog naar de oorzaken van deze ongelijkheid waardoor de kwestie van ontwikkeling verengd wordt tot een technsiche kwestie van bijstand. Het gaat dan niet meer om mensenrechten, herverdeling en solidariteit maar over de welcillendheid van de rijken om een heel klein beetje te delen.
Op zich is er niks mis met deze inspanningen maar het gevaar is er dat zulke de-politisering van ongelijkheid in de wereld uitmondt in nog meer cynisme.
Enerzijds is er de liefdadigheid van mensen met goede bedoelingen of rijke stichtingen die mensen willen helpen, anderszijds is er evenveel uitbuiting, kapitaalvlucht of schuldenlast.

Hoe kunnen we de goede bedoelingen omzetten in iets wat ook goede resultaten geeft voor een hele samenleving , voor de gehele wereld?

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When people receive donations, they are always temporary

Lets talk about charity and donations. We have been giving donations and doing charity for a long time. The number of aid organisations seem to grow, together with the amount of inequality in this world. Recently they even uncovered aid workers molesting the children they were supposed to help. Can it get any sicker?

If the government does not give a shit about their people, then no matter how much money you give those people the government will continue to not give a shit and thus create conditions of inequality. When there are governments in this world who do not look at the good of ALL, but only at the good of SOME, then abuse will be re-created, in many various forms. I am talking about child prostitution, starvation, animal abuse etc...

Charity is so popular because it takes peoples guilt away and makes them believe they are contributing to a better world. It makes them ignorant towards what is really needed to change things. It gives them a chance, to stop the nagging feelings about inequality, and believe they are actually doing something about it. I am not saying that it is bad to help out others, what I am saying is that only doing this is not enough! It is temporaral guilt relieve while we continue with our own little lives - our lives lived at the back of abuse. Because your shampoo and make up is test on animals, your clothing and toys are made by sweatshop workers.
As long as this system is in place, abuse will be re-created and the inequality wont stop! No matter how much charity you do.

"When people receive donations, they are always temporary. I've seen the slums of India before, and quite honestly, it seems like donations don't make much of any difference whatsoever. Sure, they may give a family a day's worth to eat, but in the end, they'll still be hungry. Donations don't give a society jobs, steady wealth, or economic diversity. When it comes down to it, societies survive based upon 'the survival of the fittest', just as all animals do and humans did in [ancient] times.
Also, one should realize the Indian nation rarely ever does anything to help their slums alike, yet these donations go through them.
If one does not want to help their nation, how can others?
Another saying that you may have heard is, 'Give a hungry man a fish to eat, and he'll still be hungry. Give a hungry man the knowledge to fish, and he'll never starve again.'   "

http://www.questionhub.com/YahooAnswers/20100305124036AAVCZfV

VAST amount of money have been give away, BILLIONS upon billions. Oprah, Gates and other "big" names have given huge amounts. Yet what is still happening? Same abuse, same inequality.
The money for the re-building of haiti, they say it didnt get there, people are still suffering. Where the fuck is it?
Governments are struggling to get by, the economy is fucked and als made to appear very complicated so that no one may ever find out what a load of bull it is.

When are we going to say that enough is enough? When are we going to stand up as a group that decides to no longer allow such a system to exist? We are to comfortable. And we dont care, until WE feel something, untile we feel sad or hurt. Then we suddenly care. When we would be in the shoes of the abused.

Its really a shame, and we cant be proud of ourselves for what we have allowed.

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These charities have been going for many many years now, we have given away vast amounts of our money from our coffers, it has made absolutely no difference, people are still dieing of starvation in Biafra, Basra, Ethiopia, Niger and many other nations have received our money are in just the same position as when the charities first started, we have given eight million pounds in aid to China just two years ago, just before they spent 29 billion pounds on the Olympic games, (although that was not from charity sources, it was given by our government) go figure that one, most of these charitiy fund raising campaigns by celebrities are just a way of keeping up their public profile so that we can admire them for being so giving, (Bob Geldoff comes to mind here, now a multi millionaire) A list actors and rock and pop stars that have personal fortunes of at least As£100 million to As£500 million each, they give up a little of their time to raise a many thousands of pounds for charitable causes, when they could, if they were really trying to raise money could dip into their own pockets and donate millions of pounds each and they would not even notice that it had gone and in fact, the interest on their vast remaining fortune would soon replace it, plus the money that they could give would be tax deductable but then, they would not have all of us thinking how great they all are, the free publicity would also not be there, there is one exception to this as far as celebrities go, Michael Schumacher has donated As£50 million of his own money to various causes, I bet that not many people know about that, if he can do it, why cant all of the other multi millionaires and of course billionaires also.
All charities are run as a business, they have directors, managers, all on large saleries, office blocks, company cars and expenses that more than match our MPs, the bosses of charities never drive about in Ford Focuses or Renault Clio`s, they drive around in Mercedes, Jaguars, BMW's costing thirty or forty thousand pounds, their offices are decked out with plush carpets and high end expensive furniture, nothing cheap for our charity hero`s, they fly first class all over the world on fact finding holidays (sorry, Missions) they never think of travelling economy class and give the money saved to the fund, all in all, charity is big business, it raises money for saleries for thousands of employees, it pays large sums of money in taxes, it has a large property ownership and a widespread campaigning force, all of this is paid for with the money that you give to help others less fortunate than you, it does help the causes but it helps the charity business much much more.

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Lets stand up now, go to http://www.equalmoney.org/ and join the movement. We are only starting but every person joining is 1 more vote for world equality.