The Movement's principal focus includes the recognition that the majority of the social problems that plague the human species at this time are not the sole result of some institutional corruption, scarcity, a political policy, a flaw of "human nature," or other commonly held assumptions of causality in the activist community. Rather, The Movement recognizes that issues such as poverty, corruption
, collapse, homelessness, war, starvation, and the like appear to be "Symptoms" born out of an outdated social structure. While intermediate Reform steps and temporal Community Support are of interest to The Movement, the defining goal here is the installation of a new socioeconomic model based upon technically responsible Resource Management, Allocation and Distribution through what would be considered The Scientific Method of reasoning problems and finding optimized solutions. This "Resource-Based Economic Model” is about taking a direct technical approach to social management as opposed to a Monetary or even Political one. It is about updating the workings of society to the most advanced and proven methods Science has to offer; thus, leaving behind the damaging consequences and limiting inhibitions that are generated by our current system of monetary exchange, profits, corporations, and other structural and motivational components. The Movement is loyal to a train of thought, not figures or institutions. In other words, the view held is that through the use of socially targeted research and tested understandings in Science and Technology, we are now able to logically arrive at societal applications which could be profoundly more effective in meeting the needs of the human population. In fact, so much so, that there is little reason to assume war, poverty, most crimes, and many other money-based scarcity effects common in our current model cannot be resolved over time. The range of The Movement's Activism & Awareness Campaigns extend from short to long term. The long term view, which is the transition into a Resource-Based Economic Model, is a constant pursuit and expression, as stated before. However, in the path to get there, The Movement also recognizes the need for transitional Reform techniques, along with direct Community Support. For instance, while "Monetary Reform" itself is not a solution proposed by The Movement, the merits of such legislative approaches are still considered valid in the context of transition and temporal integrity. Likewise, while food and clothing drives and other supportive projects to help those in need are also not considered long-term solutions, they are still considered valid in the context of helping others in a time of need, while also drawing awareness to the principal goal. The Zeitgeist Movement also has no allegiance to a country or traditional political platforms. It views the world as a single system and the human species as a single family and recognizes that all countries must disarm and learn to share resources and ideas if we expect to survive in the long run. Hence, the solutions arrived at and promoted are in the interest of helping everyone on the planet Earth, not a select group.
