Index | Parent Index | Build Freedom: Archive

After 2001: Our Neotech World



Third, society's opportunities in the 20th century had vanished because the B.O.A.T. made success too difficult. Regulations, legislation, and litigation made success limited, costly, and risky. Without such a burden, lucrative opportunities would have been everywhere, for everyone.

The stagnation we encountered as adults certainly killed our dreams. Moreover, that stagnation also harmed our marriages and ended the thrill of love we felt during the first few weeks of falling in love. And, sadly, our children absorbed from us our hopeless resignation, just as we did from our parents. In short, all this was why we failed at our dreams.

What was the way out of your lifelong trap? Your way out came at two levels. By far the easiest way out was to sink the B.O.A.T. That happened sometime after 2001. Before 2001, some people made some strides forward on their own by learning integrated thinking as adults, as I did (previous chapter).

Victims In a No-Win World

Looking back from tomorrow's Neotech World at the late 20th-century no-win world, seniors often found themselves concerned about politics. Their focus shifted to politics because they wanted to secure a good future for themselves, their children and grandchildren.

The more they studied politics and their leaders' effects on the country, those seniors gradually realized that the problems had little to do with the nature of Democrats or Republicans. The country's problems had to do with the nature of politicians. In short, the nature of career politicians put a heavy burden on business and its advancing technologies, which put a heavy lid over many millions of potential geniuses.

Indeed, career politicians axiomatically held down society. Intoxicated by the power to rule over us, they generated more and more laws, which gained them recognition and popularity for re-election. But all those laws create more and more taxes, regulators, lawyers, and lawsuits that put a lid on the progress of America's business and technology:

Burden On Advancing Technology

Three Major 20th-Century Burdens

40 Points Taxes: Taxes on business hurt advancing technology, indeed. The cash needed to pay taxes cut off endless research and development investments, which were the embryo not only of future creation of jobs, but of all advancing technology. Yet, perhaps the biggest burden was actually the income tax on the people. You see, taxing the people ultimately came back on the business. For, the people needed enough money for a reasonable standard of living. So, the more people paid in taxes, the more business ultimately paid its workers. In a sense, business paid our income tax, a hidden but perhaps the second most major burden on advancing technology.

40 Points Legislation & Regulations: Existing laws and regulations blocked industry from investing or putting effort into many vital directions. Too cost prohibitive and risky. Also, tender youth did not even attempt to move into new ventures for fear of new regulations or laws or interpretations of existing ones. Creativity and progress nearly stopped with this, the other leading burden on advancing technology.

20 Points Litigation: All the unnecessary laws and regulations bloated the legal industry with nearly a million lawyers by the end of the 20th century. The legal roadblocks and endless litigation made American business laughingly uncompetitive on the global market and was a major burden on advancing technology.

100 Points Total

Reducing The Burden

Computer Industry During 1980s & 1990s: Industry Norm:
Taxes 40 points (taxes did not change) 40 points
Regulations & Legislation 20 points (still applied to all supporting industries)

40 points
Litigation 10 points (still applied to all supporting industries)

20 points

70 Points Total 100 Points Total


The personal computer industry was so new and fiercely independent, the legislators, regulators, and lawyers did not yet know how to burden it. Thus, the B.O.A.T.-of-Freeloaders rating dropped from 100 points (the norm for all industries) to 70 points. By cutting the B.O.A.T. by just 30 points, or by less than one-third, buying power went up 1000 times or 100,000%.

The reason for the dramatic explosion in prosperity and consumer buying power when sinking the B.O.A.T was simple:

Say A Business Grossed $3 million -->

And Made $100,000 Profits:

That means, for every $100 risked, made $3 or so. So fragile. The high risks of regulations, legislation, litigation could easily bankrupt the company. Just a slight shift in odds could kill all -- all the jobs, jobs, jobs & values, values. Moreover, many, many businesses never even got started. And, few businesses put out the risks needed to grow to the next level. Too fragile. Too risky. The slightest additional burden could shift the fragile existence ever so slightly -- but enough to wipe out the fragile 3% margin. On the other hand, when even the slightest burden was lifted, could alter the 3% margin to a 6% or greater margin, which enabled the company much more flexibility and security to pursue growth to the next level.



Index | Parent Index | Build Freedom: Archive

Disclaimer - Copyright - Contact

Online: buildfreedom.org - terrorcrat.com - mind-trek.com