the sovereign individual james dale davidson

The greatest resentment will likely be centered among the middle class in rich countries, they will feel they have the most to lose. There will be a nostalgia for the past flamed by a crisis from the transition.

They’ll lose their power over commerce and won’t be able to treat their citizens as a farmer milking cows.Īs the Soviet Union tried to suppress access to personal computers and Xerox machines, Western governments will seek to suppress the cybereconomy by totalitarian means.Īs individual sovereignty increases, new luddites will arise who rebel against the technological advances allowing for this individual autonomy. In the information age, a job will be a task that you do, not a thing that you have.Īs more money moves online, governments won’t be able to track or control it anymore. The nation-state will not endure these changes in its present form.Īs technology weakens the state, the state will treat these new sovereign individuals with hostility, in the same way it treats challenging governments. Governments that charge too much will drive away their best customers. When money can be earned anywhere, you won’t be obligated to live in or subject yourself to high taxation. The cybereconomy, more than any individual country’s economy, will be the greatest economic phenomenon of the future.Īs our financial freedom increases, governments won’t have any choice but to treat us more like customers, and less like victims of an organized crime ring. Unprecedented financial independence will be possible for you in your lifetime.

In the future, wealth will be measured not just by the amount in your bank account, but in your ability to structure your affairs to realize complete individual autonomy and independence. Hunting and gathering societiesAgricultural societiesIndustrial societiesInformational societies We’re entering into the fourth stage of human society: The Transition of the Year 2000: The Fourth Stage of Human Society

The sovereign individual james dale davidson