Nostradamus wrote volumes of vague predictions open to an even more endless library of interpretations. These predictions were essentially useless because they were impossible to decipher until after the event had occurred. I'm going to lay it on the line. Here we go, and I think they will happen in this order.
The Internet sparks widespread understanding and acceptance of the merits of limited government.
Ron Paul is elected President of the United States.
American troops are withdrawn from around the world.
Government bureaucracy is scaled back massively.
No Child Left Behind is repealed.
Social Security begins to be phased out in favor of voluntary private accounts.
Public vouchers are allocated to students sparking competition in education.
American high school students become competitive with foreign high schools.
In the next few decades the fun really begins.
The 16th amendment is repealed and the Constitution is amended to expressly prohibit any tax on income.
A federal consumption tax is enacted to replace all taxes on income and commercial expenditures. States follow the federal government's lead.
European, Asian, and Japanese businesses begin outsourcing to America.
Tax protesters march in the streets. Riot police required to quell the uprising.
Starved for workers, America opens its borders eliminating any numerical restriction on immigration.
Businesses begin moving their headquarters to America from abroad.
Massive economic growth floods public coffers paying off the national debt.
The Federal Reserve Act is repealed. The fiat money system is eliminated and the gold standard restored.
Tax protesters march in the streets. Riot police required to quell the uprising.
Medicare is deemed unnecessary and abolished.
Less than 1% of each American's income goes to state and federal taxes combined.
The last remaining nuclear warhead is shipped to the Smithsonian.
Most surpluses in national income funneled to scientific research.
Students from around the world enroll in American high schools.
An infinite source of free and clean energy is developed eliminating virtually all pollution.
The gaming industry advances beyond all imagination.
No one really knows or cares who the President is.
Tax protesters march in the streets. Riot police are not required.
Cure for cancer perfected.
Flying cars.
Cure for aging.
Warp drive.
First permanent colony outside our solar system.
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I must say, this was an interesting post to read.
One short criticism: I wonder if Lenin had the same fluid vision for Communism. It sounds so nice on paper, but in practice, those dominos never seem to fall where you want them to.
Also, getting Ron Paul elected would require a massive shift in the public's ideology. Even if we're on that path, it will take many years to get there. I can't say it won't happen, but not in Ron's lifetime.
You have a great blog.
Good point Mr. Antagonist, Ron Paul and Lenin are both ideologues with political influence - historically this is a very dangerous combo. However I think Lenin is one of the more easy to renounce (from our perspective anyway)...
"Democracy for the vast majority of the people, and suppression by force, i.e., exclusion from democracy, of the exploiters and oppressors of the people--this is the change democracy undergoes during the transition from capitalism to communism." -Vladimir Lenin
That, my friendly antagonist, is what I believe to be a night and day distinction. Our constitutional republic protects rights of every citizen; brownshirt cross-burning neocon or lesbion bleeding heart leftist commie pinko. The dominoes must not fall by coercion by any individual, group, or even the majority. IMHO, even the nutty crazed maniacs individuals on the fringe benefit from (and are pacified by) freedom to exercise voluntary mutually beneficial agreement. It's the anti-collectivist union, which is why it's so damn hard to arrange.
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