Extreme Wealth
Abandoning a dying civilization for
a living civilization of cosmic riches
By David L. Hunter
Published by Local Group
Copyright © 2003
Contents
Preface
Section 1: Rule of Algorithms
Loopholes will be exploited
Section 2: Predatory Class
Shrewd exploiters of societal loopholes
Section 3: Monetary Inflation
Near-perfect survival tool of the predatory class
Section 4: Inflationary Winners
Supporters of the predatory class and debasement of currency
Section 5: Inflationary Losers
Unknowingly paying for the actions of the predatory class
Section 6: Local Group
Cosmic world peering into the earthbound world
Section 7: The Solution
Transferring inflationary losers into a cosmic world
Section 8: New Game
A cosmic civilization of genuine prosperity
Section 9: The Result
Extreme wealth for everyone
References
Preface
The success rate for get-rich programs is about three percent. This means three out of every one hundred people who purchase get-rich programs achieve the desired results. Stated differently, only a tiny fraction of people who purchase get-rich programs experience the advertised benefits. Importantly, this tiny percentage of people is so small that these people might have achieved success without studying any such programs.
If only a tiny fraction of people gains the advertised benefits of get-rich programs, why do these programs—books, tapes and seminars—flourish in the marketplace? In other words, why has the get-rich-quick industry grown into a multi-billion-dollar industry if the majority of people waste their time and money on these programs?
The answer to these questions is revealing. Many people ardently hope they will acquire wealth at gambling casinos or with lottery tickets or through get-rich-quick programs. Even though most people will never get rich through gambling or the lottery or get-rich-quick programs, people worldwide spend billions of dollars trying. The reason why they do this has to do with the nature of today’s money.
The worldwide politicization of money has destroyed the value of money and removed the incentive to exert diligent effort. Instead, today’s hoaxed money causes people to turn to easy riches and big killings based on luck or timing or hope—anything but diligent effort. Therefore, individuals who sell get-rich-quick programs are merely fulfilling a demand. Many people worldwide are seeking to get rich quick and other people are simply responding to this by offering get-rich-quick schemes. Nearly all get-rich-quick schemes are bogus and waste people’s resources. But if this is what consumers want, this is what they will get.
Extreme Wealth reveals the nature of money and how it has been politicized to favor some people at the expense of others. Extreme Wealth also explains how to end the politicization of money by converting a negative into a positive to yield genuine prosperity for everyone.
Section 1: Rule of Algorithms
Loopholes will be exploited
The security industry arises from the fact that loopholes exist in society and can be exploited. Hackers are adept at identifying and exploiting loopholes in computer systems. Criminals are adept at identifying and exploiting loopholes in property ownership. Even nature is adept at exploiting loopholes as highly specialized organisms arise to fill tiny niches that are unnoticed by dominant animals.
In computer programming, the computer script has to be precise or else it will not work properly. However, once a script is written correctly, the program will do exactly what it is supposed to do. It is airtight without any loopholes. It will work once or a thousand times or million times without deviation. It thus becomes an algorithm or set of instructions for achieving a result.
While certain fields like math and computer science strive for airtight algorithms, many areas of life do not. For instance, the societal arena does not function with airtight algorithms. Yet loopholes exist wherever algorithms are not airtight. And as directed by nature’s law of conservation, loopholes will be exploited. Organisms will seek to exploit loopholes as a way of conserving energy. This act of exploiting loopholes yields a plethora of new species, lifestyles, businesses, products and so on.
Section 2: Predatory Class
Shrewd exploiters of societal loopholes
Of the numerous algorithms that exist, this document is concerned with societal algorithms. Specifically, this document is concerned with the algorithms that make society possible and how people interact in society. Both aspects are interrelated and important as revealed later.
Most people are aware of the exploitation of computer systems by hackers and crackers. These exploiters create and disseminate computer viruses and worms; they also break into computer systems and networks. Most people are also aware of the exploitation of citizens by criminals. These exploiters steal goods, destroy property and murder people.
Both types of exploitation are widely known because they are publicized in the popular media. The concern here, however, is not these people or their actions. Instead, this document is concerned with shrewd exploiters called the human predatory class. Rarely are their exploitations publicly revealed; therefore they go unnoticed by most people. And to make things trickier, the human predatory class operates in the societal arena, which clearly lacks airtight algorithms.
Members of the predatory class have gravitated to an arena that is riddled with loopholes, confusion and disagreement. That arena is the social-political realm. And while operating in this arena, members of the predatory class wield confusion and disagreement as tools of diversion while they exploit loopholes in society.
When the predatory class discovers a loophole and exploits it, intelligent people are commissioned to write treatises that justify this exploitation. Both the predatory class and its intellectual supporters benefit. The predatory class applies new methods for expropriating wealth, which is always done through coercive or deceptive tactics. And the intellectual apologia class benefits by receiving a percentage of the plunder. In practical terms, this means intellectual supporters live in material prosperity and protected comfort while they justify the actions of the predatory class.
The predatory class builds itself a fortress of social intellectuals to justify its relentless exploitation of societal loopholes. But as will be revealed soon, the predatory class has more people than social intellectuals who support its exploitations.
For now, it is important to clarify the specific loopholes that the predatory class exploits. Generally speaking, they exploit the political-economic system. Their prime tool is government, which is used as an agent of plunder. Government itself is a valid concept and is needed, at least in this stage of humanity. The problem is scope: what is the proper scope of government in society? Too little government and society can collapse into anarchy and injustice. Too much government and society can collapse into oppression and wars. Both situations are undesirable.
Like tuning an engine, it is possible to achieve the proper balance of government so society runs at maximum efficiency with good protection for its citizenry. But that requires understanding the proper role of government and adhering to that role. Until recently, people did not know or could not agree upon the proper role of government. With an abundance of ignorance and confusion about government, the predatory class has flourished by using government as a vehicle for exploitation. And astutely, they have created an intellectual apologia class who mystifies people regarding the nature of government, politics and economics. In such a state of confusion, the predatory class commits its exploitations with impunity.
Section 3: Monetary Inflation
Near-perfect survival tool of the predatory class
The predatory class survives by exploiting loopholes in the political and economic systems. People are well aware of these exploits, which include taxation and Social Security schemes among other stratagems. As John Adams wrote, “No freeman should be subject to any tax to which he has not given his own consent, in person or by proxy.” Yet the predatory class taxes everyone from birth to death—regardless who consents.
Such exploits are often risky for the predatory class. In the past, people have revolted against overt exploitation as can be seen in tax rebellions. But the predatory class is shrewd. Over the centuries professional predators have discovered and refined a technique of exploitation that is almost perfect. It cannot be detected on a daily basis. This technique consists of extracting money from the populace via tiny increments so citizens do not notice the theft. This technique is called monetary inflation and it consists of a subtle yet continuous debasing of the nation’s currency.
Rulers have been debasing coinage for centuries. Historically, they would collect their country’s coinage and replace it with new coinage that contains slightly less gold per coin. The citizenry rarely noticed this debasement even though this act increased the ruler’s supply of gold. This process was repeated until the coinage was practically worthless. The country would then experience economic ruin and perhaps a new ruler would rise to power. The new ruler would inevitably be tempted by the easy advantages of monetary debasement and would repeat the process with a new coinage. Most rulers throughout history have debased their country’s coinage.
There are numerous ways the predatory class exploits societal loopholes. A maze of regulatory controls over the economy gives leaders illicit power to control economic activity. This puts them in a position to dispense favors to citizens in exchange for payoffs—financial, sexual or other payoffs. People are aware of most types of exploitation and have come to accept these as the price of living in society. In reality, such exploitations are unnecessary. However, the predatory class forcibly educates everyone, indoctrinating people into believing its actions are just and necessary.
Of the numerous forms
of exploitation, this document is concerned with monetary inflation. Because it
occurs in small increments, it continues almost without detection—day after
day, year after year, decade after decade. The insidious aspect of inflation is
its cumulative effect. It continues because the day-to-day effect is
unnoticeable. Yet its cumulative effect is disastrous. Cases of runaway
inflation serve to emphasize this point, which can be seen in countries like
While
The only restraint on monetary inflation would be foreign currencies—namely, a gross imbalance of the exchange rate among foreign currencies. However, most other nations have also abandoned the gold standard so they can inflate their currencies. This keeps all currencies increasing in supply and decreasing in value, thereby enabling them to be exchanged for approximately the same price. Therefore governments have no restraints on monetary inflation.
As a result of unrestrained inflation, the US dollar lost over 90% of its value since 1933. This means an item you purchase today costing $1.00 would have cost you only $0.08 in 1933 (reference: The Inflation Calculator). For families who have saved money since 1933, they would have had over 90% of their real wealth taken from them. Yet such theft is undetectable because it occurs at tiny amounts on a daily basis. So no one says anything—and the predatory class quietly transfers the real wealth of the citizenry to itself without detection or opposition.
The dollar is actually a unit of measurement equivalent to 1/20th an ounce of gold. Originally an ounce of gold cost $20.00. Today an ounce of gold costs about $320.00. Yet gold did not become more precious. Instead, the US dollar has been inflated so much that it is practically worthless.
A natural thought is to abandon dollars and acquire gold to avoid the effects of inflation and prevent the predatory class from confiscating one’s real wealth. But the predatory class has created laws against this action; they have made it illegal for citizens to hoard gold and use it as a money substitute. Citizens must use dollars, not gold. This gun-backed edict keeps everyone trapped in the exploitations of the predatory class. No one is able to escape, which makes monetary inflation a near-perfect survival tool of the predatory class.
Section 4: Inflationary Winners
Supporters of the predatory class and debasement of currency
As stated above, the predatory class hires intellectuals to justify its exploitations. Those intellectuals have the task of creating doctrines that justify and advocate (1) taxing the populace, (2) regulatory control over free enterprise and (3) debasing the currency. To perform their task successfully, those social intellectuals utilize logical fallacies that are difficult to detect by everyone except students of formal logic. As a result, the populace usually accepts the fallacious reasoning as true. In exchange for legitimizing the exploits of the predatory class, the intellectual apologia class receives a comfortable livelihood and immunity from the predatory class.
However, as mentioned earlier, there is another class of people who benefits from monetary debasement. They are called inflationary winners. These are people who get the inflated dollars first—before the general public gets their hands on this money and before the next round of price increases, which occur as a result of issuing more worthless currency into the economy.
Each time the government increases the money supply—either through printing money or through non-existent bank deposits—there are more dollars chasing the same amount of goods. No real value has been added to the economy. This invokes the law of supply and demand: the demand for dollars falls while the demand for goods increases. This is reflected in the increased cost of goods and can be seen in the increased cost of living.
However, it takes time for the newly issued currency to circulate through the economy and for the economy to adjust itself in the form of higher prices. So the people who get the newly issued money first are able to buy goods and services at unaffected prices. But as this new money circulates, prices rise and the purchasing power of this money decreases.
Who receives this new money first? People closest to the government are recipients of newly issued currency: Central bankers, government workers and contractors, political supporters, unions and other special interest groups favored by government. Money is created out of thin air and given to people who are in close association with the government. This is easy money. There is virtually no cost to generate it except the marginal cost of printing.
Inflationary winners are people within government’s inner circle. These people are direct beneficiaries of monetary inflation. They live in material prosperity; some live in immense prosperity. All these people support monetary inflation and the debasement of currency. In short, their standard of living depends upon the government’s ability to counterfeit money.
Inflationary winners must support monetary inflation to continue enjoying their unearned prosperity. So there is (1) a predatory class, (2) an intellectual apologia class and (3) an inflationary winner class. All three classes of people support monetary inflation. This is enough people to ensure that inflation will continue despite public opposition.
Section 5: Inflationary Losers
Unknowingly paying for the actions of the predatory class
Becoming aware of the supreme survival tool of the predatory class and who benefits is the first step. The next step is to find out who loses as a result of inflation. Generally speaking, everybody outside government’s inner circle loses. This means the general public loses as real wealth is transferred from them to the predatory class via inflationary techniques. Yet inflation is such a subtle technique of exploitation that the general public rarely notices it or complains about it. They do realize the price of food, cars, houses and other goods escalate. But they attempt to counter this by investing their earnings at a rate of return higher than inflation or by purchasing things now before prices rise.
However, the real losers are a group of people collectively known as the inflationary loser class. These people are the last to receive newly issued currency. They purchase the same goods as the inflationary winner class, but they purchase these goods at inflated prices. Equally important, money is kept away from the inflationary loser class in an attempt to minimize their wealth. Who are these people and why is money kept from them?
The inflationary loser class consists of people on the fringe of society. These are people who are as far away from government as possible: Political radicals, nonconformists, independent intellectuals, free-market practitioners and other groups who are in disfavor with government. In earlier times these people would have been labeled gypsies or heretics or some other derogatory term. They all share a common trait: they operate outside establishment beliefs and practices.
The predatory class and its supporters strive to keep money away from the inflationary loser class to keep them powerless. With their financial strength crippled, the inflationary loser class is unable to stop the exploitations of the predatory class. The predatory class and its supporters financially ostracize the inflationary loser class. But this financial ostracism is informal, so some money does filter down to the inflationary loser class. However, by the time money reaches them, prices have increased, thereby reducing its purchasing power. This puts the inflationary loser class at a distinct disadvantage compared to everyone else.
To reiterate, there is a predatory class that operates via government. The inner circle of the predatory class consists of supporters and beneficiaries of inflation. Beyond this inner circle exist the general populace and the societal fringe—the latter being at a distinct financial disadvantage. The societal fringe is basically cut off from the money flow. The little money that does reach them has a diminished purchasing power because prices have already risen throughout the economy.
The inflationary loser class is the most financially crippled class of people in society. As such, these people are no threat to the predatory class. They are effectively immobilized due to their lack of financial power. If someone from the inflationary loser class manages to rise up in wealth and challenge the predatory class, that person will be cut down via the arsenal of political tools wielded by the predatory class. Thus the stage is set for uninterrupted inflation and exploitation by the predatory class.
Section 6: Local Group
Cosmic world peering into the earthbound world
Through shrewd planning and action, the predatory class has set the stage for unlimited power over the populace. Regardless if this power is considered moral or immoral, it is virtually unbeatable. Laws backed by weapons keep everyone in the financial game established by the predatory class. The rules favor the predatory class. Dissenters are ostracized or incarcerated. Some are liquidated.
The established system functions day after day, year after year, decade after decade. Occasionally people speak out against the predatory class, but these people are usually silenced via banishment or imprisonment. They are reduced to a harmless position.
Yet off in the distance emanating a powerful light of life comes Local Group: a cosmic entity that has zero ties to earth’s civilization. Local Group cannot and will not participate in earth’s civilization because doing so is tantamount to suicide. Local Group would quickly be destroyed if it attempted to partake in earthbound activities. Rather, Local Group comes from a cosmic civilization of unbreached productivity, honest interactions, freewheeling business and natural laws that protect each citizen’s person and property.
Local Group’s cosmic world stance enables it to look into earth’s civilization and witness the absurd dynamics now taking place without participating in them. This God-like perspective empowers Local Group to formulate solutions unknown by people trapped within earth’s civilization. And Local Group has crafted a solution that will eliminate the human predatory class who survives by exploiting loopholes in society. This marks the end of the 10,000-year reign of human predators.
Section 7: The Solution
Transferring inflationary losers into a cosmic world
The predatory class is shrewd. They have set the rules of the game and have backed those rules with physical force. Those rules favor the predatory class and their supporters. People who violate those rules will endure punishment or be removed from the game.
Local Group has learned through years of observation and experience that it is best to leave the game alone. No need to amend the game created by the predatory class. Such attempts are merely traps built into the game. They simply waste everyone’s time and resources while the game continually favors the predatory class. In fact, the predatory class would kill everyone via nuclear or chemical weapons rather than allowing their game to be altered. It is best to ignore the earthbound civilization—with the exception of one action.
What is that action? That action consists of quietly transferring the inflationary loser class into a cosmic civilization. The weak link in the predatory class’ strategy is the inflationary loser class. Those losers are the negative part of the system. But a negative can be converted into a positive. How? Using Local Group as the catalyst, losers in earth’s closed civilization can be psychologically transported into a cosmic civilization free of predations and destructions. That cosmic civilization is where Local Group operates. And Local Group is now psychologically transporting earthlings into that cosmic civilization.
After the inflationary loser class is inducted into that universal civilization, the general populace will be inducted into it. Then as earth’s closed civilization crumbles, everyone else will be brought into that universal civilization of boundless riches.
Section 8: New Game
A cosmic civilization of genuine prosperity
The society created by the human predatory class has been enduring for centuries. Since it is such a tightly controlled society with no way out, few people will be looking to see if it is diminishing. Problems have been surfacing here and there, such as terrorist attacks and stock market collapses. But the predatory class’ mandatory schooling has crippled people’s minds so they tend to forget such problems. Life within earth’s closed civilization will continue to appear normal.
But Local Group works night and day—like a hero saving the people—and things will change. Local Group’s quiet work will continue to transform earthlings into cosmopolitans: citizens of the universe. This process will continue until a critical mass of people has been inducted, at which point the process will virtually run itself and become unstoppable. This will result in a new civilization on earth—a cosmic civilization that relegates the earthbound world to history books and horror stories.
Local Group has been targeting specific people. Those people are repeatedly exposed to Local Group items. Over time, exposure to Local Group items pulls people out of earth’s closed civilization and psychologically transports them into a universal civilization. Today that universal civilization can be grasped cognitively and emotionally, but it does not physically exist on earth. However, the proceeds from Local Group will be leveraged to construct a universal civilization on planet earth.
The construction of a universal civilization will occur in a three phases. The first phase consists of establishing a free-market community. The second phase consists of expanding that free-market community into its own country. The third phase consists of expanding that new country into a universal civilization spanning most of earth.
Several new societies
and countries have been formed in recent history. Examples include
· Political System: laissez-faire capitalism with defense-only government limited to police force, military and court system
· Financial System: gold as the money standard; banks issue paper currency backed by gold; decentralized private banking system and private minters
· Infrastructure: major Internet pipes in underground X across country; nuclear power plant will supply power; gas/water/Internet/electricity/sewage connectivity will be universally available
· Layout: major business center with satellite residential communities; strategically located government buildings, hospitals, schools, shopping malls, airport and parks
The proposed
free-market community will be established in
Section 9: The Result
Extreme wealth for everyone
As demonstrated in economic theory and practice (e.g., 19th century America and 20th century Hong Kong), laissez-faire capitalism yields maximum wealth for everyone and society. That is because the incentives underlying laissez-faire capitalism parallel man’s self-interest nature. Moreover, a capitalist system allocates scarce resources to their most efficient uses to maximize profits and minimize losses. Rather than making decisions guided by government decree or political favors, business owners will make decisions guided by precise knowledge of their company and markets.
Since no government leader or policy can know all aspects of the marketplace, today’s government-controlled economy precludes maximum wealth. Additionally, today’s government control over society entrenches the predatory class, giving them a bastion from which they exploit the citizenry. But upon establishing a laissez-faire civilization, maximum prosperity will be available to everyone…and the predatory class will be left without a stronghold.
A laissez-faire economy will provide the incentive to extend human lifespan via research and entrepreneurship. Without restrictions on cloning or genetic engineering, scientists and entrepreneurs alike will have powerful incentives to establish physical immortality. This could become available through immortality treatment centers or perhaps through competing medical products.
As a result of everyone migrating from the earthbound world to a cosmic world, citizens of earth will transform into citizens of the universe. And in that universal civilization they will enjoy unbounded prosperity and life.
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