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David (Hunter) vs. Goliath

You probably have never seen the Local Group’s publications. And for good reason: the authorities do not want you to see them. The Local Group publishes material that guarantees you will be powerful, rich, sexy, happy…and immortal. How? By reading Local Group publications, you will gain new knowledge and understandings that lead to competitive strength and invincible power. Armed with this new knowledge, all the power, wealth, and love that now flow to external authorities will flow to you. And the authorities do not want this to happen. They fear this. So, they acted to stop this historical transfer of power, wealth, and romantic love.

In 1990, David L. Hunter graduated from college and began practicing landscape architecture. Hunter met with fabulously wealthy people and surveyed their exotic properties. He regularly saw houses worth $500,000.00 and more. Soon, Hunter wondered how he too could live in similar beauty and luxury. All the people he met had extraordinary homes, cars, clothes, spouses, businesses, jobs, and lifestyles. But how? Why do these people live fabulously rich lives while so many people live on the brink of bankruptcy and despair?

Hunter’s clients used diverse methods to achieve outstanding success. These rich and powerful people were doctors, entrepreneurs, educators, business owners, high-level managers, computer software developers, and so on. However, they all seemed to use a similar—yet invisible—success formula. Just what is that formula?

Those questions led Hunter to research the subject of prosperous living. He began researching the cause of larger-than-life prosperity, along with carefully observing his successful clients.

In 1991, he formulated unrefined principles of success—principles that could bring anyone prosperity and happiness—based on direct observation and research. Soon, he began testing his success principles in his own life to verify or falsify them. By late 1991, Hunter

* boosted personal income by over seventy percent
* experienced a five-figure bank account increase
* purchased a brand-new sports car
* had beautiful women pursuing him
* enjoyed valuable gains in mind, body, and emotions

He credited those rapid gains to raw success principles. But those principles needed to be upgraded and refined so anyone could apply them and prosper greatly in every area of life. Those success principles would have to produce significant and repeatable results, regardless of the lifestyle a person chooses.

In 1992, David L. Hunter decided to write a book about achieving larger-than-life success—a level of success exemplified by his rich and powerful clients. Then in 1996, after years of working with highly successful people and studying the philosophy of success, Hunter produced a 50-page book titled Genuine Power. But that book was very philosophical; it used new concepts and ideas that were unknown to most people. Thus, Hunter never released it to the public. Genuine Power is the base upon which subsequent Local Group publications arose.

Later in 1996, Hunter gave a public lecture based on the Genuine Power book. Within a couple days, that lecture was banned. The lecture upset audience members with its black-and-white moral evaluations of historical figures such as Georg Hegel, Adam Smith, and Sigmund Freud. Additionally, a newsprint advertiser would not run an ad for Genuine Power, saying he runs a family business.

In 1997, Hunter produced and published The Mind of a Winner, which is an easy-to-read book about developing oneself based on new knowledge and universal principles. This book is an upgraded, expanded version of Genuine Power with many new ideas—more than three times the size of Genuine Power. But still, this book has a no-compromise stance toward earth’s irrational world. Thus, over 65 publishers and literary agents rejected the book. Their ultimatum was, "remove the attacks on God, religion, government, and politics or else we will not publish it."

So Hunter self-published the book and tested it in some libraries. Copies of the book circulated numerous times, but shocked readers. Soon, the copies were missing. And when David L. Hunter sold out of the first short-run printing, he was placed under federal investigation. At 8:00 am on December 17, 1997, gun-backed federal authorities were going to search Hunter’s premises. Those authorities probably would have seized invaluable manuscripts, books, letters, and journals—all of which led to the blockbuster 180,000-word Perfect Mind/Perfect Body release. But Hunter was able to prevent such an irrational search-and-seize mission by sending key information to the United States federal government.

When people realize that Local Group publications threaten not only the future of the criminal mind, but threaten the future of earth’s anticivilization, they immediately shun the Local Group. Almost all people—especially investors, bankers, publishers, literary agents, clerks, and bureaucrats—either avoid or try to stop the Local Group.

In late 1998, the Local Group began publishing its material in cyberspace. The web site www.localgroup.8m.com contained valuable publications—including portions of the Perfect Mind/Perfect Body book. People grew hostile as this material was promoted throughout cyberspace. Since this knowledge rejects mysticism and dishonesty in favor of reality and reason, it contradicts many people’s worldview.

Then on March 2, 1999, the Local Group web site was unexpectedly removed from the Internet. Why? That 200,000-word site contained wildly controversial material that goes against both church and state.

Even so, that web site attracted thousands of visitors from 36 countries within a few months. The Local Group web site hosted visitors from the following countries:

1. Australia
2. Austria
3. Belgium
4. Canada
5. Chile
6. Croatia
7. Denmark
8. Estonia
9. Finland
10. Former USSR
11. France
12. Germany
13. Greece
14. Hungary
15. Indonesia
16. Ireland
17. Israel
18. Italy
19. Japan
20. Latvia
21. Luxembourg
22. Malaysia
23. Mexico
24. Netherlands
25. New Zealand
26. Norway
27. Peru
28. Portugal
29. Russian Federation
30. Singapore
31. South Africa
32. Spain
33. Sweden
34. Switzerland
35. United Kingdom
36. United States

When the Local Group posted excerpts from its web site to Internet newsgroups, numerous people replied—often with hostility. Those brief posts routinely generated hundreds of messages from diverse newsgroups. People either strongly agreed or disagreed with the Local Group’s ideas.

But just as the Local Group web site began to reach a wide and growing audience, it was deleted from the Internet—without any warning. In fact, the Local Group had several Internet accounts shut down—including web site, newsgroup, and email accounts—due to its "offensive" material. It lost over 500 valuable files: an email list, customized computer code, messages from famous people, and other irreplaceable files.

Section Two
Discourses That Reveal Endless Riches

Real-Life Discourses

In late 1998, the Local Group began testing brief portions of the Perfect Mind/Perfect Body publication on Usenet. These tests consisted of one-page excerpts from chapters that were available at www.localgroup.8m.com. Those excerpts and most of their accompanying messages, which constitute the Discourses, can be found on Usenet by doing a key-word search.

Each of the following Discourses contains at least twenty messages. Many of these Discourses comprise over fifty messages. Some consist of hundreds of messages from all over Usenet. Overall, these Discourses were very popular. As an example, the Socrates’ Revenge Discourse grew to 135 messages in five days. The Most Moral Act Discourse jumped to 173 messages in eight days. Each Discourse is listed below and includes the posting date along with the number of messages in its thread.

1. Value of Stories (11/7/1998): 49 messages
2. Fairness to Plato and Kant (11/7/1998): 25 messages
3. Self-Help (11/12/98): 139 messages
4. Plato’s Definition of the Good (11/21/1998): 21 messages
5. Most Moral Act (12/7/1998): 226 messages
6. Socrates’ Revenge (12/15/1998): 177 messages
7. Basis of Valid Law (1/7/1999): 25 messages
8. Taxes are Illegal (1/13/1999): 351 messages
9. Public Enemy Number One (1/14/1999): 29 messages
10. Liberating Human Beings (2/15/1999): 30 messages
Total: 1,072 messages

Discourse #1
Value of Stories
(full discourse available on Usenet)

Discourse #2
Fairness to Plato and Kant
(full discourse available on Usenet)

Discourse #3
Self-Help
(full discourse available on Usenet)

Discourse #4
Plato’s Definition of the Good
(full discourse available on Usenet)

Discourse #5
Most Moral Act
(full discourse available on Usenet)

Discourse #6
Socrates’ Revenge
(full discourse available on Usenet)

Discourse #7
Basis of Valid Law
(full discourse available on Usenet)

Discourse #8
Taxes are Illegal

Discourse #9
Public Enemy Number One
(full discourse available on Usenet)

Discourse #10
Liberating Human Beings
(full discourse available on Usenet)

Section Three
Epilogue

Q & A

The following questions and answers arise from repeated comments by people in cyberspace. What follows are some of the most commonly asked questions and typical concerns about the Local Group.

Question: What is the Local Group?
Answer: The Local Group is a business dedicated to transmuting mortal earthlings into immortal Citizens of the Cosmos via publishing and educational activities.

Question: Is the Local Group a group of people?
Answer: No. The name Local Group comes from astronomy: a group of 32 galaxies including our own Milky Way galaxy. This name was chosen because this business is the intellectual link between planet Earth’s fatal world and the immortal universe—like the Local Group of galaxies is the physical link between planet Earth and the rest of the universe. In fact, this enterprise consists of business partnerships but no followers or groups.

Question: Is the Local Group a religion?
Answer: Not at all. The Local Group is a secular business. It profanes the mystical; it secularizes the celestial. The Local Group business could not have arisen in an environment of religion. It must be free of mystical notions to arise and achieve its mission. Thus, it had to wait thousands of years for man to switch from Theism to Deism to Atheism before Local Group publications could evolve here on earth. But now that the Local Group has arrived, it will replace god-worship with man-worship. Men and women will rise to heroic status—possessing admiral characters and producing commendable values that raise everyone’s quality of life.

Religion will fade as people everywhere understand that productive work, romantic love, and aesthetic pleasures—not celestial ideals—are what develop and nurture man’s soul. Perhaps the greatest function organized religion serves today is its social function of bringing diverse people together. But the Local Group will meet this need by creating stunning theme parks where individuals can learn, grow, improve health, meet romantic-love partners, play sports, vacation, and have fun.

Question: Are you starting a cult?
Answer: No. A cult is a group of people devoted to a religious ideal, person, or special interest. Cults use a leader-follower format. The leader becomes an external authority that persuades believers or followers to form a community of religious worship and sacrifice themselves. But the Local Group has no leaders or followers. There are no external authorities. The only authority the Local Group advocates is the rational use of one’s own consciousness. The Local Group publishes new knowledge that empowers the individual to accurately identify reality, develop a rational consciousness, act in one’s own best interest, and flourish in a laissez-faire capitalist society. The Local Group will collapse the biggest cult in history: the Homer-Plato-Virgil-Kant anticivilization.

Question: Do you plagiarize Neo-Tech publications?
Answer: No. Local Group publications are conceptually similar to Neo-Tech, Objectivism, Libertarianism, and Atheism. But this is no surprise. The Local Group’s publications could have arisen only after the discoveries of Atheism, Objectivism, Libertarianism, and Neo-Tech. In fact, Local Group publications build upon Neo-Tech, Objectivism, and Libertarianism rather than simply copy or rehash them. And this is vital. As great as these idea systems are, they need to be expanded in all directions of human knowledge. That is what the Local Group does. It builds upon Atheism, Libertarianism, Objectivism, and Neo-Tech so everyone—including people unfamiliar with these idea systems—can apply them and benefit tremendously.

Question: How can I benefit from the Local Group?
Answer: Through the Local Group’s publishing and related activities, you will be free—forever. This will enable you to prosper in every area of your life: mentally, physically, emotionally, romantically, financially, and materially. As the Local Group reveals a new mind and body to Citizens of Earth, they will transpose into powerful Citizens of the Cosmos. This will cause a worldwide shift from today’s mystical/fatal world to a rational/immortal world. Individuals everywhere will be free to produce, keep the fruits of their labor, love passionately, and live life fully—without interference from higher authorities, mystics, manipulators, and others who cleverly drain human life.

Question: Do you seriously think physical immortality is possible?
Answer: Yes. The Local Group has cutting-edge theories about physical immortality and reversing the effects of aging. They arose from scientific and university research. But they require more testing to determine if these will be the routes to youthful immortality. In time, Local Group theories on immortal life will be tested, modified if necessary, and released to medical researchers and then doctors for practical application.

Question: Is the Neo-Tech mind the same as the perfect mind?
Answer: No. The Neo-Tech mind functions deductively by breaking thoughts down into separate units and building each unit to its maximum capacity of consciousness. Those maximum-capacity thought units are then integrated into new concepts, thoughts, and knowledge beyond the reach of the mind functioning as a single conscious unit. (Reference: Neothink: the Mind of the Future)

The perfect mind, by contrast, functions inductively by integrating perceptions of the world into concepts. Those concepts are then integrated into rational thoughts. Those thoughts are integrated even further into principles, which are the most information-rich items of knowledge possible for the human mind. The perfect mind then goes back down the hierarchy of knowledge to ensure objectivity. This mind achieves infinite creativity by stepping out of known paths to discover new views, concepts, and knowledge that cannot be discovered using only vertical thinking.

Both the Neo-Tech mind and the perfect mind are mystic-free, honest, and immortal. They are just different ways or processes of generating knowledge. Overall, they both integrate knowledge powerfully, objectively, and without limits.

Question: What is your proof that infinite worlds exist?
Answer: Astronomers have recently discovered planetary systems beyond the Sun’s solar system. And theoretical calculations, such as the Drake Equation, make a strong case for intelligent life beyond planet Earth. Still, man lacks direct evidence that this universe and all other universes contain extraterrestrial life and advanced civilizations. So today, the Local Group’s assertion that infinite worlds exist is only a hypothesis—albeit one based on sound scientific and mathematical reasoning. Soon, researchers in the field of physics, chemistry, and astronomy will make discoveries that will either validate or refute this "infinite worlds" hypothesis.

Question: Who is David L. Hunter?
Answer: He is a self-made scientist, landscape architect, and writer. As a child, Hunter excelled in school. He was the fastest kid in kindergarten and remained the top three fastest kids in elementary school, even when placed in a class with older kids. He went on to win numerous awards, culminating in Boy of the Year at his elementary school. As a teenager, Hunter entered earth’s anticivilization to see what it was like. He observed and participated in self-destructive acts that were in vogue—irrational thoughts and actions that were and still are fashionable. But as a teenager, Hunter abandoned that bizarre world.

He went on to study in America and Europe. He earned a degree in liberal arts with a focus in the biological sciences. Then he earned a professional degree in landscape architecture. He practiced landscape architecture in both the public and private sectors. Then he worked in his own business producing landscape architectural designs. Finally, he expanded upon his university studies—especially in science, politics, philosophy, and psychology—through an intensive self-education program. That led him to produce radically new philosophical and political writings.

David L. Hunter’s personal development mentors include Napoleon Hill, Earl Nightingale, and Anthony Robbins. His philosophy mentors are Ayn Rand, Leonard Peikoff, and Frank R. Wallace. And his business mentors include Mark Hamilton, Jeffrey Lant, and William J. Stolze. Of all Hunter’s mentors, Dr. Wallace had the greatest influence on David L. Hunter, which spanned throughout the 1990s. Although Hunter has never physically met his mentors, he has learned greatly from them through their books, tapes, lectures, letters, phone calls, and email.

Upon receiving his university degree at age 24, David L. Hunter began learning from his mentors. Hunter’s early writings between 1993 and 2000 reflect the profound influence their work had on his thinking and writing. As is the case with certain professions such as architecture and music, Hunter studied for many years under his mentors whereby his style mirrored theirs. Overtime, Hunter will break into his own unique writing style, always remaining grateful to his mentors for their invaluable assistance and inspiration.

As an example, consider Ludwig van Beethoven. He studied under Joseph Haydn and enthusiastically studied the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Beethoven’s piano sonata #1 closely resembles the style of Haydn. And Beethoven’s symphony #3 uses a pattern from one of Mozart’s symphonies. But after sonata #7 and symphony #3, his music was all Ludwig van Beethoven. No music on earth has the unique style or forceful character like the mature Beethoven. So it will be with Hunter’s writings.

Question: You attack government, lawyers, and judges; do you advocate anarchy?
Answer: No. The Local Group promotes laissez-faire capitalism as the only rational, moral, and just social system. In a laissez-faire capitalist society, governments, lawyers, and judges will play a crucial role. They will work to protect the life, property, and contracts of each citizen, but nothing else. By contrast, in today’s irrational world, governments extend beyond their proper function of protection, which causes inefficiencies in the economy, environment, healthcare, business, finances, and family life. By governments extending beyond protecting individual rights, dishonest lawyers and corrupt judges can drain productive individuals and society through politicized laws, bogus lawsuits, and biased justice.

The Local Group’s solution is to put an Objective Law/Impartial Justice clause in the US Constitution. This would protect individual rights via the prohibition of initiatory force, coercion, and fraud by anyone against anyone for any reason—no matter how "noble" the cause. The only legally justifiable use of force is in retaliation against people who initiate force or coercion. This will make crime much less attractive while boosting incentive to produce rather than usurp values. Individuals and societies will then rise from poverty and gloom into unprecedented prosperity and happiness.

Question: Why so many contradictions, such as your admiring and attacking Plato?
Answer: Local Group publications arise from (1) observed facts logically induced into valid knowledge and (2) sound ideas logically deduced into new identifications. Moreover, Local Group writings integrate over 1000 published works from numerous fields. Such widely integrated material might appear to have contradictions to readers who do not see the full picture. However, all Local Group publications adhere to the logical, hierarchical, and contextual nature of knowledge.

For example, in one context the Local Group admires Plato’s awesome capacity for intellectual abstraction and synthesis. Yet, in a different context, the Local Group attacks Plato for departing from reality while formulating his metaphysical and epistemological views. That departure led Plato to formulate a harmful political philosophy—an ideology that denies the basic requirement of man: inviolable individual rights. Today, clever but dishonest leaders implicitly use Plato’s philosophy to drain value producers, the economy, and society.

Question: Does the Local Group really attack both church and state?
Answer: Yes. The Local Group reveals that both church and state have been profoundly harmful entities to mankind during the last two thousand years. The church has manipulated innocent citizens by linking guilt to sexual pleasures and promulgating the fraudulent God concept. The state has oppressed everyone by initiating force and coercive threats against innocent citizens. To live naturally and happily, man needs to be free from initiatory force and fraud. Those times in history when the church and state were least influential in human life yielded the freest, happiest, and most prosperous eras such as during the Enlightenment.

Question: Are Local Group writings primarily personal development?
Answer: Yes. Local Group writings deliver radically new knowledge aimed at improving the individual’s life in the areas of mind, body, emotions, work, romance, and finances. They build upon the best self-help products available. But personal development publications are not enough. Readers need to grasp the essence of a rational philosophy and a free society, which are requisites for a prosperous and happy life. That is why Local Group publications build upon an objective philosophy and libertarian perspective: to reveal the societal context necessary for individuals to fully benefit from this new knowledge.

Question: How can you honestly say readers will enjoy boundless money and sex?
Answer: The Local Group underestimates the benefits that readers will gain. Limitless wealth and sex are easily achievable by people who apply this new knowledge. But this material goes far beyond money and sex. It reveals a brand-new paradigm: a Post-Mortal World where people live, grow, and experience beauty indefinitely. In such a world, time limits yield to let anyone build a Gate’s-like 100-billion-dollar personal fortune. Freedom from mortal time limits enables the individual to do and be essentially anything rationally possible.

Question: Do you use numerous pen names to get new Internet accounts?
Answer: The Local Group has had more Internet accounts revoked in one year than most people will sign up for in a lifetime. Loss of Internet accounts stem from the Local Group’s wildly controversial material. But the Local Group does not use pen names to replace lost accounts. It uses various pen names in cyberspace to prevent people from becoming followers. The Local Group reveals that no external authorities exist. And it uses pen names to discourage people from seeking any external authority.

Bibliography

1. A Hunter’s Journals, David L. Hunter, 1993-on
2. Cyberspace Riches, David L. Hunter, the Local Group, 1999
3. Genuine Power, David L. Hunter, the Local Group, 1996
4. Mind of a Winner, David L. Hunter, the Local Group, 1997
5. Opulence Story, David L. Hunter, the Local Group, 1998
6. Perfect Mind/Perfect Body, David L. Hunter, the Local Group, 1999

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