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One day Christie Bridges was sitting at her desk reviewing her mail when she saw an intriguing letter. The letter described a new technology that would enable people to find things on the Internet much more efficiently. According to this letter, the technology would be so efficient that citizens would know exactly who are society’s productive people and who are the destructive people. This would enable citizens to ostracize purposefully harmful people while upholding productive people as the wellspring of human life. The letter requested funding to develop this new technology.
Christie set the letter on her desk and began visualizing. She imagined a world where manipulators and destroyers would become obvious to everyone. People could go on the Internet, for instance, to see a picture of a destructive person with a list of his harmful acts. If the person was a politician, citizens could vote him out of office. If the person was a fraudulent businessman, citizens could refuse to do business with him. If the person was a mind-crippling professor, students could avoid his classes. Christie believed this technology combined with her teachings would be the driving force for bringing about complete freedom.
After discussing this issue with Bill Warner by telephone, Christie decided to fund the new technology. She sent a check to the person who requested funds. Within a week, Christie received a reply. She read:
Thank you for your generous grant of $75,000. You can be sure that your money will be used wisely in advancing freedom for not only you and your family, but for everyone in our society. In fact, the technology I will unleash will make finding information so easy that it will be increasingly difficult for people to get away with crime. This means that incentive for crime will fall dramatically. While my new technology cannot guarantee the elimination of crime, it should reduce crime and make apprehending criminals much easier. But that is only one application. In fact, my technology will facilitate business decisions, make voting fairer, enable people to locate new friends, and greatly reduce the time needed to find specific information...
Christie Bridges read the reply and felt a sigh of relief. She realized this was money well spent. As she continued reading the letter, she learned how this technology works and when it will be completed. The timetable excited her because the technology would be released prior to the upcoming elections. Christie hoped this technology would be used to replace career politicians with capitalists.
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Through its publishing and financing activities, the World Freedom Foundation made significant advancements toward freedom. The foundation positively impacted teachers, students, professionals, and businesspeople worldwide. Plus, citizens in numerous countries no longer settled for partial freedom; they demanded total freedom. Citizens also demanded fiscal responsibility from their government along with the elimination of controls placed on producers. This freed entrepreneurs, inventors, and businesspeople. As they became free from government controls, new products and services bloomed like flowers in springtime.
The influx of new products and services into the economy caused prices of consumer goods to fall, bringing them within reach of most people. Furthermore, entrepreneurs and businesspeople needed help due to increased production. Thus they created a plethora of new jobs, which caused wage rates to increase. Everyone’s standard of living increased because consumer prices fell and wage rates rose. Civilization prospered. Even communist countries transformed into capitalist societies to keep up with civilization. Big money flowed from continent to continent at the speed of light.
The World Freedom Foundation also affected religion. As a result of the Foundation’s activities, citizens began rejecting guilt and sacrifice promulgated by religion. Thus, religious organizations had to act fast to retain members. Also as a result of the Foundation’s work, people everywhere began seeing through the God concept, realizing it was an age-old response to a question now answered by science. With world populations now rejecting self-sacrifice, false guilt, and the God concept, a transformation took place. Churches transformed from places of worship to places of learning. Citizens attended church to learn about the history of religion and famous religious figures. Specifically, members attended church to learn history and meet people. Churches became centers for learning and socializing. Education and festivities replaced condemnation and ritualizing. Churches even integrated with the free-market by selling memberships, books, tapes, and tickets to big events in order to finance their operations.