some interesting reading for serious junkies.
I won't see it, but long term, I believe we are heading toward some sort of Libertarian Society mixed with the remnants of the State.
The State itself will continue on it's path toward a Euro setup, while the smarter and more successful put themselves into private communities to protect themselves from the rabble the Euro type system produces.
Gated communities will develop into private cities, with all sorts of combinations of private/public governance. Entry into them will become more and more restricted as violence rises in the cities.
Small city/suburbs outside of urban cores will wall themselves off more and more.
Mission Viejo is a good example of this kind of development. Coto De Casa is even better example, but smaller. It's a walled off valley, very expensive, a "Galt's Gulch" kind of place.
Think of a large mall surrounded by a residential/manufacturing/ mix, with restricted entry.
Philadelphia was originally a proprietary city under Penn until after the Revolution.
The State's biggest fear is losing control of the money supply. That's why they gave Pay-Pal such a hard time. Here is another example that they will go after. And find it harder to stop.
"eTelcharge.com to Develop Proprietary City Government Payment Option to Make Paying Your Water Bill Easier Online
DESOTO, Texas, Aug. 30, 2004 -- eTelcharge.com , announced today that they have signed a commitment to launch its exclusive new online currency for citizens to add their water and wastewater bill to their phone bill. Commercialization is scheduled for early 2005.
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eTelcharge.com, Inc. offers multiple payment options on the Internet to date. The Company offers the traditional credit card merchant services along with the exclusive new online currency -- eTelcharge. Designed to reduce the risk of credit card fraud and identity theft by providing an Internet credit option for online shoppers to charge items sold over the Internet to their telephone bill. This payment option is a perfect match for the 70 million Americans who do not own a credit card. eTelcharge.com is currently the only company with the ability to charge a category of products to the home phone bill. Clearly, past electronic commerce solutions have not employed effective security and privacy techniques that adequately address consumer concerns about privacy and security on the Internet today. The release of the latest version of the proprietary phone billing option is scheduled to be launched in late December 2004. Prior to the release of the latest version of The New Online Currency or phone billing payment option service will not be available to merchants until the new version is complete. eTelcharge offers the traditional credit card merchant services, checks and other existing financial infrastructure of banks along with the exclusive new online currency -- providing online shoppers the choice to charge items to their telephone bill. For more information, go to etelcharge.com.com.
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