Chapter Eleven
There is a Japanese proverb about vision without action being a daydream and action without vision being a nightmare. I am going to try laying out a positive vision for the future that will hopefully inspire actions to make the dream a reality. Everyone reading this has the power to help in their own way. Think about the possibilities if enough of us will work together.
Let’s start with fishery management. Enough people publicly support a shift in fishery management priorities to focus more on enhancement than enforcement that our leaders listen. Fishermen and fishery managers start working together to improve habitats while regionally stocking a wide variety of native seafood that can naturally reproduce. Hatchery Supported Quotas are established for each stocked species. We manage sustainable quotas with appropriate possession limits to avoid closures. Most size limits are abolished. A simple set of easy-to-understand regulations replaces the overly complex laws we have now. Seafood stocks quickly rebuild to historically high levels while we sustainably harvest more than ever before. Recreational fishermen are free to keep enough fish to make it worth going. Commercial fishermen can earn a reliable income supplying consumers with local seafood. Our Public Waters teem with marine life that lives wild and free. We have enough seafood readily available in our Public Waters to promote food security when other food supplies are disrupted. We would restore our freedom to fish and access our Public Resources from our Public Waters.
Successfully influencing fishery management policy with nothing more than public support inspires enough people to stand united on other issues. Individuals from all walks of life call for a Stop-and-Review policy at all levels of government before the next election. We also find candidates who will follow our lead to run for local offices. We win a County Commissioner seat and have our Public Servant promote Stop-and-Review until it is approved by the Commission. That county openly reviews all laws and ordinances online while inviting residents to be involved in the process. Outdated and senseless regulations are removed while others are amended or left alone if they make sense. We’d discuss sustainable growth and how much we want to see. The idea of a Community Commerce Co-op comes up during the review process that shows Public Utilities being sold and economic development incentives being used to bring in outside corporations. Those incentives are directed at the Co-op to create revenue from Public Resources and retain ownership of Public Utilities. We consider ventures like lining public roads with vertical windmills that collect kinetic energy from passing vehicles and funneled winds to produce power and profit for us. This sets an example for other concerned citizens as Stop-and-Review is adopted by state and local governments across America. Positive results and public support convince federal agencies and Congress to stop passing new laws while we review what is already on the books. This process results in many federal powers being delegated to state and local levels as our United States Constitution intended. The federal government starts focusing mostly on national defense and paying off the mountain of debt politicians accumulated.
People everywhere notice these positive changes that are enriching and empowering us while limiting the power politicians and corporations have over us. Many start their own Stop-and-Review movements with similar results. Freedom is flourishing globally as we peacefully change the course of history. Enough of us stand united in our calls for peace that most wars cease. Economic sanctions and consumer boycotts persuade reluctant regimes to negotiate peaceful conflict resolutions. Power returns to local people everywhere. Criminal Laws focus mostly on violent crimes that rapidly decline as repeat offenders are isolated from civilized society. Financial freedom from Public Resource revenue payments allows us to have more control of our time and choices. A cycle of personal empowerment promotes peace, prosperity, and liberty for all.
This oversimplified summary of what could happen if enough people embraced some Freedom Philosophy ideas paints a rosy picture that is not out of the realm of possibility. Think about what you want your life to look like in the future. Don’t most of us hope for the best? It is important to have a positive vision for what we want to happen. Let’s start thinking about the impact our decisions will have over time, so our future is more like a dream than a nightmare.
Let’s start with fishery management. Enough people publicly support a shift in fishery management priorities to focus more on enhancement than enforcement that our leaders listen. Fishermen and fishery managers start working together to improve habitats while regionally stocking a wide variety of native seafood that can naturally reproduce. Hatchery Supported Quotas are established for each stocked species. We manage sustainable quotas with appropriate possession limits to avoid closures. Most size limits are abolished. A simple set of easy-to-understand regulations replaces the overly complex laws we have now. Seafood stocks quickly rebuild to historically high levels while we sustainably harvest more than ever before. Recreational fishermen are free to keep enough fish to make it worth going. Commercial fishermen can earn a reliable income supplying consumers with local seafood. Our Public Waters teem with marine life that lives wild and free. We have enough seafood readily available in our Public Waters to promote food security when other food supplies are disrupted. We would restore our freedom to fish and access our Public Resources from our Public Waters.
Successfully influencing fishery management policy with nothing more than public support inspires enough people to stand united on other issues. Individuals from all walks of life call for a Stop-and-Review policy at all levels of government before the next election. We also find candidates who will follow our lead to run for local offices. We win a County Commissioner seat and have our Public Servant promote Stop-and-Review until it is approved by the Commission. That county openly reviews all laws and ordinances online while inviting residents to be involved in the process. Outdated and senseless regulations are removed while others are amended or left alone if they make sense. We’d discuss sustainable growth and how much we want to see. The idea of a Community Commerce Co-op comes up during the review process that shows Public Utilities being sold and economic development incentives being used to bring in outside corporations. Those incentives are directed at the Co-op to create revenue from Public Resources and retain ownership of Public Utilities. We consider ventures like lining public roads with vertical windmills that collect kinetic energy from passing vehicles and funneled winds to produce power and profit for us. This sets an example for other concerned citizens as Stop-and-Review is adopted by state and local governments across America. Positive results and public support convince federal agencies and Congress to stop passing new laws while we review what is already on the books. This process results in many federal powers being delegated to state and local levels as our United States Constitution intended. The federal government starts focusing mostly on national defense and paying off the mountain of debt politicians accumulated.
People everywhere notice these positive changes that are enriching and empowering us while limiting the power politicians and corporations have over us. Many start their own Stop-and-Review movements with similar results. Freedom is flourishing globally as we peacefully change the course of history. Enough of us stand united in our calls for peace that most wars cease. Economic sanctions and consumer boycotts persuade reluctant regimes to negotiate peaceful conflict resolutions. Power returns to local people everywhere. Criminal Laws focus mostly on violent crimes that rapidly decline as repeat offenders are isolated from civilized society. Financial freedom from Public Resource revenue payments allows us to have more control of our time and choices. A cycle of personal empowerment promotes peace, prosperity, and liberty for all.
This oversimplified summary of what could happen if enough people embraced some Freedom Philosophy ideas paints a rosy picture that is not out of the realm of possibility. Think about what you want your life to look like in the future. Don’t most of us hope for the best? It is important to have a positive vision for what we want to happen. Let’s start thinking about the impact our decisions will have over time, so our future is more like a dream than a nightmare.