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Time for  some philosophy, passion, and opinions.  I’m sharing my vision of peace, because it is the driving force behind my business.  People think peace is priceless, but I think this is a huge failure in valuation.  Ever hear of a company that set their valuation at priceless? I bet someone told them to go beg on a street corner.  So this is what the peace industry does.  They raise awareness, they raise money, but what do they build?  Where is the peace product lineup?  This is a major hurdle for the peace industry, but I think we can overcome it with some ingenuity and by realizing what a valuable commodity peace already is.

Peace is a word that many say they want.  Do you want peace?  I do.

Remember John Lennon and his song Imagine?  When you sing along with Imagine, can you see the vision, can you feel the passion for peace, does it send shivers up your spine to think of such a wonderful idea coming true?  I may not be as beautiful as any of the Miss Universe contestants who have wished for it, but I want it, and I mean to do something about it.

Yoko Ono, a talented artist, is a champion of the industry and keeps John’s campaign alive via her peace products and social media presence.  Her continued devotion to advancing the cause of peace is one I look up to.  My vision of peace has led me to design a place for us to fight with words, so we can see what we really value.  I’m working on the prototype with a friend and am looking to find seed investment for my plans soon, but I’m not talking about business today.  Today I share some of my passion for preventing violence and increasing freedom, two topics that I think will help make peace much more achievable.

Have you noticed that the war industry is thriving these days?  We need something to compete with it.  We make war against an impervious enemy called terror, which is caused by our misuse of force.  Is it billions spent to fight fear or billions spent to maintain fear?  I can’t tell, it seems self reinforcing to me.  We also have a war against drugs, which is actually a war against our freedom to consume whatever poison we choose.   We allow the poisons we know, alcohol and tobacco, which are equally, if not more destructive to those who lack balance, and then prohibit these others for no solid factual reason.  There is no doubt that drugs cause harm, but the only reason to prohibit one over another is unfair discrimination.  People think drugs poison our society, but they poison individuals.  The wars are what poison us all.  We are killing people with our ridiculous rules more than any other weapon.  This leads to guilt.  Because we misunderstand how to deal with a problem of balance.  Our society has become inhumane.  No wonder our suicide rates are increasing, who wants to be part of a society that hates and fears it’s own.  We can plaster over our problems with our successes, but it doesn’t change the rotten core.  We think rules and suppression are the way to protect people from danger, but it’s the opposite.  We need to stop fighting with ourselves and accept we have a problem and nurture our society back to health.  A prison nurtures criminals and we keep building more, rather than unmaking the ridiculous laws that put them there.

Here are some policy ideas for discussion.  My goal with these ideas is to increase security and prosperity while creating as much freedom as you can handle.  I’d love to hear why it wouldn’t work, or why you think it’ll never happen, as well as any suggestions or comments.

First, prohibit deadly ammunition. You can keep your guns.  We support blanks, rubber bullets for target shooters, and specific exemptions for animal control specialists.  If you have to kill an animal for sport we recommend hunting with a bow and arrow or maybe a crossbow.  Hunting should be a sport without bullets.  Institute a gun and ammunition buyback program which would stimulate a segment of the economy while making us all safer.  Then police will begin clamping down on any remaining dealers, producers, or importers of ammunition.  Once that is estimated 75% complete (hard to measure, but we have to start somewhere), the army will be in charge of the ammunition recycling program.  I want to state clearly that I have nothing against the military or the police, they have a very important and honorable job to do and they deserve the best non-lethal tools we can get them.  We’ve just asked them to do the wrong thing, it’s not their fault that their job is ridiculous now, it’s ours.  If we can admit we were wrong about where force needed to be applied, I don’t think they would mind changing tactics.  Who’s ready for the worlds first weaponless MMA police force?  I am.  I think the world would take us more seriously, if we stood with brave and true hearts on the line, not hiding behind a distinct technological killing advantage.  Guns and bombs are for cowards!

If you think democracy requires an armed populace to maintain itself against tyranny, I think you have been misled.  Tyranny needs weapons to maintain itself, democracy is an idea that needs no weapon sharper than a word.  If the people are behind you, because of the gun you carry you are a shield for the weak, not a leader of free people.  If the people who follow you would throw themselves in front of you to stop a bullet because of your words, then you are a leader of democracy.

Second, legalize and tax all destructive consumable substances.  If you want to protect your children, I suggest you take the business man’s gun away, and force them to check their customers id first.  It just works!  We could get solid research done on the real effects of these substances, find ways to treat and assist people who get out of balance.  Plus this black market funds drug dealers, and we know they are laughing all the way to the bank, without paying a cent in taxes.  It’s madness.  In fact when it comes to taxes I think we are punishing the wrong people.  Good, honest people are paying tax for doing the work of progressing society, does anyone else think this is backwards?  It’s no wonder the government is so hated.  It literally is looting us.  I realize the government gives service to all citizens, but right now they are serving drug dealers for free; including free room and board when they get caught!  I think there is potential to stop taxing income and make all government revenue come from taxing “wasted” income.  If we taxed all products according to how addictive or destructive they are to humans or the environment, it might go a long way to creating sustainable behaviors.  Plus there is potential for being proud of a government that is working to heal rather than kill or imprison a problem.  Obviously this would be a major shift from taxing everything under the sun, but taxes are a much better way to direct behavior than any other, because it leaves the choice in the hands of the consumer. Prohibition has never succeeded and is an embarrassment for policy makers.  We must not let their embarrassment keep us on the road to more wasted effort, trying to stop the unstoppable.  Even the police, who want their honor back, are speaking out against these ridiculous policies.

Those are my first two policy planks for peace.  I have more, but I can’t cogently add any more to this post.  Let’s stop fighting losing battles and start healing and educating our people, so they can be as safe as they choose to be.  Freedom needs to increase, if we are to have any chance of success.  So let’s start a war against ammunition and treat businessmen like businessmen, with higher taxes for more destructive products and less taxes for good honest working folk.

I’ll ask again: Do you want peace?  Are you willing to risk change to get it?  What do you think?

Thanks for reading!

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