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The Sovereign Individual details strategies necessary for adapting financially to the next phase of Western civilization.

Few observers of the late twentieth century have their fingers so presciently on the pulse of the global political and economic realignment ushering in the new millennium as do James Dale Davidson and Lord William Rees-Mogg. Their bold prediction of disaster on Wall Street in Blood in the Streets was borne out by Black Tuesday. In their ensuing bestseller, The Great Reckoning, published just weeks before the coup attempt against Gorbachev, they analyzed the pending collapse of the Soviet Union and foretold the civil war in Yugoslavia and other events that have proved to be among the most searing developments of the past few years.

In The Sovereign Individual, Davidson and Rees-Mogg explore the greatest economic and political transition in centuries—the shift from an industrial to an information-based society. This transition, which they have termed "the fourth stage of human society," will liberate individuals as never before, irrevocably altering the power of government. This outstanding book will replace false hopes and fictions with new understanding and clarified values.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Should this book be priced at $45K a copy
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The headline was content in the book, suggesting that the book will never be popular and that the authors expect not to make any money from the book. Very interesting book, where it gives you a lesson in human history, one that wasn't taught to me in public school, and how life hasn't really changed much in 2000 years, where we still depend upon certain things. The authors explain the principals of life, which is protection from violence and plunder, and how to protect yourself, or determine if the price of protection is too great, and you should move. It compares ideologies such as our Liberal Welfare Democracy to Communism, and how politics come into play. It goes into the concepts of money and how it works. After your learn all this, it tries to predict the future and suggest how you should be aware of using this information to benefit yourself in the future.

I saw this book as an extension to Cash Flow Quadrant, but it is not, for I think Robert Kiyosaki should of read this book first before writing Cash Flow Quadrant. At first this book was hard to read, but I got use to the writing style and can now jam through pages with ease. The density of information within the book is very high, small text that covers most of the pages. I'm only 1/2 way through the book, and can't wait to finish it, so I can read my next book. I wish I would have read this book 20 years ago, but I wasn't aware of it's existence.

For me, I give this book a 5 star rating, because I can understand the information presented, and actually use it. But you need to be a certain type of person to appreciate this book, for it's not for everyone. This book is meant for one who thinks like a capitalist, someone who is self employed, but an employee would learn a great deal from this book as well, or even one of our politicians in Government.

If your looking to take your brain to the next level, figure out why we pay taxes, and understand the concepts of inflation and why our nation state does what it does, then buy this book. Otherwise, pick another book.
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Ed Cleaves
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazingly Prophetic and Ahead of its Time
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I loved the eloquent argument that Governments are formed as a consequence of violence. When the productivity of societies increase, there is a rise in violence. Organisations (like governments or the mafia) form in order to provide protection and civil order - taxation is actually protection-money. The historical references to the medieval era, were very revealing - especially, in terms of highlighting the dogma of the church, at the time. Comparisons to current times, helps explain similar dogma, continually propagated by the mainstream media and celebrities. Although this book was written in the late 1990s; much of the commentary on political corruption, identity politics, social welfare and the decline of industrial nations (economically and morally) rivals the current talking points today, in 2021. Finally, the message that society will be driven by economic and mega political conditions, rather than mainstream narratives; is encouraging to the critical thinker. The most hopeful message is that the Governments of the future will have less power to confiscate the wealth generated by the Information Age. The intangible nature of digital property; the security of cryptography and the global nature of the Information Age, will represent the new mega political conditions of society.
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Anthony Foote
5.0 out of 5 stars Wow
Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2024
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4.0 out of 5 stars An almost prophetic book
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The sovereign individual has many things written within it’s pages, that have if not fully, at least partly come to pass. The most notable predictions are as follows:

1) the emergence of the cyber economy ( e- commerce)
2) the emergence of cyber cash ( crypto currency )
3) The rise of Telemedicine
4) the rise of the temp workforce ( work done as a task, rather than a Job)
5) the emergence of entertainment/news on demand ( Streaming )

Perhaps, the only downside to this book is that it starts with predictions about the year 2000 which are laughable today. The worst part? It devotes an entire chapter to these wildly inaccurate ideas. For this reason alone, I cannot in good Conscience give it five stars.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Real Eye Opener
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This is the best book I've ever read on economics, politics and history (I don't know exactly which category to put it in). I didn't really like the first 3 chapters, because it was filled with unsupported, somewhat incredible forecasts of changing forms of sovereignty. But by chapter 4 or 5 they started supporting their claims with historical information and I was mesmerized.

The authors claim that the information age is radically transforming sovereignty and restructuring or dissolving "nationhood". It is doing this by transcending the "tyranny of place". When all you need is a laptop computer and an internet connection to earn your income, you can live anywhere (especially if it's a satellite internet connection). You might choose to move to a place where the services provided by government are worth the taxes you pay. If that is the case, then governments, rather than seeing their high talent, high income citizens flee, will start competing for them by lowering taxes and perhaps dismantling the welfare state. That's the general idea, but the authors do a much better job of explaining it than I do. This is one of the most important books that I've read in the last ten years.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very succinctly argued
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Very well structured book setting out the case for increased personalization of society. I came across a more recent book by Emmanuel Daniel "The Great Transition - the Personalization of Finance" which seem to build on the same theme except on the finance industry front. Both books (and any other later books that drills down with more specifics of the idea of the sovereign individual) should be read together so as to build on the authors basic ideas.
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5.0 out of 5 stars This book is phenomenal !
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I read a fews first chapters, it does blow my mind how accurate and insightful it is. Recommend for everyone who wants to survive the new era !
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Information Age is coming
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The Individual will be part of the main revolution in the next decades. Honesty, skills labours and knowledge will be important and essencial
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great news...if you will become a sovereign individual
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 26, 2023
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I wish I'd read this 20 years ago when it came out. So much interesting stuff that I burned out a yellow highlighter reading it. And the references to forgotten classics remind you that many people were really very smart in the past, and without access to the Internet.

Fundamentally though, I don't agree with the author's thesis.

Yes the nation state is under threat but less from minisovreignties and more from supranational entities or blocks. So far, it seems that ministates like their Hong Kong example don't flourish but simply get crushed.

Yes information technology empowers the rise of 'sovereign individuals' but really there will only ever be a few; most people will remain 'losers/left-behinds' and the rise of AI will only make this more likely as AI itself gradually assumes its own agency and disintermediates even those who created it.

The book seems to be written by people representative of those who have significant money to invest and potentially could pay a lot in tax, especially if they happen to live in the USA. But most people, billions in fact, are not in this position so the idea of lots of SIs moving to some obscure micro community to save a few grand in taxes seems a little far-fetched. In any case, most people who have serious money manage to avoid paying tax anyway, just like many multi-national corporations.

As a pensioner in the Western world, I am in fact an 'employee' of the government and would not like my employer to go bust thus rendering me impoverished. So that's why I, like a great many people I suspect, turn a blind eye to multi trillion dollar fiscal deficits and concerns about how other people's tax money is actually being spent on weapons and other unproductive 'money-pits'

Selfish I know but solidly Dawkinsian.

Whether you agree with the authors or not, think they are 'right-wing' - whatever that means - or representative of a financial elite, the fact is that the real impact of the 'Information Age' has not really been felt yet.

Social media, apps, mobile phones and so on are the drugs we have all become addicted to but the long-term consequences and impacts of those addictions have yet to be truly realised. By comparison, crack may well turn out to be less damaging in terms of the long-term big picture.

So the transition has only just begun.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Mai scaricato nella libreria Kindle
Reviewed in Italy on April 20, 2022
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