A Lost Country

Its hard to tell if I am wrong or the rest of the world is. But for me the future must have a different taste that makes it unique, at least for the ones that can enjoy it.

Sure this sound selfish, but with climate change, the lack of security, the fall of the United States and the rice of a undemocratic China, things look pretty ugly in the future.

I always admire that no matter how bad things can get in the United States, justice has a way to find the right punishment for the criminals and the liberty to express what you think is respected.

But with America falling into a deep recession it letting China, who does not by any mean let freedom expands, take the lead internationally. Europe on the other hand its so scare of offending anyone that deludes its ability and power to it can please them all.
That where a small country has the opportunity to rise. Not in the conventional terms, but in modern ones. Let me explain what I am thinking.

I always hated the short minded people that surround me, people that think are clever because their job is done well, that they think are smart because the y know a little about something, or because they like “good books” and “cult” movies.

My edge is this; someone who would understands the future and what may come with it, creating the perfect paradise where the rich and powerful could enjoy their vacations, or their lives without any of the current worries of the international world. And of course, beneficing the people of that country in which everyone would like to live.

It does take a complicated approach and some moral objections to it, but the main idea is for this small country to create the perfect environment in which it could succeed in the future and also setting the basis for a influx of international capital that will keep it save from harm.

This country shall not take an army for granted, nor it will try to expand military, or fight its neighbors, it must be a place where safety will be part of its foundations. It must be the place where everyone in the world wants to be.

Such a model will be something like what Abu Dhabi wants for the future of its country. If the United Arab Emirates its pushing toward the future by expending millions of dollars in developing new sources of energy, why cannot some other country, in this case this small country, take it a step forward.

Here is a brief idea of what the world would look like in the near future (part of another column):
The scarcity of water will drive millions of people to the following problems: first- they will find that they current way of living will be alter significantly while their quality of life spins down. Second- they will see how food and other water use intensive activities fall apart as the scarcity if this vital liquid evaporates in the air. Fish and other scarce resources will drive the world into a freak control of my water territories fight. This just after the price of oil picks to new highs. On top of things the extreme pollution of the environment will transform entire metropolis into dead zones where you can barely live. War will multiple in places like Africa where at the current rate, genocide will get another meaning. As this was not enough, big corporations will put their money and industries where cheap labor is available and poor requirements are enforced.
This brings me to a so call “green paradise” where the above wont happen or it will be minimize as much as possible.

Let me talk about the details in the near future, for now I will explain to you the main idea and then in subsequent columns I will go into how it works.

What I dream of is a place that would run on renewable energy, that wont depend on oil, that wont have any big polluting industries, that have enough water reserves, if global warming melts the ice, then this country needs access to the sea and must have desalination plants. It need vast natural recourses and of course it needs to be in a save part of the world.

This country will be a new Swiss model, much more incline toward the future, much lest dependable on secret foreign capital, and much more enjoyable.

They key is to develop a nation that thinks about becoming the capital of the world, with all the developing, ideas, resources, money, human capital, natural resources, green energy, conservation and freedom being part of its central nerve.

Big industries like Microsoft will place their headquarters in this place, companies like Texas Instruments will bring their energy conservation factories, big world players like Saudi Arabia will take their luxurious hotels to this country´s beaches. International financial institutions like Citygroup will make this the new financial capital. This will be a place where you can trade your stock over twenty over hours a day continuously, where you can price oil and gold, where you can expect to do a public offering and rise millions of dollars for your company. You wont make any toys in this country, and agriculture will be only a matter of national strategy. No industries that pollute will be allow, logging, oil exploration, river contamination, air pollution, water poisoning, overfishing won be a problem in this place.

Google will develop its new cut edge operating system here, companies like Shell will test their new green technology. Nokia, Motorola and other will recycle and reuse the old cellular phones as the same time as they develop the latest model way ahead of the Japanese.

Keep dreaming in this; where Amazon could place its headquarters in this country while it manages their entire operations all over the world. A new United Nations may be built, international conferences on energy conservation, on palling the consequences of global warming will be held. GlaxoSmithKline may have the newest laboratory where they test cures for Cancer and AIDS.

This country does exist, but has none of this industries, nor the human willing to transform itself into this “green paradise”. As I said before, I will go into details so you see that this may be possible, sure maybe Abu Dhabi gets there first, but they idea is worth exposing.

I apologize for any mistakes that have not been corrected, I posted this way too late, I promise I will go over this and rectify if necessary.