Because the US is such a historically poor and corrupt part of the world, what are ways for a Technate to stay economically afloat and to facilitate trade with other countries?
The most obvious ways of making money in America are sex work and selling drugs, at least in my experience. Especially here in Florida these are the most promising industries with others requiring education or skills that we do not have the infrastructure to give our citizens. Poppies, hemp, and kratom are very valuable crops and if we can control a government through secession, elections, or other infiltration we can legalize whatever we see fit and run a business in peace. This would help the citizens to have enough money to eat and reduce the use of the legal system to target minorities. Legalizing prostitution would also create more opportunities for people to work.
Some people oppose the industries I mentioned, but if they do they should provide an economic alternative that allows our people to eat. Especially if we can form a technocratic army or movement, what industries will they realistically have their people work in?
Skipping over your whole drug thing, I’m gonna go ahead and give my two cents about how countries can remain powerful and facilitate sustainable growth through trade.
It’s trust.
If you look at external trade, if you trust your business partner, but also go the extra mile to deserve that trust and maintain it, for instance through generosity, openness, and just showing that your want what’s best for your counterpart is the best way to nurture a relationship and have it be fruitful.
Now, if I, as a Dutch citizen, have a look at what your American government considers to be illegal trade, I can only surmise you kind of have a point. The Netherlands, if not to say just Amsterdam, is a big hub for both sex and drug (both legal and illegal) trade. It attracts tourists and the legalisation of certain parts creates a more even flow than if this were all illegal.
However, keep in mind that this does not root out illegal activity and it definitely doesn’t remove any form of violence. It is largely dependent on how the country is doing on the way in to such a process, but let me provide the example of the country that is, on paper, the most progressive in the world.
Uruguay. Their legalisation policies are not built on ideology, they are built on fear. And even though their policies alleviate the pressures from the cartels, they do not take them away. Drug violence, human trafficking, these are terms still very much associated with Uruguay.
Why then, does the Netherlands have no such issues? Well, that’s because the nether is a country that has a solid economy beside its drug industry. It’s a knowledge economy, supported by a powerful export based agricultural economy. Apart from that, it’s historically been moderately socialist so there is a lot of equal opportunity, social ‘catch nets’ (it’s a literal translation of the Dutch term) and a strong sense of community, at least in rural areas.
The common drug violence is slowly appearing in the harbors of Antwerp and Rotterdam due to the rising popularity of cocaine over legalised products such as marijuana, or products like MDMA which are more regulated.
Keep in mind this is very new to the Netherlands and the police are next to powerless against firearms. Also keep in mind most things are not legal nor decriminalized in the Netherlands, there is just a no conviction policy by the judges for a small amount of drugs for recreational use.
This is good an socialism would solve many issues, but here in Florida nobody is willing to fight against the state to implement it.
