Dakota Beacon

The Problem: Complexity

A central bank/consumer debt earthquake and associated economic Tsunami are looming worldwide. Solutions will apply “simplicity” toward easing the massively stressful lives of earth’s inhabitants. And those that lead the transition from COMPLEXITY to SIMPLICITY will be remembered in history books far more than those who caused the complexity in the first place. What, on Earth, am I talking about?

We, the People

Inhabitants of our planet are either wealthy, guilt-ridden and demanding they be taxed higher, demanding reparations for transgressions against deceased ancestors, demanding multitudinous “free stuff,” or just looking on in disbelief. Few have put their finger on the real problem… COMPLEXITY that causes STRESS.

Automobiles : The Best Example

Big Government (translation: Unwarranted and Excessive EV Subsidies) has recently attempted to unleashed electric vehicles on a society indoctrinated into the irrational fear that “The Planet is Burning and It’s Our Fault.” Carbon Dioxide, the “Facilitator of Plant Life,” was the villain until actual physicists in Canada, the United States, and Poland recently proved otherwise.

The Enablers

So-called “leaders” in the automotive industry (who increasingly seem to walk in lockstep with one another) appear to believe that consumers wish to “sleep comfortably” while their automobile drives itself, in similarity to the airline experience. Over the last several decades, computers and associated “improvements” have increased the complexity of automobiles and inordinately allowed costs of ownership, parts, and servicing of autos to rise.

The Weak

Drivers’ arms became too weak to crank auto windows up and down… too weak to manually shift gears… too weak to crank a skylight open and closed… too weak to open a trunk manually… even too weak to turn a key to open a car door or start the engine! And certainly, too incompetent to change the oil or even a flat tire.

The Distracted

Then came “camera-assisted braking,” that panic-inducing ability of an auto to cause a rear end collision due to a crossing tumbleweed. Followed closely by “lane assist,” where the car decides where to go instead of the driver.

The Solution

We need an automobile that retains the rust inhibiting, low speed collision absorbing body, the heated seats, reduced gross vehicle weight and design innovations that increase mileage. None of these things require a computer excepting, of course, the fuel efficient and clean engine, drive train, and exhaust system. The owner needs to easily change oil and filter. And due to the economic uncertainties of a $36 trillion national debt, we need virtually nothing else.

The first entrepreneur (a new-age Henry Ford) who delivers this inexpensive and nearly computerless automobile will be rewarded amply and revered for decades to come! And the best part I have saved for last… if some competent GM auto body designers are pulled out of retirement, these can be the coolest and cleanest looking “hot rods” ever… without the excessive horsepower of our adolescent past!

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