The US reminds me of the Roman Catholic Church and Microsoft

The diminishing relevance of the Roman Catholic church, can be attributed to a few causes, which can be summarized as such: When in the middle of a changing society, the insistance of the leadership on maintaing the status quo, leads to displeasure and the departure of the flock.

George W Bush, BinLadin and the Great Recession of 2008 changed the US. Deregulation of commerce, tax cuts, and funny accounting for the Iraq and Afganistan wars put the US economy in a bind. Then came Obama, and since 2008 he has been working diligently at fixing the economy, and so far he seems to be failing. This can be attributed to and I summarize, Obama is one of the few presidents that get it. He understands the plight of the American dream, and he wants to level the playing field so that more people can Dream big. But for those who never had a reason to dream BIG, they perceive life is just great, and that Obama is a dream killer. Unfortunately for America, Obama is going against other politicians who went grew up with their parents having already achieved the Dream. These politicians are Garders of the American Dream.

When one is a dreamer, she will fight against many odds to achieve it. Of course, depending on which theory one accepts, dreams can be figments of the imagination, or a glimpse into the subconscious. I believe that the American dream is both. People from many parts of the world congregate in the US and make imaginary things possible. Guarders of the dream, try to keep real things real. Society needs both dreamers and guarders. Dreamers create value and economic prosperity for their investors. Dreamers take problems and challenges, and create profits and solutions. Guarders put up road blocks, build walls, stage wars because of fear of new problems. Dreamers fail many times by not paying attention to the opinion that its a jungle out there. Guarders always fail by not realizing that life cannot exist in a vacuum. In a society that has a balance of dreamers and guarders, there is growth. However, only when the balance shifts to mostly guarders, does failure become imminent.

Regrettably, the US is becoming a society of mostly Guarders. Investors put their cash in ten year bonds at two percent interest, and purchase gold. And prosperous business pay the banks to keep cash. How is this different from stashing cash under ones mattress?

The catholic church failed to innovate when more people were able to read and interpret the bible. Microsoft failed to innovate when more people were using the internet. Thirty six percent of people between the age of 16 and 67 do not contribute to the labor force. These are a lot of idle dreamers, the devil can surely find work for about 110 522 358 hands. Additionally we need to pay attention to these 2241200 temporary dreamers and hope that they don't stop believing.

Many societies fail when the dominant forces listen not to the voices of the majority, and now in the US, we need the majority to dream big.