Go PT, Live A Perpetual Traveler Lifestyle

Think back a few years.

Do you remember that big kid grabbing a small toy you were enjoying and holding it behind her back? She then put both hands behind her back and said "guess which hand it's in, right or left, and you can have it back."

Both of you knew it didn't matter which hand you choose - she would keep your toy in the other hand - and show the now empty hand you had picked.

It's happening again.

Governments around the world have snatched your freedom and are saying "guess which political party will provide liberty and safety to your land, right or left, and you can be free of stealing, intrusive, arrogant government."

Pick your hand or party -

it will be empty.


"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." - Benjamin Franklin

"The average man is a conformist, accepting miseries and disasters with the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain." - Colin Wilson

Don't let yourself be an average cow. Don't let unnatural limits you were taught keep your perceptions captive. Open your mind. Freedom and liberty have been redefined, they are now relative: "within reason," "When allowed," "lawful." To understand the difference with real liberty substitute a phrase that should allow no compromise, human rights.

*Where human rights reign, there is my country.*

In over-developed countries your human rights are in chains. Some of your own inalienable human rights may be licensed for use if you cooperate and pay fees. If not, see the uniformed guys with guns. Political power is a corrosive that devours moral and ethical judgment.

"In a state-run society the government promises you security. But it's a false promise predicated on the idea that the opposite of security is risk. Nothing could be further from the truth. The opposite of security is insecurity, and the only way to overcome insecurity is to take risks. The gentle government that promises to hold your hand as you cross the street refuses to let go on the other side." - Theodore J. Forstmann
(emphasis mine)

The leaders of your country of birth claim to own you. You chose your parents on their side of an easily moved, invisible border. Therefore they treat you as their cow; to be herded, branded, milked, and slaughtered as it pleases them. All governments must take more than they can give. As government expands; the more it takes forcefully, the less it returns grandly.


There are few that can step aside, become Partially Transparent, and let their designated herd stampede past. To those a warning may be unnecessary. While those within the herd, the frenzied cattle, will ridicule all warnings.

"By nature man hates change; seldom will he quit his old home till it has actually fallen around his ears." - Thomas Carlyle (ed: If you have to move, you waited too long.)

Will you own your own life, and help others free their lives?

Freedom is cumulative. Your freedom increases with every expansion of freedom for others.

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain

Many seem to think it's horrible not to be owned by the government claiming them. Since you have read this far you are obviously more open to thoughtfully considering alternatives such as liberty.

"No great man of letters is absorbed by the stream in which he swims." - Chaim Potok

Leave the stream, enter the sea.

There are many ways to find a bit of freedom in this slavery prone world. Preparing a back door exit would be wise. You can PT part time, or just understand individual sovereignty so as to be ready in a crises. There are plenty of crises coming that may get too close for comfortable viewing.

If You Have To Leave -- you waited too long.
Are sticks increasing in your area? That's a reminder -- somewhere they are starting to grow carrots.

As a warning: if you are leaving a country in trouble, don't stop in a neighboring country - you might be classed as a refugee instead of a tourist. If you are trapped in a Diaspora, quietly separate yourself from the masses being herded along. A few refugees are a novelty; but as numbers increase refugees become political pawns and are frequently resented and oppressed.

Find your own Thought Castle for your family's future safety. Start by setting up a savings account outside your country of residence. There are lot's of wonderful places to live; plan ahead, visit where you will be welcomed and appreciated -- and where you will learn.

"The world is a book, and those who don't travel read only one page." - St. Augustine


There is a growing cadre of expatriates or expats from every nation. Some are just employees that are stationed outside their home country. Others have gone native and found a new home. However, many are discovering greater freedoms and opportunities as global tourists, global residents, and global travelers busy exercising their personal sovereignty.

Wise countries are courting these Netcohort individualists, realizing the productivity and creativity they and their teams infuse into the societies where they live. Tax incentives, economic citizenship, and improved communications infrastructure are some of the inducements being offered. Attracting these entrepreneurial freelancers can drive a moribund economy to a world leadership position.

"Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism, but peace, easy taxes and a tolerable administration of justice." - Adam Smith

Expect the competition between countries for expat attention to expand as more netrepreneurs and knowledge workers (the netcohort) go P.T. Also expect a backlash of resentment from over-regulated, highly taxed, repressive regimes suffering from "brain drain." If you are thinking of becoming a Permanent Tourist, sooner is better than later.


As a sovereign individual you decide your priorities. You can even support a country of choice if you wish -- but once you honestly consider your commitments; it is hard justifying childish loyalty when your homeland treats you like a criminal and a chain gang laborer. There is no virtue in forced allegiance. "The mice which helplessly find themselves between the cat's teeth acquire no merit from their enforced sacrifice." - Mahatma Gandhi

You have the capability to prosper, but you will have to rediscover how to enjoy learning and creating. There are many degrees of freedom, and some people hate freedom simply because it requires personal responsibility. Your life can have meaning, but you might have to free yourself to find it.

It will take effort to become a Permanent Traveler and it will take work to maintain your new PT lifestyle. Craft a business or develop skills that move with you. You will still have to interact with other sovereignties once you start as a perpetual tourist -- but the advantage can now be yours. If every sovereignty thinks you are owned by someone else you will be free to own yourself.

"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. To be your own man is hard business. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." - Rudyard Kipling

The option is to do nothing and let others make life choices for you. That way is not only hard, it is humiliating and dangerous. Elitist royalty within artificial human hives resent your natural individual sovereignty. They are looking for ways to neuter you and your freedoms permanently. Your dreams are not considered in their plans.

Let me quote an international investment expert who appreciates the dangers of being right when the government is wrong: "...let me once again emphasize that I advise everyone to stay fully within the bounds of the law. That's not for moral reasons, of course; there is no morality to the law. It's strictly for reasons of practicality. Risk-reward ratio...." - Doug Casey


George sums it up: -- "Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master." - George Washington

Is the government that claims to own you the people's servant -- or your master?

A bureaucrat's job can be defined as: managing an insignificant part of a massive and systematic application of oppression.

Liberty is first a choice. Frequently that choice is discovered during travel.

Think independently about popularized ideals and you can free yourself from coercive external influences. Liberty is first created and sustained on a personal level - create a bit more in your own life - then spread it and help others.

"The more individuals knowledgeably expanding their freedom, the more secure our own freedoms become." - Allan Wallace

One tool for increasing personal liberty and improving your own life is to start a technology based business. Find an area that is poorly served by bureaucracies and develop a natural enterprise to provide a better choice. Both you and others will benefit from your efforts.

"The risks and the rewards from creative enterprise are greater, and of far more value to society, than illusions of security and belonging that enslave human cogs in social machines. - Allan R. Wallace

Todays task - find a collectivist bureaucracy and take a bit of its air - speeding up its deflation. Use technology and your creativity to provide a better solution to just one need they currently serve poorly. Huge bureaucracies are doomed, the growth of sovereign hackers will see to that.

With Bastiat Free University we created a college level learning experience for visionaries and entrepreneurs. It will not happen quickly, but if you listen carefully you can hear a bit of air being released from over-inflated educational bureaucracies. BFU went from a hated interloper fighting to change higher education; to retirement as other (and better) open coursework universities emerged. Well done old friend, sleep well.

The unwinding of the industrial age is ending economies of scale that rewarded huge organizational size. Technology empowered individuals will shape the future. The Bureaucratic Epoch is ending. Real change is upon us, but your personal cost will remain an unknown until you act to seize the benefits. It is that unknown price of freedom that keeps slaves in their hovels, and free men in the trenches of many an unjust war. Courage is a decision that what you want is more important than the barriers you fear.

Dragon!

"Our knowledge is so limited, our abilities seem so inadequate, most people see themselves as small insects - They cope by being serious about whatever crack in the sidewalk they were born into. Ignoring limitless potential within a wondrous world, they cling to the security of their limited crack. Crawl out of the crack, take a few steps down the sidewalk, then decide where you want to fly. You are the dragon." - Allan R. Wallace

When YOU decide to own your own life your first step is that desire to be free. You then must turn a critical eye toward those that claim your allegiance. Ask yourself - "Am I more dedicated to them than they are to me?"

"In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs it is the rule." - Friedrich Nietzsche

If something evil is starting to fall - it should be tipped. Instead of remaining an owned cow based on the accident of your birth location, find freedom like an elk through bureaucrat tipping.

As a PT -- shape your own future!


"Root in relationships, not things or places. Roots make you a target for bulldozers."
Allan R. Wallace

Of first importance, have a plan to get your kids and yourself out of harms way. Remove the restrictions of being ordinary . . . there is an important anthology by Peter Travellian that reveals how to escape average, make money, and thrive in strange situations, anywhere - definitely a must read.

There has been a lot of conjecture about Europeans not reproducing at a sustainable rate. Many have held that Europe will eventually become a sort of historical Disneyland where tourists come to view the architectural remains of defunct cultures.

I see another possibility.

In countries like Cuba, and perhaps where you live, long life research has been happening for decades. It is not well publicized because of direct costs to apply, and particularly because of entitlement costs if mere citizens live appreciably beyond expected retirement and predicted death models. Longer lives for serfs would create entitlement funding nightmares galore in the unjust nations of the world. Elites and world leaders may already be getting long life treatments like Castro is supposed to have had, but don't expect anyone else to receive offers.

Europe may be a special case. Looking at the fragmentation of their nation states as their native populations become minorities at home, they may well consider long life experiments for their citizens. This is just a thought in my mind, not a prophesy; but it's one more thing to consider when you acquire your next citizenship and passport. Will long life treatments be offered to citizens?

Will you select a nation with financial problems from a maturing and shrinking native population, one with problems associated with their assured minority status in their own country? Many PTs prefer low or no taxes, a non-intrusive government, and few or no entitlements. They want to earn their way, and share with whom they choose. This is possible in Europe or America for tourists, but currently not for citizens.

Can you picture a European nation where their citizens might vote to eliminate entitlements in exchange for longer, healthier lives? (hint: France has perhaps the best health-care in the world, and they love discarding their frequently counterproductive governments)

There are of course other choices and considerations. Add this to your hopper of ideas. We know it's the direction of a country, not its past or current position, that's most important to a PT. We must however consider what might cause a major disruption of an established direction.

Long Life / anti-aging may be a black swan.

"This will likely be part of my next book:

Behind me, nestled in a valley leading into the mountains, is a reminder of the hazards of rooting in places or things rather than in relationships. It must have been a magnificent resort. It had served as a focal point of escape for knowledgeable folk fleeing violence in once crowded cities. Its lovely grounds, natural springs and hot springs, and a wealth of lawns to convert into fields were seen as a God-send; but they didn't ask God. Hunting and foraging in the forests around them, along with farming the extensive grounds, allowed them to eat well in a time of almost universal lack.

They even established study centers to rediscover lost knowledge. They were destroyed by hoards of looters demanding they share everything they had with those less fortunate. Poverty for all was soon shared, and a beacon of reason was destroyed by gross overpopulation. My ancestors were adaptable and left their home too soon - the others found out that once you have to leave, you've waited too long. Most of those that had worked and studied at the razed resort grounds, those that survived, ended up carrying deep emotional wounds and wandering with the cannibalistic hoards.

Prior to the die-offs they had many words for those that demanded a stealing from gifted creators and curators for distribution to uninspired consumers. The most colorful I've discovered was actually a phrase - "eating the goose that lays golden eggs."

Allan R. Wallace




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"Leave paths that force you to walk in the wrong direction." - Allan Wallace

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