I think we have to end the concept of militarism period. Not just America.
End all centralized everything. The Fed, The government, and All Bureaucracy. The gold standard is not going to free anyone, all currency needs to be replaced by voluntary means of transaction, IE: barter with whatever you want.
Privatize everything to the point where a person can claim what they can take care of. The rest of everything could remain natural.
The problem with how do we free this world is that it requires personal responsibility from every individual here. Most are not willing to be responsible for their own actions. Until that time nothing will change
Agreed, agreed, and agreed. I just wanted to point out the very three obvious steps I believe we need to take if we want any hope of reestablishing true peace and true prosperity.
Bringing back bartering would be great too, I didn't mean to leave that out. But taking the dollar back to the gold standard would legitimize the bank notes as strong currency, because of it would be backed by real wealth. Doing this immediately would create such wealth disparities and tremendous problems, but once hyperinflation corrects itself, having that secure wealth will strengthen freedom. All in all, I want to see a diverse amount of currencies and alternatives to what we have now. It will only strengthen the free market.
We'll be seeing rough times ahead. Everything changes in cycles.