Through the mist American liberty and political economy, 2065

The federal government's vast authority over education, health care, trade, and other activities creates constituencies that benefit from and help preserve federal power. This dynamic can be stopped only if young people, encouraged by a decentralization and privatization of education, decide to work for change. Individuals' and businesses' control over their daily economic choices in America is now circumscribed by a vast array of statutory and regulatory powers, many enforced by delegation to state and local officials. Regulations are now so voluminous and unclear that no one can truly know what the rules are, thus eviscerating the rule of law. Genetic control of aging in a statist system of governance will lead to rationing of its availability and politicization of access. Competition between nations, businesses, universities, and families will drive demand for supplementation of brain capacities through computer-to-brain communication, implantation of electronic supplementation of the human mind, or other means. Perhaps the only path to creating a widespread free-enterprise education market lies with philosophical commitment by many individuals, foundations, and private schools to outcompeting government schools in the marketplace for education. The market price of private education would need to fall, and the efficiency of delivery and quality of the product must rise to the point where an exodus from government schools occurs.