Ch. 13.

It might be because I watched Pocahontas an hour ago...but I agree with Wheelan. The several points that were listed in this chapter are appealing. Let's consider the Native Americans in Pocahontas: if we're talking about rules and laws, yes those are very important but they survived and thrived with minimum overpowering involvment of any higher party. And when other "civilized" communities tried to modernize them, sheer caos happened and got us, eventually, here. The Natives shared everything and didn't have private property apart from their tribal area, and they didn't have excessive regulation like India does. They had plenty of human capital, fishermen, warriors, made their own houses,canoes, everything. Natives are known for their trading, they practically came up with the idea. They were completely thrown off balance when easterners came in and tried to "control" and "contain" all the interaction and natural business they'd set up. It's my observation, not my firm belief, but I'd like to throw the question out there: is the secret to healthy economic and governmental growth one of simplicity? If life and regulations were simpler, government was more "hands-off," would we be stronger and on much firmer ground to dig ourselves out of the hole we've fallen into?