Re: Defeating The Top 1%; Request For Criticism

From: Eric Atkinson (atki4564_at_iwon.com)
Date: 06/18/04 

Date: 17 Jun 2004 19:13:54 -0700

aft627@aol.com (Andy F) wrote in message news:<20040615115034.11581.00000012@mb-m11.aol.com>...
> Eric Atkinson wrote:
>
> >The Tragedy of the Commons Problem
> >
> >
> What exactly do you mean by a 'customer group?'

Organizational System

The basic building block of all armies, such as the customer group, is
the individual soldier. The smallest group of soldiers organized to
maneuver AS ONE is called a team. Therefore, in the context of the
customer group only, not the employee group, a team IDEALLY contains a
maximum of 5 soldiers, namely: an administrator, an engineer, a
scientist, a marketer, and a servant. This is the basic heart of any
entrepreneurial unit.

An administrator, who occupies the right hand of the team, is a
organizing, planning and controlling type of person, such an
accountant or lawyer. To amuse myself, I secretly refer to them as the
red wind of the west, for they sting like a bee.

An engineer, who occupies the left hand of the team, is a holistic,
synergistic and constructing type of person, such as a software
developer or carpenter. To amuse myself, I secretly refer to them as
the green earth of the east, for they bat like the butterfly.

A scientist, who occupies the closed feet of the team, is a logical,
mathematical, and technical type of person. To amuse myself, I
secretly refer to them as the blue water of the south, for they float
like a number.

A marketer, who occupies the head of the team, is a musical,
spiritual, and emotional type of person. To amuse myself, I secretly
refer to them as the gold fire of the north, for they say "I can".

A servant, who occupies the heart of the team, has a combination of
all of the above types of skills. To amuse myself, I secretly refer to
them as the blackness from which all the other colors emerge, for they
are timeless and dimensionless, frequently whispering to themselves:
"I can", said their inner marketer, "float", said their inner
scientist, "like a butterfly", said their inner engineer, "and sting
like a bee", said their inner administrator.

As such, every customer, by their own self-organizing choice of
entrepreneurial accomplices, would belong to a team of 5 such
individuals, and this team is commanded by their elected servant (or
sargent) for a certain period of time.

>From there, a squad consists of 10 soldiers (2 teams), commanded by
its elected staff sargent. A platoon consists of 16 to 44 soldiers (2
to 4 squads), commanded by its elected lieutenant. A company consists
of 62 to 190 soldiers (3 to 5 platoons), commanded by its elected
captain. A battalion consists of 300 to 1,000 soldiers (4 to 6
companies), commanded by its elected lieutenant colonel. A brigade
consists of 3,000 to 5,000 soldiers (2 to 5 battalions), commanded by
its elected colonel. A division consists of 10,000 to 15,000 soldiers
(3 brigades), commanded by its elected major general. A corp consists
of 20,000 to 45,000 soldiers (2 to 5 divisions), commanded by its
elected lieutenant general. And finally, an army consists of 50,000 or
more soldiers (2 or more corps), commanded by a general of the army.

In turn, this critical mass of 50,000 or more soldiers, if
concentrated within a single city neighborhood, would command a very
significant economic and political advantage during their collective
bargaining negotiations with businesses in their region; that is, in
very slowly, over a generation or so, obtaining both wealth and
control over some significant parts of those regional businesses, but
not all parts, for even greater regional and global coordination
between armies would be required for that. Nevertheless, in return for
their willingness to bargain collectively and apply discipline to
their purchasing decisions via a local chain of command, they will
receive very significant increases in their own individual wealth and
control, which I'll detail further in the next post.