Re: Defeating The Top 1%; Request For Criticism

From: Andy F (aft627_at_aol.com)
Date: 06/18/04 

Date: 18 Jun 2004 15:27:51 GMT

Eric Atkinson wrote:

>> 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.
>
Would there be different customer groups for different industries, or just one
big group controlling everything?