NTGNTP (6th Draft): APPENDIX 1.1

The Appendices were only included with the first printing.

1.1 The morning of April 27, 1997, a local AM news radio station aired a piece concerning encryption. The FBI director was complaining to congress: right wing extremists communicate through privately encrypted messages over computer links. Bill Gates had previously disclosed plans to counter government monopolized encryption chip manufacture, at a loss if necessary. Later that day, the Justice Department announced an Anti-trust suit effectively blocking a planned Microsoft merger with Intuit, a financial software firm. Further action against Microsoft was alluded. The justice department may have seized the opportunity to slap Bill Gates in the face, with could never be alleged publicly. Profit through national tragedy is a common practice, but never spoken. Libel laws exist for a reason.

The most distressing aspect of this account concerns the increasing reliance on entrepreneurial capitalists to preserve freedom from the old guard system. Expanding enterprise conflicts with limiting personal freedom. The new billionaires, like Gates and Ross Perot, are perceived more trustworthy. The average man admires and relates to self-made money. Charismatic oligarchical fascism is a potential danger. Ronald Reagan may have only been the tip of the iceberg.