Choose Your Own Earth: A World Without the Political Dysfunction Tax, or Terminal Parasitic Load in 15 Years

Key Points

• This research aims to explore alternative economic paths to avoid civilizational collapse driven by military spending and cybercrime.
• Model two GDP trajectories: one with military-to-medical reallocation and one representing current trends.
• Analyze economic impacts of military spending and cybercrime on GDP growth rates.
• Project outcomes over a timeline of 15 years based on current trends and reallocation scenarios.
• Current GDP driven by destructive economic factors could reach collapse within 8 years.
• Under medical reallocation, a more sustainable GDP trajectory may avoid collapse.
• Without intervention, military and cybercrime spending will exceed productive output by 15 years.