All In
Quote: “The foundation stones of a great building are destined to groan and be pressed upon; it is not for them to crown the edifice.” – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Purposes: To present the elements of a stable foundation that essentially all Americans can agree upon. To list 25 essential elements of agreement which should be recognized as the core of our societal foundation going forward, broken down into 5 groups with five or more major examples in each.
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Purpose: To expound upon our common foundation (of knowledge) regarding how our government, and therefore our entire society is designed to function. To include, as part of the educational value selected to be included in this package, core, elemental knowledge that is essential for any citizen who has any interest in politics whatsoever and wants to consider themselves “educated”. Expressed in the negative, whoever does not want to be ignorant to the basics of how our democracy works, or at least how it is supposed to work.
Subjects: democracy, republic, the Constitution, Bill of Rights, 3 branches of government, division of powers, state governments, state legislatures, municipal governments, election law, the electoral college, the two party system and third parties, Convention of States, the Federal Reserve
Keywords: socialism, communism, right wing, left wing, liberal, conservative, neo-liberal, progressive,
Notes: Common knowledge is important.
Quote: “Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past; The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.” – George Orwell
Purpose: Another step into summarizing what is already known by many, but unfortunately, despite almost all adults in the USA having graduated high school and attended history classes for hundreds of hours in school over the years of their youth, is to the greatest degree, not common knowledge. It is therefore, a refresher course. We can all benefit from it.
Subjects: American and European history since the 16th century from the discovery and colonization of the New World, the Holy Roman Empire, the reformation, the 30 years war, the first US colonies, the American Revolution, the French Revolution, Napoleon, Slavery, the Industrial Revolution, the Civil War, WWI, the depression, WWII, the Cold War, Civil Rights Movement, JFK, Vietnam, the 1960s, the 70s, 80s, 90s…
Keywords: Nothing specific to add here on this chapter
Notes: Nothing specific on this chapter yet
Quote: “Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.” – Aristotle
Purpose: To summarize for the reader the astounding events over the past 20 years which have lead to the current situation and to present the case that those at the very top of politics in the USA have only made things worse through hypocritical partisan behaviour and alignment with powerful economic interests such as the Big Banks, Big Pharma, Big Tech and the Military Industrial Complex.
Subjects: 911 and the Patriot Act, The Big Short, ignoring the Occupy Movement, the 2016 election, Trump as POTUS, the Russia Collusion Hoax, the rise of China, COVID 19, the 2020 election and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Keywords: Nothing specific to add here on this chapter
Notes: Nothing specific on this chapter yet
Quote: “Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.” – Confucius
Purpose: To address the numerous different issues which apparently have Americans so divided since 2016.
Subjects: How DJT became POTUS, MSM and Big Tech bias, the Russia Collusion Hoax and Witchhunt, Trump derangement syndrome, Cancel Culture, liberal indoctrination through education “industry”, identity politics and tribalism, Critical Race Theory, BLM, the southern border, election transparency, education reform.
Keywords: Confirmation bias, cognitive dissonance, LGBT rights, labeling without listening, late term abortion, attack on the 1st Amendment, Identity politics, tribalism, wok-ism, racism, open borders, de-fund the police, critical race theory, voter I.D. laws, media bias, censorship.
Notes: Nothing specific on this chapter yet
Quote: “The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.” – H.L. Mencken
Purpose: To succinctly summarize the arguments against climate alarm-ism and educate the reader to the fact that there are substantial facts and arguments that they are likely thus far entirely unaware of.
Quote: “When written in Chinese, the word ‘crisis’ is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.” – JFK
Purpose: To identify the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to the Republic of the USA in 2024 and the future.
Subjects: Constitution, diversity, creativity, entrepreneurship, propaganda, education, bureaucracy / “deep state”, gridlock, divisiveness, complacency, gullible public, reform, education reform, Convention of States, censorship, cancel culture, media bias, ignorance, debt, coming generational storm / demographics,
Keywords: Nothing specific to add on this chapter yet
Notes: Nothing specific on this chapter yet
Quote: “The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy.” — Montesquieu
Purpose: To prescribe actions which will lead to measures which will lead to solutions.
Subjects: Reform, participation, thesameboat.com platform, Convention of States, education reform, self-education, campaign finance reform, term limits, election reform.
Keywords: partisanship, gridlock, corruption, hypocrisy, lack of principle, msm and Big Tech bias,
Notes: Nothing specific on this chapter yet
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