Counts can dishonor America’s military public servants when they put themselves first, ahead of the lives of the patriots who defend America. Counts undercut those who keep us safe and free.
And this violates
fundamental
American values.
Americans respect our military public servants who keep us safe and free. We honor the sacrifices they have made, and we take responsibility for their personal losses in the line of service.
Extreme money can turn any regular problem in America into an extreme threat. Elite, entitled Counts endanger America by wielding extreme E8, E9, E10, E11 Money Counts to:
- Dishonor sacrifice. When Counts put self gain first, they dishonor selfless sacrifice—the willingness to lose something for the greater good. Our military public servants lose time with their kids, lose money, lose limbs, lose peace of mind, and may even lose their lives.
- Dishonor service. Counts exempt themselves and their families from military service. They act like service is beneath them. Counts even make plans to go AWOL on America. If Americans try to reclaim our Public Gains, they threaten to take their Money Counts and run.
- Use our military as branding. Some Counts cheapen our American military for self-promotional branding. They put out images of themselves that treat military symbols as decoration and soldiers as props. At its worst, it’s practically a kind of stolen valor.
- Try to replace military public servants. America’s military is our public option for national security. And Counts can see our military as another public option to raid. They try to replace our military public servants with for-profit soldiers, contractors, and technology.
- Withhold the money veterans need. When Counts keep so much of America’s Public Gains for themselves, they’re witholding what we need to support veterans. We can’t make the Public Investment that supports our veterans at American standards of health and care.
- Treat military public servants as disposable. If a Count ever sees advantage in taking military action, it’s too easy for him to spend down the lives of our military public servants. Like a video game, absentee Counts can use our military to run up their Money Count scores.
On the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the Big Woods Declaration (BWD) renews the call for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, free from the corruption of extreme money.
The BWD is a First Amendment petition to the American people and our government. It is not limited to any political party or group.
The BWD is a total of 60 pages: the Core Declaration (4 pages), the 13 Notes, the 27 Dangers to America, and the 16 Solutions for America.
The BWD may be shared and reused under the terms of the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. View a copy of this license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
The BWD was created without the use of any AI, opinion polling, or focus groups. The BWD draws on many core American ideas as well as the work of Thorstein Veblen, America’s visionary from the Big Woods of Minnesota.
All photos in the BWD were taken in the Big Woods. The BWD was framed by Erik Christopher Sahlin with Alyssa Beth Wulf.
