Counts can imperil the American lifespan. They can afford extended, healthy, and easy lives for themselves, while they withhold what Americans need to live full lives with our loved ones.
And this violates
fundamental
American values.
Americans know the American Dream includes the hope for us all to live long lives with the ones we love: children and grandchildren, friends and neighbors. We deserve a fair chance for long, healthy lives.
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:
- Buy longer life time for themselves. Counts lecture Americans that “money can’t buy time” but know that’s not completely true. While the lifespans of Contributing Americans stagnate, Counts can always afford the kinds of personal care and protection that extend life.
- Live their own best lives. Counts live free of the stress on Contributing Americans. Their bodies experience less wear. They can follow whims and pursue hobbies, while Americans work to hold our country together.
- Leave older Americans less secure. For Contributing Americans, old age can bring the risk of running out of money. But Counts just see more runaway inflation of extreme money. The longer a Count lives, the more times his Money Count doubles automatically. Old Counts get stronger, as older Americans become more vulnerable.
- Hoard what Americans need for full lives. Counts collect the Public Gains of America as Free Income for themselves. They can afford the most full and healthy lives possible. Americans are left unable to make Public Investment in public health up to American standards.
- Sicken Americans as they damage our environment. Waste in our air, in our water, in our land, in our food. All this waste sickens Americans and shortens our lifespans. But Counts can protect their own health.
- Live and let die. As Counts protect and extend their own lives, they act as if Contributing Americans are expendable. We could just be replaced by machines or artificial life. And so it doesn’t matter if we die from disease, extreme weather, toxins, or war. Counts can afford not to care whether Americans live or die.
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.
