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S2: We Can Remember Counts Are Just Real People

We can remember Counts are just real people. Some Counts act like they should be worshipped as god-like heroes. But in reality, Counts are just human beings with the same gifts and flaws we all have. In many cases, the danger of a Count has little to do with who he is as an individual. The problem is that Counts hold extreme power to shape the lives of all Americans.

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Americans can say, “Enough!” to the out-of-control, extreme Money Counts of elite, entitled Counts. Contributing Americans can renew the promise of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, free from the corruption of extreme money, as we:

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Humanize Counts. We can be clear that there’s nothing special about Counts as people. They’re not super-human or sub-human. They aren’t uniquely able to save America. They’re not essentially any better or worse than the rest of us. What makes them a special kind of problem for America is their extreme Money Counts.

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Know the growing threat is a math problem. A Count doesn’t need to intend to hurt anyone to increase his Money Count. He may not even be greedy. He’s just a product of math: clockwork Free Income results in runaway inflation of his extreme Money Count. The threat of extreme money increases automatically with time.

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Know Counts have human limitations. No Count can possibly understand all the damage and harm he can cause when he wields extreme money. It’s at a scale beyond human capacity to comprehend. And a Count may wish he could he could make a net contribution. But that’s almost impossible beyond the Counting Class Line.

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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.