We can embrace the spirit of insubordination. It’s the spirit of a free country. It’s what makes America the home of the brave. It’s about being able to say “no” when someone else tells an American to conform to one way of thinking or talking or acting. Counts can use extreme money to chase any whim or want, but Americans don’t have to bend or bow or follow as subordinates.
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:
Keep alive America’s great tradition. Over our history, courageous Americans have kept alive the spirit of insubordination. Insubordination to enslavers, insubordination to those who exploit workers, and insubordination to those who subjugate women. Brave Americans today don’t have to let the Counting Class subordinate us all.
Stop listening to Counts. Counts can try to command our cares and attention. A Count can use extreme money to speak over the voices of Contributing Americans. He can try to impress Americans with marketing, image-making, and branding. Contributing Americans can block this noise and keep our attention with one another.
Stop following the plans of Counts. Counts need followers for their extreme plans. That’s how a Count can push his own personal agenda onto all Americans. But we don’t have to go along with any Count who puts his own whims and wants first, before America. Insubordination to Counts is a chance for all Americans to live free.
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.