Hi everyone, I’m the Prophet. No, I’m not a religious prophet, nor am I an actual soothsayer.
I’m an American. I’m Caucasian. I’m male and I’m in my 50’s.
What am I not? I’m not a Conservative. I’m not a Republican. I’m not a Libertarian.
Beyond what I described before, I’m a Progressive and I believe in democracy. I’m also a critical thinker who believes that the people of the United States are the Power of this nation. I believe that change for the sake of change is a requirement for a growing system. Stagnation is a poisonous infection that kills from within. For that reason alone I could claim my Progressiveness, however, my beliefs fall further from simple and ineffective liberalism.
Conservatism is based in fear. The fear of loss. So called business astute conservatives in Congress or the Presidency walk the walk of fiscal fear in spite of the fact that most truly successful Entrepreneurs would say that the fear of risk is a success killer. Reach out to any successful entrepreneur, they take risks. What business-person doesn’t take a lot of risks? Would they be CEO’s? I think so. They are usually contracted employees that can’t afford to take risks with other peoples money. That’s why they negotiate Golden Parachutes. They come bearing promises of success and wealth. Many have a good track record, but they still negotiate a win for themselves ahead of their ultimate future results. That’s conservatism in microcosm. It seems like a sound strategy.
It seems as though CEO’s would be a good choice to lead. However, does the CEO serve the best interest of the Company they represent?
If I negotiate a $40 million dollar buyout (Golden Parachute) before I ever perform a single duty or task for the company, have I served the company at that point or just myself?
That’s conservatism in microcosm. It seems like a sound strategy, except for the fact that the CEO pays themselves massively and well before the shareholders, the employees or their customers. It’s a good personal wealth strategy if you have the credentials to make it happen, but it’s a disaster when neither profit nor self-promotion is the endgame.
Government isn’t business. The government is how we run our lives as a society, not as a business. Business has a Monarch or an Emperor who relies on a council of aristocrats who have a high financial and social stake in their Empire. I believe business people should stick to business and stay out of managing the worlds largest personal service.
America’s United States is a government created to be managed by its citizens, for the sole benefit of its citizens through self-governance, not by any authoritarian installation.
The job of the U.S. Government (the people we elect and hire), isn’t to represent the desires of the majority, mutually exclusive from a minority of voters and citizens. The U.S. Government’s duty is to protect and defend the rights of all this nations people and continuously attempt to achieve the goals set forth in the Declaration of Independence and the Preamble of the U.S. Constitution.
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.–That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, –That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
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To not abide by these tenets set by our forefathers is to insult their struggles and the sacrifice of those who fought and died, against King George’s military forces, for our right to live free from oppressive and authoritarian regimes.
When political parties and businesses become the LAW of the land, rather than the will of all its people, we no longer have a Democracy or a Representative Republic, we have an authoritarian regime.
I’m here to give my view on where the United States should be heading and how we can get there. It’s not easy and it’s not going to be pretty at first, but I believe it will work.
Come with me and explore this website as I add more content from time to time(As often as I can), sharing my views and why I think you should join me in creating a new political movement of fair and honest progressive governance with civic oversight.