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| | * The [[United States of America]] | | * The [[United States of America]] |
| | * The [[Confederate States of America]] | | * The [[Confederate States of America]] |
| | * The [[Free American Republic]] | | * The [[Free American Republic]] |
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| | * Complete [[World Timeline]] | | * Complete [[World Timeline]] |
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| | + | ==John's work==: |
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| − | '''Unsorted Notes''': | + | ==Susan's work== |
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| − | Kansas is the Poland of North America.
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| − | Cuba is the Switzerland of North America.
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| − | Little oil outside of the LSR: retards the use of automobiles in North America.
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| − | The American Alliance is forged during WWII to send aid to allies in Europe.
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| − | New Jersey is the movie capital of North America.
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| − | Largest media organizations are located in the FAR.
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| − | Slang terms: Wankees (Yankees), Cons (Confederates), Greasies (Texians), Farts (Farites)
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| − | Map of "America" during 1864: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:ElectoralCollege1864-Large.png
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| − | '''Representation Party''':
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| − | OF DOLLARS AND VOTES: A Statement of Principles for
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| − | the United States Representation Party
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| − | "All power residing originally in the people..." "All
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| − | political power is inherent in the people..." "All
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| − | power residing originally in, and being derived from,
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| − | the people..." "...and all free governments are
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| − | founded on their authority..." "...and they have the
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| − | right to alter or reform it..." "...deriving their
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| − | just powers from the consent of the governed." So it
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| − | echoes throughout the constitutions of the United
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| − | States. The power of our governments is derived from
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| − | the Power inherent in each of us. All governments, to
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| − | one extent or another, mediate and wield this Power.
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| − | For better or for worse, that is the defining function
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| − | of government. In our country, we almost universally
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| − | share the ideal that government should wield this
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| − | Power for the good of its citizens, including the
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| − | protection of certain freedoms. The countless,
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| − | important details which must follow from that notion
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| − | are not the focus of the Representation Party.
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| − | Freedom and representation are not the same thing; you
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| − | simply can't have one without the other. It is the
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| − | truly neglected potential of representation to which
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| − | the attention of this party is devoted. Its
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| − | membership is sure to have vastly differing views
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| − | about every political issue imaginable. We only
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| − | resolve to agree upon certain principles, certain
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| − | ideals, regarding the way in which the wills of a
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| − | people are represented in its government.
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| − | How do dollars and votes figure into this? They are
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| − | both tokens redeemable for some measure of the Power.
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| − | They are cornerstones in the way our form of
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| − | government aims to mediate that Power. Now that we
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| − | have abstracted dollars and votes into one idea, we
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| − | must ask ourselves anew how they are actually
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| − | different.
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| − | It is no secret that money represents a kind of power:
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| − | wealth. Ideally, one generates wealth and exchanges
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| − | it for money. Now that one has money, one can
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| − | exchange it for other kinds of wealth that other
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| − | people generate. While we may all have different
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| − | ideas about the right type and amount of government
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| − | regulation of money, citizens must be free, at least
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| − | in some part, to choose how to spend their money and
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| − | exchange their wealth. In this way, some of the power
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| − | inherent in individuals is reserved for those
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| − | individuals. That's what freedom is.
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| − | If money represents ALL of the Power, however, a
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| − | problem arises. The problem arises from two facts.
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| − | The first is that not everyone has the same amount of
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| − | money and wealth. This is not, in and of itself, a
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| − | problem. The second fact is that one aspect of the
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| − | Power is the ability to change the way money itself
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| − | may be exchanged. The rich get richer and poor become
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| − | powerless. Without the social and economic mobility
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| − | curtailed by the combination of these two facts, the
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| − | first fact IS a problem.
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| − | That first fact is not true of votes. In theory at
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| − | least, all voters are granted the same amount of power
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| − | through votes. We can solve the aforementioned
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| − | problem, then, by attaching the power of regulation
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| − | not to money, but to votes. With all citizens equally
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| − | represented in legislature, the power that money
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| − | represents may be checked and balanced with the
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| − | freedom it represents.
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| − | Government mediation of Power need not be only of
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| − | dollars and votes, but they are an important example
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| − | of the reciprocal relationship between freedom and
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| − | representation. With this in mind, it is imperative
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| − | that the differences between them be preserved. Votes
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| − | must not become currency. All voters must be
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| − | represented in the government equally. Requirements
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| − | for eligibility to vote must be fair and uniform.
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| − | These all seem obvious conclusions, but most Americans
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| − | seem to be unaware of how pervasively some these
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| − | prerequisites of freedom are being denied in our
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| − | country. They are unaware even when they are,
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| − | themselves, the disenfranchised. The mission of the
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| − | United States Representation Party is to raise
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| − | awareness about what is wrong and what is right with
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| − | our systems of representation, to propose solutions,
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| − | and to enact those solutions with the support of the
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| − | people. All planks in the party platform as well as
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| − | all activities of the party shall grow naturally from
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| − | that mission.
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