ELJIN TOMAS
Bottom Line up Front
The United States of America is now at a crossroads that every empire has faced. And for those who are unaware, yes, the United States of America is an empire and uses the largest military and diplomatic force the world has ever seen to defended that empire. It combines the British ingenuity for trade with a more deeply held liberalism and has continent-sized resources. Like the Romans, it has an attractive culture. Like the Mongols, it can wield destruction. Like the Arabs, it has spread a universal ideology across the globe. Like the Persian Empires, America combines different cultures and links together regions.
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With that said, the United States must also acknowledge the faults of previous empires if it is not to repeat them. Despite its overwhelmingly strong military, Rome fell. Internal divisions and squabbling can kill even the most powerful empires. The Persians were conquered not because they were weak, but because their leadership failed. Although the Mongols could win wars, they could not win the peace, and ultimately, they failed to establish themselves permanently anywhere. The Arabs spawned a successful civilization, but the positive aspects of it were taken over by newcomers who relegated the Arabs to subservience. And finally, the British were exhausted in trying to uphold their interests, global order, and the European system, trying to do too many things at once, while also burning themselves out. Now, like all of those above, America is facing the pains of an empire.
A National Divorce
There Once Was A Dream Called America 2018 Edition
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Size 5×8 in, 13×20 cm
164 Pages
Price
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Softcover: $24.99 (Amazon)
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Hardcover, ImageWrap: $26.99 (Blurb)
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Hardcover, Dust Jacket: $29.99 (Blurb)
Publish Date JAN o4, 2018
Language English
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The challenges and crises brought about by this crossroad America is now facing breakdowns to seven fundamental questions. What were these questions the 2016 Presidential and Congressional elections would answer?
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1. Will Americans vote for those who want to restore the power of state and federal government back to the American citizens or allow the continuation of the United States of America transformation into the Corporate States of America run by a wealth oligarchy?
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2. Will Americans vote for those who want to stop the 40-year decline of the middle class or allow the income and wealth inequality gap to grow even wider between the top 1%(3.1 million plus individuals) and everyone else in the 99% (315,000,000 plus Americans)?
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3. Will Americans vote for those who want to reinvest in the American people and America infrastructure or live with the deadly consequences and economic cost of inaction?
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4. Will Americans vote for those who want to implement a comprehensive immigration strategy that modernizes the visa system, embraces diversity and harnesses the ingenuity and hard work of those aspiring to become Americans or allow the existing system to become a means of turning millions of men, women, and children into second class citizens that will be fined (taxed), have no representation, no protection from exploitation and forced to live with the constant threat of deportation?
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5. Will Americans vote for those who want to embrace a defense budget and foreign policy that reflects a goal of diplomatic solutions before military action, zero tolerance for ethnic cleansing, and the promotion of international coalitions designed to create a lasting peace or a defense budget and foreign policy of military adventurism and continuous conflict which will consume even larger portions of the US GDP and American lives?
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6. Will Americans vote for those who want to create an atmosphere that affirms the value of people of color, gender equality, LGBT rights, and separation of Church and State through policies that address the physical, political, legal, economic, and social violence waged against such groups and individuals or allow the culture war predictable lines of division; racism, policing, religion, demographic and regional baggage to fester and grow into an America on the verge of an unprecedented domestic upheaval?
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7. Will Americans vote for those who want to instill confidence in citizens and ensure those in power are being held responsible for their actions by implementing new transparency legislation for government officials or who assert that transparency results in government indecision, poor performance, and stalemate and want to return to American political system back to the pre-progressive reform era?
A National Divorce
The Adjudication 2021 Edition
Features & Details​
Size 5×8 in, 13×20 cm
193 Pages
Price
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Softcover: $24.99 (Blurb)
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Hardcover, ImageWrap: $26.99 (Blurb)
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Hardcover, Dust Jacket: $29.99 (Blurb)
Publish Date FEB 23, 2021
Language English
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Four years have passed without any movement toward a National Divorce and the civil war is still cold. It was time for another Presidential election and the questions asked in 2016 where once again being asked and had become more acute. The ballots were cast again and this time a majority of the country decided to choose option one for the questions put for in 2018.
Unfortunately, seven (7) Senators, one hundred thirty-eight (138) Congressman, and 46% of the country, refuse to accept the results of the election and for the first time in over 200 years there was not a peaceful transition of power and the Capital of the United States was seized by insurrectionist and terrorist for several hours. The hot civil war was just barely avoided. But the embers are still smoldering and the verdict is still out. Has the war been avoid or is this just a temporary reprieve. Only time will tell.
It is now 2021 and the events of the past four years and the seizure of the Capital has compelled the writing of this reexamination and revised edition. For those that have read, "A National Divorce, There Once Was A Dream Called America,” A portion of this revised edition will be a review. However, there are enough new topics, additional data, different takes on old issues, acknowledgments, and even more solid reasoning behind offered solutions. One will also notice only a few references to Procifica.
For those that have not had the opportunity to read, “A National Divorce, There Once Was A Dream Called America,” prepare yourself for a deep dive into the problems facing America and detail solutions, strategies, and policies that are designed to address those problems.
And to all, new readers and old, let it be stated for the record that as in “A National Divorce, There Once Was A Dream Called America,” The belief that the current government's structure and government officials will be incapable of and/or unwilling to work together to implement amendments, policies, regulations, and statutes that are required to keep the Union whole steal remains firm. With that said, this book is a sincere attempt to offer solutions design to salvage the Democratic Republic of the United States of America. And to paraphrase Alexander Hamilton, " Never expect to see a perfect work from an imperfect man and I am far from perfect”.