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#politics #unitedstates #NobelPrize Vivek Ramaswamy who ran for president in the Republican primary, writes on Substack defending JD Vance, a fellow Ohioan, against Democrat criticism, that America has been founded by the weird. A free thinking people. The uncommon genius of the founding fathers led by Benjamin Franklin at one place and one time in history. I agree. They still inspire. The history of the country since has been to stay true to them with every generation learning and understanding what they said, meant, and did. Very few have done so. America’s defense has always been taking refuge and recourse in the ideals of its founding. The practice of America since, however, has not been how the country was founded by the founders working excruciatingly smart and hard to practice the essence of the enlightenment in the pragmatics of human affairs: A. Dignity B. Self-evident C. Equal D. Life E. Liberty F. Happiness G. Inclusion H. Opportunity It is this pragmatics, practical politics, of translating the ideals of the enlightenment, the “how” of founding a country unprecedented in human history, including Athens, but rooted in the synthesis and amalgam of many preceding ideas in the history of civilization, by collegial conversation, not domestic militancy, which gave it the resilience to survive for 248 years, two years short of quarter of a millennium. The next two years, the last mile to the marathon sprint of 250 years since 1776, can compromise it all.

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#politics #unitedstates #NobelPrize The political acrimony between the Federalist John Adams, George Washington’s vice president, and the Democrat-Republican Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State, the former who described United States of America as a country of laws and not men, and the latter legitimately and prophetically concerned about the prospects of the survival of the Revolution because of government tyranny was the first deeply partisan election in the nation’s history to the great disappointment of George Washington, the committed non-partisan, who did not mince words in his Farewell Address setting an example of leadership for all presidents since. Then came the first Republican president Abraham Lincoln’s 1860-61 election which produced the Civil War because of the abject failure of civility by domestic militancy. If Donald Trump and JD Vance are to succeed, not the endless irrational and undignified politics of revenge but non-partisan conversation in reason, every elected official speaking their mind and voting their conscience as thinking individuals, Rule # 110 in Washington’s book, Rules of Civility https://lnkd.in/eHu9CcAy, is ultimately what is going to save the country and the world. The perfect storm we are in: https://lnkd.in/erZYnC3Z. What to do about it? https://lnkd.in/eFjkHf6n. The midterm election at 250, in 2026, will be the show and tell if United States of America can found itself again in the mold of 1776. Sign this for September 24th Summit of the Future in Manhattan António Guterres. #sustainability. What is it? A primer: https://lnkd.in/eJQvnCa8. #OurCommonFuture https://lnkd.in/eaZe52sD. Vulcan Love 🖖❤️

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