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Economic justice argued from the Founders’ own words.
We the People vs oligarchy. 🇺🇸
We the People vs oligarchy. 🇺🇸
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I’m arguing that economic justice is not “un-American.”
John Adams defined the purpose of government as ease, comfort, and security.
Thomas Paine argued that extreme wealth owes a debt back to society.
This account is about reclaiming American identity from oligarchy — using the Founders’ own words.
John Adams defined the purpose of government as ease, comfort, and security.
Thomas Paine argued that extreme wealth owes a debt back to society.
This account is about reclaiming American identity from oligarchy — using the Founders’ own words.
"Government... 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"
— Declaration of Independence 1776
— Declaration of Independence 1776
January 11, 2026 at 1:52 PM
"Government... 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"
— Declaration of Independence 1776
— Declaration of Independence 1776
We disagree — but we’re at least disagreeing about the right things.
January 11, 2026 at 5:51 AM
We disagree — but we’re at least disagreeing about the right things.
The Founders identified the dangers of concentrated power and economic desperation. They just didn’t fully resolve them. Respecting their legacy means completing their logic — not pretending the work was done in 1789.
January 11, 2026 at 3:36 AM
The Founders identified the dangers of concentrated power and economic desperation. They just didn’t fully resolve them. Respecting their legacy means completing their logic — not pretending the work was done in 1789.
The American Revolution didn’t start over taxes.
It started when authority killed a child and called it order.
It started when authority killed a child and called it order.
January 10, 2026 at 10:55 PM
The American Revolution didn’t start over taxes.
It started when authority killed a child and called it order.
It started when authority killed a child and called it order.
Two hundred and fifty years ago, Common Sense was published because reconciliation had already failed — not rhetorically, but morally.
Paine did not radicalize the people.
Power did, by showing its hand.
Paine did not radicalize the people.
Power did, by showing its hand.
January 10, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Two hundred and fifty years ago, Common Sense was published because reconciliation had already failed — not rhetorically, but morally.
Paine did not radicalize the people.
Power did, by showing its hand.
Paine did not radicalize the people.
Power did, by showing its hand.
Before we were divided into ideologies, Americans were forged around a simpler idea: that fellow citizens are kindred, not competitors.
January 10, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Before we were divided into ideologies, Americans were forged around a simpler idea: that fellow citizens are kindred, not competitors.
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Tomorrow is the big day: the 250th anniversary of Common Sense. A quarter millenium. Come join us for our event or watch live on Zoom. Thomas Paine's words will ring out anew! thomaspaine.org/about/events
January 9, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Tomorrow is the big day: the 250th anniversary of Common Sense. A quarter millenium. Come join us for our event or watch live on Zoom. Thomas Paine's words will ring out anew! thomaspaine.org/about/events
There is no economic value without labor.
Wealth is accumulated control over human time.
Hoarding it breaks both democracy and math.
Wealth is accumulated control over human time.
Hoarding it breaks both democracy and math.
January 9, 2026 at 4:53 PM
There is no economic value without labor.
Wealth is accumulated control over human time.
Hoarding it breaks both democracy and math.
Wealth is accumulated control over human time.
Hoarding it breaks both democracy and math.
John Adams didn’t define happiness as vibes.
He defined it as ease, comfort, and security.
That was the purpose of government.
He defined it as ease, comfort, and security.
That was the purpose of government.
January 8, 2026 at 8:12 PM
John Adams didn’t define happiness as vibes.
He defined it as ease, comfort, and security.
That was the purpose of government.
He defined it as ease, comfort, and security.
That was the purpose of government.
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When you send armed, under-trained amateurs into American communities with vague orders and no accountability, this is inevitable.
ICE must be dismantled.
ICE must be dismantled.
January 7, 2026 at 11:40 PM
When you send armed, under-trained amateurs into American communities with vague orders and no accountability, this is inevitable.
ICE must be dismantled.
ICE must be dismantled.
If liberty means insecurity for working people and comfort for oligarchs,
you didn’t defeat a king — you replaced him.
you didn’t defeat a king — you replaced him.
January 8, 2026 at 4:38 AM
If liberty means insecurity for working people and comfort for oligarchs,
you didn’t defeat a king — you replaced him.
you didn’t defeat a king — you replaced him.
I’m arguing that economic justice is not “un-American.”
John Adams defined the purpose of government as ease, comfort, and security.
Thomas Paine argued that extreme wealth owes a debt back to society.
This account is about reclaiming American identity from oligarchy — using the Founders’ own words.
John Adams defined the purpose of government as ease, comfort, and security.
Thomas Paine argued that extreme wealth owes a debt back to society.
This account is about reclaiming American identity from oligarchy — using the Founders’ own words.
January 8, 2026 at 4:37 AM
I’m arguing that economic justice is not “un-American.”
John Adams defined the purpose of government as ease, comfort, and security.
Thomas Paine argued that extreme wealth owes a debt back to society.
This account is about reclaiming American identity from oligarchy — using the Founders’ own words.
John Adams defined the purpose of government as ease, comfort, and security.
Thomas Paine argued that extreme wealth owes a debt back to society.
This account is about reclaiming American identity from oligarchy — using the Founders’ own words.
January 7, 2026 at 3:09 AM
January 7, 2026 at 3:07 AM
If you admire 1776, you must reject January 6.
The Founders rebelled against power above the law — not to help it overturn elections. “The law is king” means consent, ballots, and accountability.
Mobs don’t defend republics.
They weaken them — for the benefit of those already on top.
The Founders rebelled against power above the law — not to help it overturn elections. “The law is king” means consent, ballots, and accountability.
Mobs don’t defend republics.
They weaken them — for the benefit of those already on top.
January 6, 2026 at 11:40 PM
If you admire 1776, you must reject January 6.
The Founders rebelled against power above the law — not to help it overturn elections. “The law is king” means consent, ballots, and accountability.
Mobs don’t defend republics.
They weaken them — for the benefit of those already on top.
The Founders rebelled against power above the law — not to help it overturn elections. “The law is king” means consent, ballots, and accountability.
Mobs don’t defend republics.
They weaken them — for the benefit of those already on top.
Pursuit of Happiness
January 6, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Pursuit of Happiness
The life of a well-fed prisoner. You have the right to work, but you are not free to live. You are secure in your job today, but you have no Ease or Comfort, or Security because the Value you create is being siphoned off to inflate the "unrealized gains" of a wannabe "King".
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January 6, 2026 at 3:22 AM
The life of a well-fed prisoner. You have the right to work, but you are not free to live. You are secure in your job today, but you have no Ease or Comfort, or Security because the Value you create is being siphoned off to inflate the "unrealized gains" of a wannabe "King".
TrueAmericanism.org
TrueAmericanism.org
For a lifetime creating wealth, workers are 'thanked' for their 'contribution' & discarded like broken hourglasses
They didn't get paid, they were spent
Meanwhile, oligarchs lounge on piles of crystallized labor they never lifted a finger to create
Value = (Labor × Time) × Demand
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They didn't get paid, they were spent
Meanwhile, oligarchs lounge on piles of crystallized labor they never lifted a finger to create
Value = (Labor × Time) × Demand
TrueAmericanism.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:50 PM
For a lifetime creating wealth, workers are 'thanked' for their 'contribution' & discarded like broken hourglasses
They didn't get paid, they were spent
Meanwhile, oligarchs lounge on piles of crystallized labor they never lifted a finger to create
Value = (Labor × Time) × Demand
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They didn't get paid, they were spent
Meanwhile, oligarchs lounge on piles of crystallized labor they never lifted a finger to create
Value = (Labor × Time) × Demand
TrueAmericanism.com
Here's how billionaires really get rich: Using 'unrealized gains' as a lever to extract the crystallized labor of thousands of workers.
Musk borrowed $44 billion against Tesla to buy Twitter. That's real money from 'paper' wealth.
If it's not real, why do banks lend against it?
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Musk borrowed $44 billion against Tesla to buy Twitter. That's real money from 'paper' wealth.
If it's not real, why do banks lend against it?
TrueAmericanism.org
January 5, 2026 at 4:41 AM
Here's how billionaires really get rich: Using 'unrealized gains' as a lever to extract the crystallized labor of thousands of workers.
Musk borrowed $44 billion against Tesla to buy Twitter. That's real money from 'paper' wealth.
If it's not real, why do banks lend against it?
TrueAmericanism.org
Musk borrowed $44 billion against Tesla to buy Twitter. That's real money from 'paper' wealth.
If it's not real, why do banks lend against it?
TrueAmericanism.org
This cartoon perfectly shows my Economic Equation: Value = (Labor × Time) × Demand.
Workers create value. Oligarchs insert themselves at demand & extract it through profits, rents, taxes,& interest.
The Founders saw this. Time to remember what they said about economic justice.
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Workers create value. Oligarchs insert themselves at demand & extract it through profits, rents, taxes,& interest.
The Founders saw this. Time to remember what they said about economic justice.
TrueAmericanism.org
January 5, 2026 at 4:31 AM
This cartoon perfectly shows my Economic Equation: Value = (Labor × Time) × Demand.
Workers create value. Oligarchs insert themselves at demand & extract it through profits, rents, taxes,& interest.
The Founders saw this. Time to remember what they said about economic justice.
TrueAmericanism.org
Workers create value. Oligarchs insert themselves at demand & extract it through profits, rents, taxes,& interest.
The Founders saw this. Time to remember what they said about economic justice.
TrueAmericanism.org
I was raised as a 'Radical Right-Wing Extremist.' Then I actually read what the Founders wrote. Turns out Thomas Paine proposed universal basic income in 1797. John Adams said government should provide 'ease, comfort, and security' for all. This is True Americanism. 🧵
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January 5, 2026 at 4:15 AM
I was raised as a 'Radical Right-Wing Extremist.' Then I actually read what the Founders wrote. Turns out Thomas Paine proposed universal basic income in 1797. John Adams said government should provide 'ease, comfort, and security' for all. This is True Americanism. 🧵
TrueAmericanism.org
TrueAmericanism.org