In contemporary times, the U.S. Constitution has lost a good portion of its former reverence. Many people have lost faith in it. They understand it has failed to prevent the nation from descending into full blown fascism, incessant war-making, and a hidden bankruptcy. Economic and foreign policy makers ignore it completely, and orations of freedom and democracy by political hacks and their patriotic minions reek of pretense.

Great advances have been made in political, economic, moral, and social (PEMS) theory since the Constitution was set to paper. These advances are not reflected in the constitution's pages, and its brevity is such that it fails to provide citizens with the knowledge they need to defend it from crippling abuse by those in power.

None-the-less, there is much to be gained by retaining the Constitution. It has approximately two hundred and thirty-seven years of history behind it, and that continuity is too important to discard. Many fine and universally admired words and commentary would be lost, and given the acrimony of modern times, the risk of writing a new constitution from scratch would be high.

Your author can see no plausible way of avoiding the painful future that awaits us. Our forty trillion dollars of national debt makes it a certainty. The best guess, in spite of the chaos and suffering that will ensue, is for the U.S. to abandon the old order of doing business over a period of five years or so, and start phasing in the new order so the nation's recovery process can begin, and our financial sins can be put behind us (see Chapter Four).

The term 'Godly Force' is used in place of the word 'God' in this book, since your author does not ascribe to the concept of God as a personage.

What follows describes the spiritual and cultural underpinnings for Democratic Government. The information contained herein is not taught in the nation's school systems, and is not part of the knowledge base the vast majority of voters carry to their voting booths. Hopefully, presenting the information in this manner will provide teachers, students, and voters alike, with the ready resource they need to help them cast responsible and moral ballots in the future.

Readers should understand that I offer this book for publication with a great amount of trepidation. It copies heavily from a previous book (Revolt!), which I'm sure must be a no-no in the field of literature. The reason I have chosen this path is because I feel strongly there is a need for a stand-alone book that tells the story of what happens when you marry the Chronological and Spiritual Antecedents for the Human Intellect (Chapter One), with the Political, Economic, Moral, and Social (PEMS) Spectrum of Chapter Two.

It is the dream of your author that the information presented herein will assist you, the reader, in fashioning your beliefs and behavior, such that when you are old and look back on your life, you will rest content that you were a positive force in the world, and have left a legacy worthy of your progeny's love, admiration, and gratitude!

Your author will accept no remuneration for this work.

G. Lewis Bauman

A Spiritual And Cultural Foundation For Democratic Government

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