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Toward a Unified Theory of Justice in America
This article is part of a series of social science inquiries attempting to prove that socio-economic operating systems would provide more Certainty, Fairness, Inclusivity, and Sustainability if they were designed to empower people rather than control them. By Robert Simmons Preamble “If you don’t look at it, you can’t change it. You’ve got to look…
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The ABC’s of Property Rights
By the 16th century philosophers began conjecturing whether private property was a natural right. Meanwhile Oppressors continued forward with their own agendas. by Robert Simmons What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or in the holy name of…
The Unbearable Whiteness of Being; Racism in the USA
Oppression is genetic. The Third Option has a treatment plan to downgrade Oppression to a chronic but manageable condition. The following exploration of Racism is meant, in part, to demonstrate how The Third Option plans to dismantle Racism at the systemic level. By Robert Simmons Atonement: A White People’s Four-Step Program Table Of Contents STEP…
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A ‘Cursed’ People: the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Thanks to Patrice Lumumba, for six days in the summer of 1960, the Congolese people felt what it was like to be free. In reality, the West was never going to allow the Africanization of Africa. By Robert Simmons The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is a country with huge natural wealth…diamonds, gold, copper, cobalt,…
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It’s Time to Replace American Healthcare
This is not an article detailing any of the one thousand failings of the Private Healthcare system. This is an article detailing what we are going to do about it. By Robert Simmons Tables Of Contents Explanation of Benefits: Why Government Needs to Take Control of HealthcareMore About The Third Option PlanI. Entering the New Universal System:…
Lobbying 101: How To Win Money and Influence Government
Meet the door to (revolving) door salesmen of the private sector, with their unique access to the so-called ‘public interest’, and a special talent for selling government a bunch of stuff its citizens don’t really need. Welcome to Lobbying 101. By Robert Simmons A government contract secured by a lobbyist for a private business is…
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The State Of The State
The Unbearable Whiteness of Being; Racism in the USA
Oppression is genetic. The Third Option has a treatment plan to downgrade Oppression to a chronic but manageable condition. The following exploration of Racism is meant, in part, to demonstrate how The Third Option plans to dismantle Racism at the systemic level. By Robert Simmons Atonement: A White People’s Four-Step Program Table Of Contents STEP…
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An Educational Paradigm for the Second Age of Enlightenment
Everybody has a cure for Public Education; it’s difficult to know who is right. What if we changed our Educational Paradigm instead, so we could all be right? By Robert Simmons You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, create a new model that makes the old model obsolete.Richard Buckminster Fuller…
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What Americans Should Know About Their National Parks
National Parks bring private business $20 Billion in visitor spending, while the public pays all the expense. The Great American Outdoors Act won’t change this. By Robert Simmons Renting public land to some of the wealthiest corporations in the world for as little as $1.50 an acre per year is irrational…Oil companies are drilling on…
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BREAKING BAD: Our Bad and Breaking Infrastructure, and What To Do About It
Communication Infrastructure Theory is trying to get people to talk back to each other, in order to rebuild their communities from the ground up. By Robert Simmons Part III: Communication Infrastructure: What is Communication Infrastructure Theory? Communications infrastructure (n) the technology, products and network connections that allow for the transmission of communications over large distances.…
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BREAKING BAD: Our Bad and Breaking Infrastructure, and What To Do About It
Our U.S. Water Infrastructure Strategy is full of holes; 240,000 new ones each year. How are we going to fix our water infrastructure problems? The Third Option By Robert Simmons Part II: Water Infrastructure Problems: How can water infrastructure be improved? The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) gives America’s drinking water a D on…
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BREAKING BAD: Our Bad and Breaking Infrastructure, and What To Do About It
How Can Road Transport be Improved? A $2.8 Trillion National Public Bank Loan will get us where we want to go, minus pollution, accidents & freeway congestion. By Robert Simmons Part I: How Can Road Transport be Improved? Infrastructure (n) the basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society. The American…
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The People's Court
The ABC’s of Property Rights
By the 16th century philosophers began conjecturing whether private property was a natural right. Meanwhile Oppressors continued forward with their own agendas. by Robert Simmons What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or in the holy name of…
The Process of Our Polarization
When so many people are unhappy over so many different issues, it naturally creates a paralyzing gridlock. By Robert Simmons …there is nowhere you can be that isn’t where you’re meant to be.John Lennon, All You Need is Love Table of contents I. What Causes Political (and Social) Polarization?II. All Roads Lead to NowhereA. ECONOMICSB.…
Medicare For All Has Nothing to do With Medicare
Written by Robert Loyd For us the topic of Medicare for all has been the most interesting political speaking point. Not for its pros or cons, it’s controversies, or anything like that, but for its lack of any relation to the Medicare program. Here we are going to discuss what Medicare For All actually is…
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Want to Change the World? Change Public Education First (While We Still Can)
By Robert Simmons The current model for economic success focuses heavily on Economic growth, or the steady expansion of goods and services produced from one time period to the next. On a constant fishing expedition, the private sector has recently cast its line out into Government waters, looking to snag already functioning government businesses like Medicare, Prisons, Public Transportation, Postal…
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The Bottom Billion
A ‘Cursed’ People: the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Thanks to Patrice Lumumba, for six days in the summer of 1960, the Congolese people felt what it was like to be free. In reality, the West was never going to allow the Africanization of Africa. By Robert Simmons The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is a country with huge natural wealth…diamonds, gold, copper, cobalt,…
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SOUTH SUDAN
Third Option has a strategy to help the Bottom Billion, create lasting friendships in the process, and break the cycle of People & Resource exploitation. By Robert Simmons If you were handed power on a plate you’d be left fighting over a plate.Tom Stoppard, Squaring the Circle South Sudan is the world’s youngest country, winning…
ETHIOPIA
OUR NEW AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY Countries are People (195 of them)If possible, we will always try to…
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It’s Time to Replace American Healthcare
This is not an article detailing any of the one thousand failings of the Private Healthcare system. This is an article detailing what we are going to do about it. By Robert Simmons Tables Of Contents Explanation of Benefits: Why Government Needs to Take Control of HealthcareMore About The Third Option PlanI. Entering the New Universal System:…
Should a Handful of People own the Rights to Every one Else’s Rights?
Government legalizes financial cage-fighting in a free market pit where anything goes; the winners prefer no rules in a knife fight, & pay off refs to that end. By Robert Simmons (Followed by six steps to help correct the problem) You stand looking down at a trail of ants. From your point of view, the…
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What Would it Take to Turn our Entire Energy Grid “Green”?
The world is already powered by renewable energy (the Sun). Third Option has a plan to plug into that power, by unplugging the power of those leading us astray. By Robert Simmons Step One: A Hostile Takeover (of the Corporate Kind) The US power grid is a complex network of generation, transmission, and distribution, and…
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