An Invitation

America’s Founding Fathers, themselves flawed men, were nevertheless geniuses who recognized all men are flawed, and so they designed a system of government that featured legal checks on political power to minimize the potential damage wrought by bad leaders and fake Messiahs.

Our forefathers emigrated from Europe because their Churches and Kings denied them land and individual freedom, while in America one could claim all the land one could fence or cultivate while enjoying fundamental rights of protection from the State.

But now, after nearly 250 years, we are witnessing a troubled America with crowded cities, proliferating bureaucracies, high inflation, urban crime, and chaos at our Southern border, stained by the disgrace of Vietnam and Afghanistan losses. A closer look reveals a homeless problem that reminds us of Bombay, an expensive welfare system that does not work, public schools that can not teach, a biased news media that pawns editorials as news, and universities that suppress freedom of speech in the name of Wokeness.

This then begs the question, if America is in such bad shape, why is her Dollar so strong and her borders under siege by immigrants clamoring to get in?! Could it be that the answer is baked into our Constitution, anticipating and embracing the possibility of reinvention without a bloody revolution or a Civil War? Could we be amidst a new era representing a physical and moral Renaissance? How often do we need to refresh Jefferson’s tree of Liberty, and how?

Highland Institute for the Advancement of Humanity strives to create a safe place, A Securus Locus, like Benjamin Franklin’s coffee house, where everyone can express their ideas as they debate and discuss what they mean by revolution or renaissance.

How should America reinvent itself to stay fresh, relevant, and strong?! Please start by reading member Steve Smith’s discussion on Network State.

— Sina.