What 2017 Has Taught American Citizens

As the year comes to an end, people reflect and make statements about resolutions they vow to keep for the next. On a personal note, 2017 was not friendly to me. Illness in my household. A move. Three courses owed for my MBA and a PhD defense on hold. My eldest fighting for her right to graduate high school early. In a nutshell — it was a mess. Still, I stand by the line I repeat often to those who know me:

From the day President Donald J. Trump swore in — though it had been festering for decades — we saw the phrase "politics are dirty" substantiated in front of us. A man who was never a politician, who never claimed to run for the highest office a U.S. citizen can attain, and won. That last point matters. I will circle back to it.

Through his career and his personal interactions, Trump was familiar with the inner workings of our government to the extent the channels available to him allowed. He won because it was necessary that he win — for our country's sovereignty, and to reinforce the foundations on which our country was built. His presidency was sorely needed to boost morale, to rebuild market confidence, and to reassert the principles our founding fathers signed into the Declaration of Independence.

The Ruling Class We Were Told Did Not Exist

As we all learned in primary school, the United States was created so that there would be no RULING CLASS. The people would have the power to change what did not work for them. Limited government authority. A country working for its people, not its people working for the country. All outlined in the Bill of Rights.

Looking back on 2017, we see clearly that there is indeed a Ruling Class — only it is "invisible." Hidden in plain sight, with the passive participation and acceptance of the people. Affording itself the right to be above the law, to dictate the law, and to represent interests that aren't even clearly stated, but that are obviously not those of the people. They are now officially coined the #deepstate.

The Long Quiet Plan

Historically, immigrants left their countries to come to the U.S. with the hope that the streets would be paved with gold if they worked hard enough. That they would have a voice in their aspirations, their economy, their laws, their education, their health. The foundations of capitalism. The United States was the first sovereign nation in modern history to embrace capitalism with a diverse population.

The pillars of our country's foundation were honorable. They deserve the highest merit. But the people who implemented them — in retrospect — were accustomed to more socialistic or monarchical rule, and over a century they slowly implemented it under the umbrella of liberalism, beginning in earnest after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. They allowed the people to win battles — abolition, civil rights — but they conditioned us into socialism through the very thing we considered a gift from God: Social Security.

Why Social Security really existed

• Help fund the government while you are able-bodied and of working age, and in turn promise to support you financially when you are not. This is the driving, mandated force of making citizens dependent on the government. People didn't have to work as hard for financial stability in their golden years — and so they stopped.
• The catch. To have this glorious benefit, a mandatory way of keeping track of each citizen by number was enforced. In the same way I number my lab rats and track them from birth to death — gathering data from their activities and their contribution to my experiments.

Think about it. Why would free people want anyone dictating what money they can have when they grow older and cannot work? For thousands of years, nations with eons of history were just fine without it. Don't take my word for it — Greece introduced a version of social security and within 30 years, on an accelerated plan, became the epitome of pseudo-democracy whose citizens literally work for their government. Neo-socialism.

How Did the #deepstate Achieve This?

They created the dependent population. The migrant workers who couldn't acclimate. The slaves they brought in. It was the quiet plan that unfolded under everyone's nose because no one was paying attention.

The plan had worked for eons in many nations. But the establishment of a willing Ruling Class government underestimated what a diverse population — with no shared heritage but a flag and a concept — would do. Human nature has too many variables to count. Plot human behavior as nodes and you get the perfect example of mathematical chaos theory. There is no real pattern because humans adapt and evolve faster than any other living thing, each at their own rate, dictated by inherent intelligence that cannot be quantified in the absolute.

A Message From Ambassador Haley

Ambassador Haley made it clear what the message of 2017 should be for all Americans with one perfectly distilled line:

From this bullish statement it is evident that the Ruling Class has extended beyond the borders of the United States. Note that the Ruling Class and the Elitists are two different beasts. The latter is a small group, and does not have nearly as much power as we think — because its power depends on the Ruling Class known as the #deepstate.

This is exactly what we must learn from 2017. Generations before us — and many of voting age today — have literally forfeited their rights to a Ruling Class known as the #deepstate. The #deepstate has been successful in its venture to create government-citizen dependency. This is why we see that the laws of our nation are not held in higher authority than those who occupy governing bodies. Every day, some half-educated citizen claims "if Hillary were guilty, she'd be in jail." No. She wouldn't. Because she is part of the Ruling Class.

Keep in mind: the #deepstate ensured it had channels to push propaganda — to promote its covert agenda. Any source of information that contradicts or exposes it is "suicided," readily silenced, ridiculed, or dismissed through the same dependency plan. With the exponential growth of our population, messages are no longer carried city to city by Paul Revere — they are carried by radio, television, and social media, all of which the people have forfeited their rights to check and balance, out of a learned habit of blind trust in the press.

The Micro Evidence — North Dakota

Many will scoff. I challenge you to think. Entertain the evidence of the Ruling Class from a micro perspective. I live in a state that feeds, fuels, and protects our country. A state fiscally independent, with zero federal deficit, and the only state with a state-funded bank. North Dakota — population pushing one million, two seasons (winter and road-work season), founded in the late 1800s. One of our nation's top economic contributors. And it is here that the Ruling Class is most evident.

Speaking with constituents and lawmakers, "it happens all the time" was a constant theme. "Yeah, you can't beat 'em — people have tried. You just got to put your head down."

What Am I Doing to Correct It?

I am taking a play out of our President's playbook. I said I would circle back to his victory. If he could knock out 17 opponents with the Ruling Class swinging and punching with all the resources afforded to them — and win — anyone can.

I encourage every single one of you who is fed up with how things are done to run for office in your town, your city, your county, or your state. I will be vocal about the ugly that exists. No tip-toeing or fake smiles. I don't claim to know how to run a city — but I know how to surround myself with people who do. No hiring friends. No "job security" because you are so-and-so's friend, or you own this business, or you gave me a certain amount of money for my campaign.

I will be the BULL in the Ruling Class's china cabinet here in my city. I won't run because I am anything in particular. No titles. No tiaras. Just me. My job, education, family status, sex, religion — all off the table. The only requirement I need to fulfill is that I am a citizen. That is all I am going to use against anyone who runs for Mayor.

Are You the Spectator — or a Participant?

I chose to be a participant because I want to make sure that my children are not forced to be spectators in their own lives. I am running to fix it because I am not going to wait around for someone else to do it. There is no better time than now.

I want to contribute to Make North Dakota Great Again #MNDGA — which will, in turn, play a part in Making America Great Again. No matter how small.

#DrainTheSwamp doesn't just apply to Washington, D.C. It applies to every single public office across our nation. As citizens, we have been passive for far too long. It's time to put a stop to the Ruling Class — because it has no place in OUR AMERICA.