The Terminating of America

Scot Faulkner
 
The Left is moving rapidly to change America forever.  Except for isolated pockets of resistance, such as during Virginia’s 2021 elections and 2022 executive and legislative actions, decades of the Left’s preparations are paying off for reshaping America into a unitary totalitarian state.
 
Starting with the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, the Left has acted like Chess Grandmasters.  They devised a detailed strategy, thinking and implementing many moves ahead of their opposition.
 
The Left’s actions, many decades in the making, is nothing less than “Terraforming” America into their Communist vision.  They are deliberately, and systematically, changing our nation’s entire landscape, modifying America’s institutions, civic culture and society to make them more habitable for their uch-heralded “Great Reset.” [John Holdren in his own (radical) words – CFACT]
 
The “Great Reset” is the global devolution or destruction of capitalism, democracy, entire energy and economic systems, and personal freedoms, in the name of preventing climate change. It is about eradicating “white privilege,” and the institutions and cultures of “white exploitation,” to remake society based on “equity, diversity and inclusion.” [The Great Reset | Reset and shape the future]
 
It all began with Stuart Chase, one of the founding members of President Franklin Roosevelt’s (FDR) “Brain Trust.” Chase coined the term “The New Deal” and promoted eliminating America’s free enterprise system, “by firing squad if necessary.” [The Rise of the Administrative State – The New American]
 
Chase gained inspiration and insights into how to implement a Communist state during his 1927 meetings with Stalin and Trotsky. In his 1932 “New Deal” book, Chase mused, “Why should the Russians have all the fun of remaking the world?”
 
FDR’s Brain Trust thought well beyond building the massive New Deal bureaucracy. Rexford Tugwell, another “Brain Truster,” drafted a “Constitution for the New States of America.” His goal was nothing less than remaking America as the next Soviet Union.  [Constitutional Convention | Proposed Constitution for the Newstates of America (sweetliberty.org)]
 
Tugwell’s Constitution abolished all aspects of federalism. It eliminated states, turning them into uniform administration districts with equal population. It abolished the “Bill of Rights,” creating a laundry list of “Rights and Responsibilities” for citizens to act on behalf of the state. Any individual actions could be erased based upon “declared emergencies” (think Trudeau’s Canada in recent weeks) and for “conforming to such standards as may improve health and welfare.” Tugwell knew Sovietizing America would  “require the laying of rough, unholy hands on many a sacred precedent.” [The Rise of the Administrative State – The New American]
 
The Left’s “Terraforming” of America is guided by the Chase/Tugwell vision. Capturing the cultural levers and the media were achieved by the 1960s. Dumbing down the youth, and ultimately indoctrinating them in Leftist thought, began with Howard Zinn’s 1980 revisionist history, “A People’s History of the United States,” which became the standard high school textbook for a generation. [A People's History of the United States: 1492 - Present – Zinn Education Project (zinnedproject.org)]
 
A parallel project was shrinking civics education to the point where only 23% of eighth-graders perform at or above the proficient level on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) civics exam, and only 26% of Americans can name all three branches of government. [020618_CivicsEducation-UPDATED.pdf (AmericanProgress.org)]
 
An intensified phase of Terraforming began after a 2011 Harvard Study claimed that participating in historical/patriotic celebrations promoted conservative voting patterns. [Harvard: July 4th Parades Are Right-Wing | Politics | US News]
 
The Left realized that America’s history must be entirely reshaped to achieve the “Great Reset.” 
 
The Left had to prevent Americans from separately honoring the morality, integrity and greatness of Washington and Lincoln. They did so by lumping all 46 Presidents’ birthdays together in 1971. Since then, all other presidents (including mediocrities like Pierce, Fillmore and Carter) get to dilute the commemoration of our most accomplished presidents.
 
Communists usually use economic jealousy as their wedge issue. Focusing on America’s racial history was determined to gain more traction.
 
In 2019, through the New York Times and other media, the Left launched their 1619 History Curriculum Project. Under the banner of “inclusive history,” “Critical Race Theory” (CRT) and dozens of other labels, versions of the 1619 curriculum rapidly spread to thousands of schools. [Project1619]
 
Their final solution was demonizing everything that made America America. Their mantra became “a country built on stolen land and slavery.” [U.N. Official: U.S. Founded on Land Stolen From Indians, Built on Race-Based Slavery, BLM Movement Is Result | CNSNews]
 
1619’s politically correct “wokism” declared that “everything is racist” and built cases for eliminating the Electoral College, the Senate Filibuster, the Senate itself, our Founding documents, the American flag, America’s National Anthem, and even the nuclear family. All these initiatives aligned with Tugwell’s new Constitution. [Citizen Oversight: The Left’s Final Solution] 
 
Reshaping our collective memory, and the physical touchstones that validate our memory, is directly from the Communist playbook.
 
Eliminating statues and eradicating holidays are central to Terraforming America. Once our national symbols and rituals are uprooted, American society will be adrift, ripe for reshaping. Thus Juneteenth is now considered more “inclusive” than the Fourth of July. One day only the “woke” holiday will remain. [Citizen Oversight: Assault on July 4th]
 
The Left is methodically replacing the existing “pro-America” calendar with their perverse “Advent Calendar for Anarchy.” We are now expected to annually focus on Floyd, Ferguson, Charlottesville and January 6, instead of true milestones like the signing of the U.S. Constitution on September 17, 1787.
 
The Left has a hundred-year head start on us and commands the levers of power. It will take years of dedication, courage, perseverance and providence to turn the tide. Let us begin in 2022.
 
Scot Faulkner was the first Chief Administrative Officer of the U.S. House of Representatives; his business-based reforms generated sustained savings of $4.5+ billion. He is the author of the critically acclaimed bestselling Congressional memoir, “Naked Emperors.” The second edition is available on Amazon.
 
Additional biographical notes:

Mr. Faulkner was Director of Personnel for the 1980 Reagan Campaign. He also served on the Presidential Transition team and on the White House Staff. He held executive positions at the Federal Aviation Administration, the General Services Administration, and the Peace Corps. He earned a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from American University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Government from Lawrence University. He also studied at the London School of Economics and Georgetown University. 

 

The Left’s attack on the Fourth of July

Another step in erasing our collective memory  

Scot Faulkner

My previous column raised alarms about radical leftists who want to obliterate everything good that America ever did or aspired to achieve, and sow the seeds for future generations to revile and reject everything that is decent and noble in our country. I call it their “final assault on America.” But make no mistake, leftists also want to obliterate Independence Day to remake America to fit their radical agenda.

That is why erasing our celebration of July Fourth, and replacing it with Juneteenth, is the Left’s Holy Grail. Denigrating the American Flag, displacing our National Anthem, and ending Independence Day as a national holiday, are the Left’s trinity for destroying America’s history, pride and civic culture.

Changing calendar references eradicates the old order to establish a radical new one. The Bolsheviks replaced Christian holidays with May Day (May 1) and their October Revolution (November 6). French Revolution zealots went so far as to rename the months of the year.

Juneteenth celebrates June 19, 1865, the day a little-known Union general proclaimed that slavery was officially abolished in Texas. Ironically, at that time, slavery was still legal in Delaware and Kentucky.  However, local celebrations of the Texas announcement launched similar Juneteenth festivities, which slowly spread to other communities throughout America.

For radicals on the Left, turning a still obscure moment in history into a new and “more inclusive” national holiday is fundamental to shifting the inspiring narrative of America’s founding in 1776 to the darker, anti-American narrative of the 1619 movement.

Above all, the 1619 Project seeks to focus attention on America’s terrible legacy of slavery. It seeks to diminish and tarnish any emphasis on our Declaration of Independence and the great strides we have made in bringing together in peace and harmony the most diverse peoples and cultures ever gathered together in one nation.

Those who despise the United States do not want to recognize, much less celebrate, our ever-continuing efforts “to form a more perfect union,” by calling upon and inspiring what President Abraham Lincoln himself called “the better angels of our nature.”

Certainly, June 19th is important to many African Americans, and other Americans as well. Those who wish to do so should absolutely celebrate that historic moment – just as people of differing faiths, creeds, colors and ethnic origins commemorate and learn from their religious and cultural holidays and histories. They have the right and should be encouraged to do so.

However, that does not, and must not, mean we should depose and replace our truly national holidays, or the important events they commemorate, in pursuit of radical political agendas.

It was thus surprising that, just before this year’s Fourth of July, Senators Ron Johnson (R-WI) and James Lankford (R-OK) called for establishing Juneteenth as “a national holiday to remember the 1865 emancipation of slaves in the United States.” They would eliminate the Columbus Day holiday, because it is “a holiday that is lightly celebrated, and least disruptive to Americans’ schedules.”  Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) co-sponsored Juneteenth legislation with Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX).

The moment Juneteenth is in and Columbus is out, the Left will move to eliminate the July Fourth holiday as being just two weeks apart and “disruptive” to summer work schedules.

During the summer, Nikole Hannah-Jones, the intellectual force behind eliminating the Fourth of July and embracing the 1619 movement, barnstormed cable news to assert that “Independence Day does not mean the same thing to everybody. We are forcing white people to confront what this holiday has meant to black people.”

On one show, Hannah-Jones’ assault was supported by historian Jon Meacham, who asserted the Fourth of July was “only about a document, not about shaping a nation,” while Juneteenth is a fully inclusive culminating moment in America’s story. They both recommended that Americans “evolve,” and end the “divisive” and “racist” Fourth in favor of the “more inclusive and accurate” Juneteenth. 

Hannah-Jones added: “For generations we have looked at 1776 as our founding moment, our “nativity,” when it was actually 1619.… For too long we have taught this one narrative that glorifies white supremacy, glorifies colonization,”

Attacking July 4th began on July 1, 2011.  That was when Harvard University released a study claiming that “children who attend July 4 celebrations are more likely to identify themselves as Republicans in life.”  The study observed, “The political right has been more successful in appropriating American patriotism and its symbols during the 20th century. Survey evidence also confirms that Republicans consider themselves more patriotic than Democrats.”

The study continued, “attending one rain-free July 4 celebration before the age of 18 increases the likelihood that children will identify as Republican by two percent, and increases the likelihood that they will vote for a Republican candidate by the time they turn 40 by four percent.”

Overnight, patriotism became partisan.

During the summer of 2019, the New York Times, armed with the revisionist history of Nikole Hannah-Jones, launched the 1619 history curriculum. 1619’s goal is to completely recast America as the most demonic, racist, destructive nation that has ever existed.

According to the 1619 narrative, America began when a ship filled with African slaves arrived at Jamestown during the summer of 1619.  Everything since, it insists, has been a steady march of white racism destroying dark skinned people and polluting the world with white supremacist and white privilege dogma, as embodied in the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution.

Since the 1960s, colleges and universities have indoctrinated students with anti-Americanism. K-12 is the next battleground. A recent study found that 66% of high school students believe America is exceptional, and 70% look favorably on America’s history. Only 47% of college students think America is exceptional, and 44% are favorable to our nation’s history.

The 1619 curriculum is already being used in over 3,000 schools. Changing history to eliminate July 4th, and replacing it with Juneteenth, is a critical part of 1619’s anti-Americanism strategy.

Juneteenth is based on the false narrative that slavery in America ended on June 19, 1865. That was the day Union General Gordon Granger marched into Galveston, Texas and announced the Civil War was over and slaves still being held in the region were free.

It took ratifying the 13th Amendment on December 6, 1865 to officially free all of America’s slaves.  Border states were not included in the Emancipation (Kentucky still had 40,000; Delaware too had thousands). Over the next year, Federal officials with the Freedman Bureau, backed by Union troops, had to personally enforce the Thirteenth Amendment, as some slaveholders in charge of isolated plantations withheld news of Emancipation so that their slaves could be used for additional harvests.

Elevating Juneteenth as the end of slavery and the Civil War is like celebrating the end of World War II based on Japanese soldiers surrendering on isolated Pacific islands in the 1950s, or even last diehard (Hiroo Onoda) in 1974.

Making Juneteenth a national holiday must be opposed every step of the way.

Scot Faulkner is the former Chief Administrative Officer of the U.S. House of Representatives and author of the bestselling political memoir, "Naked Emperors."