Big Problems, Big Brains

James A. George

Saving America

August 30, 2018

Big Problems, Big Brains

George Orwell said to simplify the message.

Here in Canonbury, in East London on the doorstep of Eric Arthur Blair, aka, George Orwell, I am inspired to return to America to join the fight against a tyrannical government and the wave of ignorance that undermined democracy in my homeland. In the past two years, I published two books aimed at all literate Americans to help them make better decisions.

I published, How to Select an American President by James A. George and James A. Rodger (c) 2017 Archway Publishing. That book began in 2011 intended for Election 2012 though Wiley and Oxford Press didn’t publish it because they believed that it was too hard for the mass audience. Wiley published Smart Data, Enterprise Performance Optimization Strategy (c) 2010 by James A. George and James A. Rodger. That academic book was a technical treatise on how to improve the performance of massively complex government and commercial enterprises. 

Our desire was that President Obama and his administrators would read it and improve their management approach. Most didn’t read it and flaws in their management can be linked directly to their under performing. People trying to do the right things will not succeed unless they employ the best approaches and processes. Since then, many people in the world have embraced “Smart Data,” though American government leaders outside the Department of Defense failed. Without continuity in leadership and reinforcement, best practices are overwhelmed by mediocrity.

President Trump has made it worse by attempting to destroy the entire government across all departments and agencies, driven by the mad idea that his authoritarian rule is superior to the collective wisdom and experience of professionals. That is craziness.

The first step in saving America from tyranny and ruin is to appeal to voters to improve how they select and elect their representatives. The second step in my approach is to describe how to make the economy work fairly for everyone. I published Regenerating America with Sustainable Economics (c) 2017 by James A. George and James A. Rodger. I argued that capitalism is unsustainable and that a better model is needed. I called it the optimized sustainment model and appealed to economists and business leaders to help complete the idea. 

In that book, I described the relationship between economic models and political models, being careful not to use words and terms that ignite emotions and confuse the issue.

You see, you cannot improve government and the economy without making serious changes. Making changes in massively complex systems takes enormous energy and commitment by a nation’s intellectuals. It is not a job for dummies, nor is it a task for a tyrannical authoritarian. 

My belief is that there are more educated intellectuals in America than ignorant and deprived persons. Organizing them to focus on a plan to improve government and the economy should be the focus of patriotic leaders.

In recent news, the followers of Bernie Sanders float the idea of democratic socialism as the way ahead. There are some good aspects of that model, though it is not a panacea for modern times. American citizens of sufficient intellect must demand more from political leaders than catch phrases. We must ask not only what they intend to do, but how they intend to accomplish it?