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Darin Lawson Hosking

Rebuilding the Citizen

The Citizen s Lost Operating System Why the Founders Demanded 0:00/749.1686171× The Founding Vision: Education, Virtue, and the Architecture of Liberty A Thesis on the American Republic's Foundational Ideal and Its Modern Imperative Introduction: The Architecture of a Free Society The American experiment in self-governance

Accountability or Autocracy? The Moral Indictment of Executive Order 14356

An ethical analysis of Executive Order 14356. Does the new federal hiring policy meet the standards of Adams, Rawls, and Aristotle, or does it risk politicizing the civil service?

The Moral State of the Union 10-24-2025

US politics faces an ethical freefall. Federal power usurps state rights, militarism pervades civil administration, and civic virtue collapses. Religious scapegoating looms. Democracy is imperiled, requiring a return to justice, fairness, and public harmony.

Demagogic Threat to Democracy

"Witness the step-by-step unraveling of democracy under demagogic assault. From inciting fear to authoritarianism and the critical role education has in defense."

Crate Training Corporations

States must lead in breaking corporate political control via Transparent Election Acts (like Montana's) and constitutional amendments, re-establishing "We the People" as the shapers of a democracy for the common good.

The Erosion of Democratic Norms and the Path to Competitive Authoritarianism

Democracy is dying! Oligarchs seize media, dissent is criminalized, voting rights vanish. "Trump 2028" looms as competitive authoritarianism takes hold. Fight back!

Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work

AI's ultimatum: A future of amplified human genius or mass job obsolescence? The choice will define our economy, our careers, and our very purpose. We must navigate this revolution wisely, for humanity's future hangs in the balance.

How Criminalizing Decentralization Betrays Democratic Self-Governance

Criminalizing decentralized movements betrays the democratic experiment, actively suppressing the horizontal organization essential for genuine self-governance. When autonomy is threatened, democracy becomes mere performance."

You Weren't Taught to Think, You Were Trained to Comply

Reboot the American Mind. Our schools run on an obsolete factory model designed for obedience. It's time to upgrade to the Trivium—Grammar, Logic, & Rhetoric—to install critical thinking and empower citizens for democracy.

Grievance to Game Plan: A Playbook for Both Power and Resistance

The Declaration wasn't treated as a warning, but as a tyrant's playbook. Its list of grievances became a checklist for executive overreach. But the document that maps the disease also maps the cure: a validated, historical blueprint for resistance. The choice is ours to read it.