We Are Not Left. We Are Not Right.

We Are Structural

The American experiment is failing. Not because the idea was wrong, but because the structure was corrupted. These papers propose a reset.

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When America Broke

The year was 1913. Three things happened.

1913

16th Amendment

Federal Income Tax

Before 1913, the federal government was funded by tariffs. It was limited because its funding was limited. The income tax gave Washington unlimited fuel.

1913

17th Amendment

Direct Election of Senators

State legislatures chose senators, giving states a check on federal overreach. The 17th removed this check. The federal government lost its leash.

1913

Federal Reserve Act

Central Banking

Money creation was centralized and removed from accountability. The Fed could print money, inflating away your savings without explicit taxation.

Before 1913

  • Small federal government
  • Strong states
  • Local accountability
  • Stable money
  • Citizens kept what they earned

After 1913

  • Unlimited fuel (income tax)
  • No brake (states neutered)
  • Printing press (Fed)
  • $35 trillion debt
  • 180,000 pages of regulations
770,000 People per Representative
$35T Federal Debt
180K Pages of Regulations
75K Pages of Tax Code

We Don't Add Complexity.
We Subtract It.

Every solution is a removal. This is Occam's Razor applied to governance.

11,167 Representatives

One rep per 30,000 people. The original ratio. Each serves neighbors, not strangers. Gerrymandering becomes impossible.

Current: 770,000:1 Decentralist: 30,000:1
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Sortition

Selection by lottery, like jury duty. No campaigns. No donors. No career politicians. The reluctant citizen beats the ambitious politician.

Current: Elections select power-seekers Decentralist: Random citizens serve
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No One Goes to DC

Representatives stay home. Work from local offices. PEACE infrastructure, Starlink, blockchain voting. The DC bubble dies.

Current: 535 people in one city Decentralist: 11,000 across America
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You Keep 90%

10% tithe to community. 10% to YOUR savings. 80% liquid. No income tax. Federal funded by 17.76% tariff + consumption tax.

Current: 30-50% to government Decentralist: 0% income tax
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National Dividend

Federal surplus divided equally among citizens. You're a shareholder in America. Each child is a share. Families prosper.

Current: Surplus wasted in DC Decentralist: $5K-$20K per person/year
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Robot Economy

You own the robots. You keep the earnings. GDP per capita ($83K) becomes your passive income. Nobody has to work. Many choose to.

Current: Corporations own automation Decentralist: Citizens own robots

Continental Union

From the Arctic to Panama. By choice, not force.

THE CONTINENTAL UNION Arctic to Panama | Atlantic to Pacific
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Canada

40 Million

Arctic defense. Northwest Passage. 90% culturally American already. Lower taxes, real military, keep the hockey.

1,333 Representatives
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Greenland

57,000

Strategic Arctic position. Rare earth minerals. Thule Air Base. Infrastructure investment and full citizenship.

2 Representatives
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Mexico

130 Million

Marines vs cartels - not police. End the narco-state. Hardworking people liberated. Border problem eliminated.

4,333 Representatives
575M Citizens
18,500 Representatives
2 Oceans
1 Canal

The External Border

Once the Continental Union forms, the external border moves to Colombia in the south and the Arctic Ocean in the north. These borders are defended with lethal force. No exceptions.

The Decentralist Papers

20 papers. One vision. Click to read.

I

The Diagnosis

When America broke in 1913

II

The Representation Problem

770,000 to 1

III

Sortition Over Election

The lottery principle

IV

Distributed Representation

No one goes to DC

V

The State CEO

Operations, not politics

VI

Local IS Federal

One representative, not five layers

VII

Taxation Transformed

You keep 90%

VIII

The National Dividend

Your share of America

IX

Immutable Laws

Pass it, own it forever

X

The Federal Scope

Three things. That's it.

XI

The Executive Decentralized

No more White House

XII

What Dies

The eliminated

XIII

The Infrastructure

PEACE: The OS of the Republic

XIV

Implementation Path

How we get there

XV

The Coalition

Who joins us

XVI

First Principles

The philosophy

XVII

Sound Money

Abolish the Fed

XVIII

The Robot Economy

You own the machines

XIX

Continental Union

Arctic to Panama

XX

The Code

The moral framework

"We don't want to control the machine. We want to fix it."
- The Decentralist Papers

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Roy W. Gurner

Founder, The Decentralist Party

Built on Occam's Logic, First Principles, and 20 Years in the Rooms. These papers were written December 31, 2025 - the last day of the old way.

Roy W. Gurner

December 31, 2025