America Why Are You Angry?

The founding fathers planned centuries ahead. They studied how governments thrived and failed throughout history, then crafted a framework so elegant it needed only minor changes across generations.

We've abandoned that kind of thinking entirely.

Today we plan for next quarter, maybe next year. Five years feels ambitious. The founding fathers were designing solutions for problems they'd never live to see.

Their foresight created something remarkable: a system that was "simplistic yet covers all possibilities." Compare that to our current approach of reactive patches and emergency measures.

From Real Ideas to Empty Demands

We've lost something crucial in this shift to short-term thinking. The founding fathers brought together people from different countries, religions, and societies. These weren't people making demands.

They contributed real ideas that furthered their community and country.

Modern Americans have flipped this completely. We've moved from "here's how we solve this" to "I want, I want, I want." We've traded meaningful participation for endless complaints.

The media feeds us what to be angry about instead of actionable solutions. Politicians tell us what's wrong, never how to fix it. We get problems without solutions, outrage without action.

This creates a massive gap between what needs to happen and what actually happens. As citizens, we need to filter through documents, ask critical questions, and find truthful data. But we're not given digestible information to work with.

The 10 Blocks That Matter Most

Here's what we've forgotten: the thing that affects you most isn't happening in Washington. It's happening in the 10 blocks around your neighborhood, in the 30 square miles of your county.

We get fed information on such large scales that it's impossible to process. Most of it doesn't impact us as individuals anyway. Unless there's war, famine, or contagious disease, the daily federal drama rarely touches our actual lives.

The founding documents were designed with this in mind. States were meant to be powerful, controlling their own domains. The federal government provided continuity between states, not control over them.

Someone traveling from Texas to North Carolina could expect similar laws and systems. But each state maintained its strength and character.

We've inverted this completely. We've weakened our states and communities while expecting federal solutions to local problems.

Housing: Where Principles Meet Reality

Want to see how this plays out in practice? Look at housing in your community.

The biggest issue facing most neighborhoods isn't abstract policy. It's whether families can afford to own homes where they live and work.

Corporate investors bought 14.8% of homes in the first quarter of 2024. By 2030, projections show 40% of single-family rentals could be corporate-owned.

This isn't just a housing problem. It's a community problem.

When hedge funds own thousands of residential properties, they drive up prices and reduce availability. Families get priced out. Communities lose the stability that comes from neighbors who own their homes and invest in their neighborhoods.

Workers have to move farther away, creating labor shortages. Homelessness increases. The entire community suffers so distant investors can profit from artificial scarcity.

The Solution Hiding in Plain Sight

Here's the actionable solution: restrict hedge funds and large corporations from owning single-family homes, condos, and townhouses in your county.

Residential properties should be owned by individuals, not investment groups. Commercial real estate is different. But the places where families live and build their lives should belong to people, not portfolios.

This isn't a federal issue requiring years of congressional debate. It's a local issue that county commissioners can address.

The End Hedge Fund Control of American Homes Act shows this is already happening at the federal level. But communities don't need to wait for Washington.

Your county can act now.

Getting Back to Founding Principles

This approach honors exactly what the founding fathers envisioned. Individual control. Community strength. Local solutions to local problems.

When families own their homes, they invest in their neighborhoods. They participate in school boards and city councils. They build the kind of engaged communities that make democracy work.

When corporate investors own neighborhoods, residents become renters with no long-term stake. They're subject to rent increases and eviction notices. They have no incentive to improve their community because they don't control their future in it.

The founding fathers understood that freedom requires ownership. Not just political freedom, but economic freedom. The ability to control your living situation, build wealth, and invest in your community's future.

Your Move

We've been trained to argue about national politics while our neighborhoods get bought out from under us. We debate abstract principles while concrete problems have concrete solutions.

The founding fathers would be baffled by our approach. They solved problems. We argue about them.

Start with your county commissioners. Ask them how many single-family homes in your area are owned by hedge funds and investment groups. Ask what they're doing to preserve home ownership for individuals and families.

Demand the problem-solution framework we've abandoned. Not just "here's what's wrong" but "here's what's wrong, why it's wrong, and what we can do about it."

The founding fathers created a system that put individual liberty and community strength first. They planned centuries ahead because they understood that freedom requires constant protection and active participation.

We can honor that vision by focusing on the 10 blocks and 30 square miles where we actually live. By solving real problems with real solutions. By putting service before money and community before corporate profit.

The framework is still there. We just need to use it.