Summary of George Friedman's The Storm Before the Calm

By IRB Media

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

#1 The American government was invented by the founders, and it was designed to be extremely inefficient. It was meant to restrain itself from intruding on the private lives of Americans, who were to pursue their own happiness in the Declaration of Independence.

#2 The American founding is designed to make certain that there is no unbridgeable distinction between loving America and loving your home. The two must be kept separate, for our natural inclination is to love our home.

#3 The Great Seal is the most important American icon. It was created by Jefferson, Adams, and Franklin, who were all members of the committee that created the Declaration of Independence. The eagle on the front of the seal represents the strength of America.

#4 The seal of the United States is a representation of the American people, and it symbolizes that the American people are not just a concept but a product of a people.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 13, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669385875

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Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The American government was invented by the founders, and it was designed to be extremely inefficient. It was meant to restrain itself from intruding on the private lives of Americans, who were to pursue their own happiness in the Declaration of Independence.

#2

The American founding is designed to make certain that there is no unbridgeable distinction between loving America and loving your home. The two must be kept separate, for our natural inclination is to love our home.

#3

The Great Seal is the most important American icon. It was created by Jefferson, Adams, and Franklin, who were all members of the committee that created the Declaration of Independence. The eagle on the front of the seal represents the strength of America.

#4

The seal of the United States is a representation of the American people, and it symbolizes that the American people are not just a concept but a product of a people.

#5

The Great Seal of the United States is the official seal of the United States. It was created in 1782, and features a pyramid above a shield with the words Annuit Coeptis, which means He has favored our undertaking, and Novus Ordo Seclorum, which means a new order of the ages.

#6

The American Revolution was not just against England, but against the European age that had begun in 1492. The Americans viewed the European age as founded on oppression and inequality. They believed that liberty and equality were the natural order of things, and they wanted to dominate nature.

#7

The American pursuit of happiness is the emotional engine that powers the United States. It is the only country to have declared the pursuit of happiness a fundamental right. But with happiness comes disappointment, just