Thanks for the summary. It definitely sounds like the book is a counter narrative to what we have learned about Lincoln and history.

I think counter arguments/histories are important because it helps with discernment, opens the mind, and provides new perspectives.

I won't know if I will agree with the book until I read it. While I have an open mind, I already know my inherent bias is making the assumption that the author is a southern secessionist supporter that believed the South was right and the north was wrong.

While I grew up believing the north was righteous and the south was stuck in their slave ways, I also understand that many of the things I believed in are not true. I used to believe the federal government was altruistic and was focused on the health, safety, and survival of our country. Laugh Out F-ing Loud!

Maybe that was true at some point in time, but now I doubt it. Our Founding Father's greatest fear when they created our country 246 years ago was an all powerful centralized government. They new it would lead to tyranny over the people. The reason they declared our independence as a new nation was to break free from tyrannical rule. I think we can all comfortably understand how right they were.

Probably the single most important thing we can do to try and save our country is swing power as forcefully as possible back to the states. The place power should reside. Actually, the power should swing back to We The People, but starting with the states is a good first step to minimize federal control.

I applaud Florida and Texas in these regards. These are Southern States, so I do believe the South has it right when taking on the federal government.

Every time I've visited Texas, I've always left impressed with the clear message everyone always sends which is basically, "We aren't a state, we are the Republic of Texas."

If every state realized they are, in fact, individual countries, as our founders intended, we could take back control from DC much faster than people realize.

At the time of our Founding, "states" meant countries. This is why international politicians and negotiators are called statesman, and why we refer to national leaders as heads of state. The United States could realistically be called The United Countries of America. Every state has its own constitution. Every state has its own sovereignty. The only powers granted to the federal government are those explicitly granted to the federal government via the US Constitution. The federal government was created by the states, the states were not created by the federal government.

Part of the Great Awakening needs to include learning and understanding how our government was designed and how it is supposed to work, according to our Founding principles.

DC knows this could be the death of DC as they know it, and this is why they want to destroy our nation's history. They want to rewrite it so people forget where the true power lies in our nation.