Thank you, Fadi, for the mention and the footnote! I think it's the first time I've gotten to see my book in a footnote. I loved in the definitions of civilization that they all include communities, not an individual status. The way of hopscotching over the community and going from the individual to 'civilization' has created a misalignment in our thinking that skews everything. As you know from my book, it's what the preamble to the Constitution did also by saying "We the People" rather than "We the States."

And thanks for the excellent information on Haym Salomon, who I'd never heard of before. It definitely clarifies who the Revolution served, and who the Constitution was written for.