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Questions, answered by the record

Short pieces for any reader who believes in private property. Each starts from a question people already ask about the corporation, answers it from the record — the law, the filings, the history, the numbers — and then shows what the Commonwealth reforms make of the answer.

I · The Fifth Pillar · November 5, 2026

What is MAGA, actually?

The American System, rebuilt: the program Hamilton designed, Henry Clay named and Lincoln's Congress enacted. Four of its pillars are going up now. The fifth decides who keeps what the rebuilt economy earns, and it is the one not yet built.

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In preparation

Next in the series

  • The Proxy. Who votes the shares in a 401(k)?
  • The Circle. Who sets the chief executive's pay?
The whole case
The full argument, with every source, is on The Full Argument page. The three reforms each have their own: Corporate Ownership, Executive Pay, and the Utah Pilot. The first four pillars are followed at The New American System.