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The
pyramid form of the folded money used in the Empire Series is inspired
by the Great Seal of the United States, found on the reverse of each
U.S. Dollar Federal Reserve note. At the apex of the pyramid, which is
constructed of 13 layers representing the original states, is “The Eye
of Providence,” accompanied by the Latin motto ANNUIT CŒPTIS,
signifying that Providence has “approved of our undertakings.” Below
the pyramid is the Latin inscription NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM, meaning a
“New Order of the Ages.”
The act of printing the money for this work mirrors the process used by Federal Reserve Banks to create “wealth.”
The Empire Series strives to spark a conversation with its audience concerning:
Stupid
Wars, War Profiteering, Propaganda, Democracy, the American Way of
Life, Terrorists, PTSD, Justice, Refugees, Fiat Currencies, Ground
Troops, Unaccountability, Military Budgets, Federal Reserve Banks,
Deficit Spending, Failed Diplomacy, Hybrid Warfare, Human Rights,
Crimes Against Humanity, Liberty, AUMF, SIPRI, Genocide, Global
Plunder, Militarism, Unlawful Killings, International Humanitarian Law,
Patriotism, Bank Bailouts, Maimed for Life, The Great Recession,
Foreign Policy, Manifest Destiny, Novus Ordo Seclorum, Foreign
Interventions, Arms Exports, EKIA, Nixon Shock, Paper Money, Bretton
Woods System, Military-Industrial Complex, Drone Warfare, Leftover Land
Mines, Veterans’ Disability, Orphans, War Wounds, Nightmares, KIA,
Civilian Casualties, POW, Refugee Camps, Nationalism, TBI, MDD, War
Profiteering Prevention Act of 2007, Escalation, Global Arms Exports,
Airstrikes, Freedom, Poverty, ISIS, CIA-Backed Militia, Arms
Production, Protracted Wars, Victims, Forced Migration, National
Security, Global Arms Industry, Accountability, Collateral Damage,
Counterterrorism, Corporate Socialism, Impunity, Economic Hegemony,
Trust, Covert Operations, PMSC, GNP, Capitalism, Monroe Doctrine,
Repression, Self-Determination, Sovereign Nations, Imperialism,
Corporate America, Natural Resources, Global Plunder, Defense Lobby,
Economic Sanctions, Mercenaries, Expansionism, the Value of Human Life,
the Anti-War Movement, Banana Wars, Instability, American
Exceptionalism, Private Armies, Fiscal Responsibility, Human Suffering,
IMF, Profit-Driven Collusion, Innocent Lives, 800+ Global Military
Bases, Oil, Human Life, the War on Terror, War Crimes, Arms Sales,
Military Contracts, Lack of Oversight, 9/11, Tyranny, Ideology, Petro
Dollar, Coup d’État, and U.S. Involvement in Regime Change:
Mexico (1865-1867), Samoa (1887-1889), Hawai’i (1893), Panama (1903),
Honduras (1903-1925), Philippines (1899-1913), Cuba (1906-1909),
Nicaragua (1909-1933), Mexico (1913-1919), Haiti (1915-1934), Dominican
Republic (1916-1924), Germany (1917-1919), Austria-Hungary (1917-1920),
Russia (1918-1920), Panama (1941), Japan (1941-1952), Germany
(1941-1949), Italy (1941-1946), Belgium (1944-1945), Netherlands
(1944-1945), Philippines (1944-1945), Greece (1947-1949), Costa Rica
(1948), Albania (1949-1953), Syria (1949), Korea (1950-1953), Egypt
(1952), Iran (1952-1953), Austria (1945-1955), China (1949-1963), Cuba
(1953-1958), Guatemala (1954), Costa Rica (1955), Syria (1956-1957),
Egypt (1957), Indonesia (1957-1959), Lebanon (1958), South Vietnam
(1959-1963), Iraq (1959), British Guiana (1953-1964), Iraq (1963),
North Vietnam (1945-1973), Cambodia (1955-1970), Laos (1958-1975),
Ecuador (1960-1963), Congo (1960-1965), France (1965), Brazil
(1961-1964), Dominican Republic (1963-1966), Bolivia (1964), Vietnam
(1964-1975), Indonesia (1965-1967), Cambodia (1967-1975), Ghana (1966),
Chile (1964-1973), Greece (1967), Iraq (1972-1975), Ethiopia
(1974-1991), Costa Rica (1970-1971), Bolivia (1971), Australia
(1973-1975), Angola (1975-1991), Zaire (1975-1978), Cambodia
(1979-1993), Afghanistan (1979-1989), Portugal (1974-1976), Jamaica
(1976-1980), Poland (1980-1989), El Salvador (1980-1992), Seychelles
(1979-1981), Chad (1981-1982), Grenada (1983), South Yemen (1982-1984),
Suriname (1982-1984), Fiji (1987), Nicaragua (1981-1990), Iraq
(1991-2003), Haiti (1991-1995), Zaire (1996-1997), Indonesia
(1997-1998), Panama (1989-1990), Bulgaria (1991), Albania (1991),
Afghanistan (1980s), Somalia (1993), Yugoslavia (1999-2000), Ecuador
(2000), Afghanistan (2001-2021), Venezuela (2002), Haiti (2004),
Palestinian Territories (2006-2007), Syria (2006-present), Iran (2007),
Somalia (2007-present), Honduras (2009), Libya (2011), Yemen
(2015-present), and Venezuela (2007-present).
The War Profiteering Prevention Act of 2007 was introduced to create criminal
penalties for war profiteers and others who exploit efforts in conflict areas
of the world. It was never passed into law.
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