title: Essays for the 99%: The Collection - Class Warfare (Volume 4)
author:  John David 
description: <b><br />When I wrote these essays, I knew they would be controversial. </b>I knew that some people would call me a "Socialist," or a "Communist," or would hate me simply because I disagreed with them. What I did not know was that they would do so blindly,<b> without ever having read my work.</b> Not only that, but they down-vote the reviews of those who have. <br /><br />To them I say:<br /><br /><b>Don't ever let someone else do your thinking for you. Make up your own mind. Read or listen to the <i>Essays</i> and decide for yourself. </b><br /><br />For the record, I am not a Socialist or a Communist, nor do I support any "revolution" to that purpose. I do not expect anyone to agree with <i>everything</i> I write. Mostly what I have done is ask people to answer a few critical questions about themselves and this great nation, and the path that we are on.<br /><br /><b>I have proposed that our leaders should be Patriots,</b> first and foremost, regardless of party affiliation. That they should love their country and their PEOPLE more than they love money. This does not seem "un-American" to me. To the contrary.<br /><br /><b>I believe that the two-party system has failed us. </b>That it is folly to remove the crown from the head of one obstructionist party leader, only to place it on the head of another. I have reminded you that what is needed is a new path, a new course, with a brighter future, one that offers actual "hope" to you and me, not the <b>"faux hope"</b> propounded by the liars and violators of our freedoms and rights, who call themselves our "leaders" today.<br /><br />I encourage <i>every</i> patriotic American to read or listen to the <i>Essays.</i> Think about their message. If you disagree, tell everyone exactly why. If you have better ideas, tell us about those, too. <br /><br /><b>I wrote these essays because I love my country and my people.</b> It pains me to see them suffer.<br /><br />I<i> cannot </i>fiddle while our "Rome" burns.<br /><br /><b>Read the <i>Essays for the 99%, </i>and decide for yourself.</b>
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  The Bravest of the Brave
  
  
  [PREFACE](The%20Bravest%20of%20the%20Brave_split_001.html#filepos4455)
  
  [CHAPTER I: THE WAR OF THE
  SUCCESSION](The%20Bravest%20of%20the%20Brave_split_001.html#filepos7454)
  
  [CHAPTER II:
  IMPRESSED](The%20Bravest%20of%20the%20Brave_split_001.html#filepos42830)
  
  [CHAPTER III: A DOMESTIC
  STORM](The%20Bravest%20of%20the%20Brave_split_001.html#filepos73379)
  
  [CHAPTER IV: THE SERGEANT'S
  YARN](The%20Bravest%20of%20the%20Brave_split_001.html#filepos104336)
  
  [CHAPTER V: THE PIRATE
  HOLD](The%20Bravest%20of%20the%20Brave_split_001.html#filepos136146)
  
  [CHAPTER VI: A
  COMMISSION](The%20Bravest%20of%20the%20Brave_split_001.html#filepos169793)
  
  [CHAPTER VII:
  BARCELONA](The%20Bravest%20of%20the%20Brave_split_001.html#filepos201823)
  
  [CHAPTER VIII: A TUMULT IN THE
  CITY](The%20Bravest%20of%20the%20Brave_split_002.html#filepos232251)
  
  [CHAPTER IX: THE ADVANCE INTO
  VALENCIA](The%20Bravest%20of%20the%20Brave_split_002.h