Author’s synopsis
This working paper examines the contradiction between founding claims of equality and institutions that excluded or disadvantaged large parts of the population. It combines constitutional history, democratic practice, and political economy to examine how representation, sovereign immunity, corporate influence, reserve-currency dynamics, BRICS coordination, and tariff policy shape modern power.
What the paper examines
- It uses founding-era contradictions and later legal structures to test the distance between formal equality and actual accountability.
- It connects constitutional design, representation, corporate influence, and global economic power in one institutional analysis.
- Its reform discussion gives readers a concrete example of how Volume I moves from diagnosis toward public reasoning about institutional change.
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References
- ResearchGate Harsh Wardhan, Siddhartha, The Illusion of Equality: The Founding Fathers’ Contradictions, The Flaws of Democracy, and The Future of U.S. Economic Influence (2025).Open source ↗
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Suggested citation
Siddhartha Harsh Wardhan. “The Illusion of Equality: The Founding Fathers’ Contradictions, The Flaws of Democracy, and The Future of U.S. Economic Influence.” Independent Observer, 22 September 2025.