Ryan Jackson (2064-2080)

Official Portrait of Ryan Jackson

Ryan Jackson, also known as "the American Caesar". Jackson is regarded to be a dictator to some, or a necessary evil to others. With some considering him a traitor to American Values of freedom and some seeing him as savior of America. Jackson served as 2 star general of the US army's airborne forces and a former President of the United States. He served as the President of the United States from 2064 to 2080. Jackson is primarily known for his war against megacorporations, his fight against Eurasia during world war four, however his brutal way of dealing with opposition and suppression of civil liberties led to him being one of most controversial US presidents.

Jackson is known to be one of the most authoritarian leaders ever elected to office in America, he suppressed numerous civil liberties and suspended the Constitution for an extended period of time. Jackson's presidential policies would eventually give birth to the ideology of Jacksonism based on his policies. A strongly warhawkish, socially neutral ideology based on economic interventionism and militarism which makes up the ideology of the modern National Unionist Party.

## Early Life

Ryan Jackson was born in Jacksonville, Texas in 2015, his father Arthur Jackson was a former Ranger and his mother Tessa Jackson worked for Military Intelligence Corps. Jackson came from a proud family of soldiers dedicated to their country, his father Arthur during his service as a Ranger served in Iraq in 2003 and in Afghanistan from 2007 to 2013. Both of Jacksons parents were strong supporters of the Republican Party, and especially Trump. Ryan Jackson however unlike his parents grew admiring Franklin Delano Roosevelt who he viewed as a strong wartime leader. Jackson in middle school participated in local athletic and boxing competition he won the competitions on several occasions. Ryan in middle school joined the school's debate club where he happened to fight with pro-Democratic students, at the same time Jackson's father Arthur died from cancer which the VA clinic was unable to heal. This led to Jackson believing that establishment parties only pretend to help Americans while in reality they hoard the wealth for themselves and support American business oligarchs. Jackson joined the JROTC in high school, where he met Bob Melevit; another anti-establishment high school students who he became close friends with. Both Melevit and Jackson actively participated in their high school's debate club and spoke against the establishment in the US, this led to the rest of school seeing them as radicals and extremists. In 2033 Jackson with Melevit both went to West Point.

In 2038 Jackson and Melevit graduated and joined the Airborne forces as officers. Both of them were sent to the Pacific immediately where they fought in several battles against the Chinese forces, However before that, Jackson met a Polish refugee called Marianna Kazimierczyk, Jackson married her in 2037 and few months after their first son named Benjamin was born, a year later the second son to Jackson and Marianna named Joe was born as well.

In 2040 2 years after his deployment Jackson returned to the US, by that time he was awarded with several medals for his brave service or his success against the Chinese in Japan, such as the battle for Karaito Village where Jackson along with 60 airborne held out against 700 soldiers from the PLA before relief arrived. By the end of world war three Jackson was a Major of the Airborne forces, during the 2nd Mexican Civil War he led a group of anti-communist American volunteers.

In 2042 another son of Jackson called Jaroslaw was born, named after his wife's father. Jackson was one of the first Patriot Party members after he saw Cortez as yet another corporate puppet who he believed were weakening America.

In 2052 Ryan Jackson was promoted to 2 star general for his previous excellent service while Melevit became a 1 star general. In 2059 following the invasion of the West Coast by Eurasia Jackson took active resistance in the fight against Eurasians he was once again awarded on numerous occasions and gained popularity among the United States, in 2062 his closest friend Bob Melevit was killed by a Eurasian soldier only further fueling Jackson's hate of Eurasia.

This led to Jackson running for the President as a candidate in 2064, Ryan ran on the promises of winning the war and destroying megacorporations in the US such promises and his previous fame earnt him popularity which led to election of Ryan Jackson in 2064. He was dedicated to winning the war by any means necessary, which led to his campaign slogan: "Let's Win the Damn War Already".

## Presidency

One of first decisions of Jackson as the President was to proclaim Total War against Eurasia, this effectively led to the suspension of the Constitution and replacement by the "Wartime Emergency Bill of Rights" which drastically reduced civil liberties. Suspending elections, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, and being used as justification to enact draconian measures. He also strongarmed many companies into a total war mindset against the Eurasians. During the campaign trial he had promised to do everything possible to win the war.

In 2066 Jackson went to war against corporations, many of which were less cooperative than he would like in the national war effort, nationalizing many of them and breaking up monopolies. One of the decisions which granted him enormous popularity among the rural population was nationalization of Monsanto and redistribution of its assets among American countryside, giving control of the seeds back to the farmers, and freeing up much land across the United States. Jackson also introduced federal rationing system which was later abolished in 2074 as the war in America calmed down. In 2068 Jackson got rid of the race census and declared everyone to be equal as "Americans", believing that race was a scam meant to further divide American nation. This was done by rewriting the education curriculum: children were taught that no one is black or white but American. More of then than not, Jackson nationalized several corporations and gave them to his family members.

During his term he highly militarized the United States, shifted it heavily towards an authoritarian style of government, increased the number of firearms in circulation several times over, expanded the Patriot's Militias, and really began to create the contemporary United States as we know it today. He is also notable for changing the national anthem from "Star Spangled Banner" to "Battle Hymn of the Republic". He was foundational to the creation of the Patriot's Militias, a highly decentralized institution of American citizens taking up arms as militia units to resist Eurasian occupation. He used Xerxes' orbital drop system (The Hephaestus Project) to drop food, arms, and ammunition to those resisting via orbital drop pod, as Eurasia had secured superiority over the skies, but not over the cosmos.

Jackson also earned lots of popularity due to his reconstruction initiatives in the West Coast. During 2070s Jackson encouraged small farmers to form cooperatives in order to have more advantages against large scale farmers. In 2080 Ryan Jackson was assassinated by an assassin who was dissatisfied with Jackson's suspension of civil liberties. Jackson was succeeded by Paul Jones his vice-president.