Report: 2020plan.srt — Conversation Summary

Recorded: May 3, 2026
Participants: Mike Kalas and Jason Page
Duration: ~1 hour

Overview

Mike Kalas outlines his "2020 Plan" — a long-in-development framework for diagnosing systemic societal problems and providing structured solutions. Jason Page engages as a technologist and collaborator, offering feedback, tools, and practical suggestions.

Core Thesis

Mike argues that humanity faces "full-spectrum warfare" from a network of powerful elites who have captured banking, media, corporations, and governments to maintain control through dependency and suppression. The primary battleground is psychological: people are running "corrupted software" (false beliefs, manufactured distractions) that prevents them from seeing problems clearly or imagining solutions.

The 2020 Plan positions itself as the "antidote" — a packaged body of truth that, once introduced, renders propaganda ineffective.

The 2020 Framework

The system is built on 40 categories: 20 areas of infrastructure + 20 areas of operations. For each area, the plan provides:

• Problems — how each domain is being exploited or corrupted
• Solutions — existing alternatives and technologies available now
• Actions — concrete steps individuals can take

Universal Classification System

Mike has developed what he calls a Universal Classification System that unifies currently siloed classification schemes — Dewey Decimal, NAICS (industrial), Standard Occupational Classification, patent systems, scientific taxonomies — into a single interoperable 40-category framework. He argues this is novel and has broad applications in:

• Library and information science
• Education
• Government administration
• Economics and industry
• Personal, business, and community management

Government Restructuring Model

Mike has mapped all federal, state, county, and local government agencies into a spreadsheet and integrated them into his 40-category framework. Key claims:

• The federal government has ~530 agencies; this model reduces them to 40 primary areas
• Eliminates duplication and redundancy (the GAO has documented massive waste from overlapping services)
• Enables full financial transparency and accountability
• Is scalable across all levels of government and internationally
• Could redirect wasted resources to fund basic needs: food, housing, infrastructure, clean water

Dissemination Strategy

Mike frames change as a "nonviolent revolution" — not through conflict but by building something so clearly superior that adoption is voluntary. Historical analogies: the agricultural, industrial, and cell phone revolutions required no coercion.

Immediate goals:

• Build out website content (basic bullet points per category, expandable pages)
• Publish the Modern Declaration of Independence (written during COVID, needs tonal revision — less urgent, more calm and rational)
• Work with brother Phil (visiting Portland ~end of June) on design/UI
• Use existing mind-map research (news articles, videos, academic papers) as source material, potentially processed via AI

Technology Discussion (Jason's Contributions)

• truthit.org — Jason's CMS with two-layer tagging (audience tags + general tags), hierarchical navigation, RSS feeds
• chevidega.cc — flat-file CMS (no database), Markdown support, infinite hierarchy, visual tree navigation, easy backup/migration; Jason offered to set up an instance for Mike
• Mind map to folder conversion — Jason proposed scripting a conversion of Mike's mind map branches into JSON files compatible with the CMS
• RSS aggregation — Jason uses RSS feeds to replicate content across sites; noted Facebook penalized outbound links that retained users off-platform

Additional Notes

• Mike wants to record more sessions; believes conversation helps him articulate ideas more clearly than writing alone
• Music as a delivery vehicle was floated — "truth songs" via AI tools like Suno
• Brief sidebar: Jason agreed to produce a lo-fi tropical instrumental for his Mexico condo Airbnb video
• Mike referenced the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence as a timely hook for the Modern Declaration

Status / Next Steps