Sunday, April 29, 2012

We have attempted to connect an abstract Top and a real Bottom.
If democratic government is to function correctly, it must relate to
the bottom and include the real individual. The triadic nature of
government structured in the Constitution is theoretic, but it's also
a functional structure i. e. one that works.Of course, Constitutions
must be interpreted and it's at this point where the Linguistic Turn
raises its notorious head. Of course, everyone understands that
general terms are already vague and indefinite. But, now according
to the Linguistic Turn, even specific terms are non-correspondent,
i.e. "the map is not the territory". That is precisely why the bottom
must be Number. Number must always be counted, i.e. always
included. So must the individual at the bottom, s/he is a real human
being. S/he is real. The bottom cannot be abstract, it must be real.
It is Number, it is Many, it is legion.
      In view of the above, it becomes necessary to briefly discuss
corporations. Corporations are legal fictions. They are abstract, unreal,
and exist only in contemplation of law.Hence, they cannot be part of
the bottom of triadic government. Yet, they are considered as
"real persons" and given Constituional protection. To insult further,
the unreal speaks ( here read money). Can anyone guess where this is
leading too......reminescent of the old struggles for the top tier
between the Church and the State. That struggle was resolved by a
Constitutional provision. Of course, that struggle was between the
Sacred and the mundane, the spiritual and government. Today its a
struggle between the power of money and the power of government
or the Constituion. How ironic. 
Is it any wonder that "organizations" like OWS exist?              

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