Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Every individual is just as human as every other individual. To be sure, there are
many differences between individuals, differences in intelligence, skin color,
Country of origin, physical size, physical strength, possessions, and dare we
forget, that new human value, money. But, among all these differences, each one
is a human being and I dare anyone to demonstrate that any one human being is
less human than any other. I hesitate to use the phrase "the same", because its too
abstract and general in application and who will not say that there is no such thing
as "sameness". Every individual, who lives under a political system or
governmental system is equal to every other individual under any other political
system. For the purpose of government, there is no difference among individuals
under the same political system. The equality within any system can
be described as " equal human beings for the purpose of being governed by the
political system." The differences listed above are individual differences related
to the individual's physical and social condition. Obviously, terms such as
"fortunate", "less fortunate" "rich", "poor", "talented","not talented", "white, black,
brown, red", can be applied to everyone, but that is not a division of qualities for
the purpose of government. We are all equally human. And if we are to live
together under the same identity, in the same condition of togetherness, we can
only submit to governmental rules or laws that protects each ones Freedom and
Equality. The best way to do that is to consider the bottom of democratic
government as numeric. Each individual is a number at the bottom and the
equation "freedom and equality" = "democracy" can only be true if everyone at
the bottom is included in the equation.We include everyone at the bottom
because the bottom is real, concrete, and also because in a democracy everyone
is free and equal. A government has power only if it remains within the four
corners of the Constitution. Outside the four corners of the Constitution, there
is no government. If a government does not follow the Constitution and if there
is no government, the bottom has a right to revolt. Democracy is the only form
of government where the right of revolution exists.

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