Tuesday, July 24, 2012

"We the people..." have been constituted and structured into a form of government. The form are the principles which lie underneath the structure spelled out in the Constitution.Underlying that structure are the mechanics by which any individual can serve in any capacity allowed by the structure, either on the top,the sides or the bottom i.e. as governors, judges or citizens. Government by the few for the sake of the Many. Unfortunately, many things in triadic government can go wrong. Things can go wrong in all parts of the governmental structure. If something goes wrong on Top or on the sides of the triad, we usually read or hear about it on TV, newspapers or on the computer. The occurrence is communicated to the bottom abstractly. Sometimes it effects some of us directly, sometimes not. Sometimes its a change of the 'mapping' that will apply in the foreseeable future. Those changes do not effect everyone or anyone immediately. But,in time, they will re-orient the democratic process away from the bottom to some place at the top. But, when something wrong occurs at the bottom, the occurrence is not abstract, its real. Lives are lost, people no longer exist, some are killed ,some are injured for the rest of their lives. Consider what happened in Colorado. Tragic, but real. Changes at the bottom are real and have real effects. A form of government is different from a philosophy,or a science. Political reasoning is different because it is initiated by human beings and is based ,almost entirely, on the source of the reasoning, which is, the Constitution. A government of people, by people, and for people. Its sole purpose for existing is for the purpose of establishing a suitable form of governmenmt of the many by the few. Since,no individual in the Many is entitled to rule by virtue of some superior human quality, the form automatically requires that the government be democratic,i.e, a structure of the people, by the people, and for the people. Thats what the Founding Fathers crafted together. An insulated government of all the people who are to be governed. But,it is the individuals at the bottom who must protect the triadic nature of government. Unfortunately, the Constitution is entirely in writing and requires interpretation and hence is an invitation to both power seekers and true statesmen. Nevertheless, the bottom has greater strength than a few manipulators of abstract terms. In understanding the underlying triadic nature of government, we understand what must be done to retain the triadic harmony.

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