Monday, May 27, 2013

In Government and politics, the human condition at the bottom of Government is the most important factor. We've visited the Top and we've visited the 'sides' of Triadic Government and we've said the 'essence' of Government is the part that's being governed and that's at the Bottom. I don't think its very novel, nor original to say that human beings are the most important part of life on this planet. That should be obvious to everyone. Yet, we need to examine why the human condition is more important than either, Governments or the so-called concept of the 'State'. I don't think that the issue needs a lot of attention, because I believe that it's obvious. Nevertheless, it would not hurt to amplify a little. No human being can live alone. Of course, we don't have to test that because the degree of multiplication of the human condition very soon took over. Because we are Many, we must live in a 'condition of togetherness' or we perish. That applies to every Nation in the world. As individuals we must live together, and Nations must also learn to live together. No exceptions. An individual needs Government because s/he is not One. S/he is Many. Also, a Nation needs other Nations because it is not only One. But, lets stick to human beings. Human beings existed before Nations or before the 'condition of togetherness'. Once 'together', the Many individuals needed Government. The issue was how are we to govern the 'condition of togetherness' without discriminating against any one, Free and Equal, human being. The 'togetherness' is a necessary, secondary condition to being born alone. In the U.S., that's what the Founding Fathers were faced with. They came up with the Constitution, which was a triadic form of government that used every part of the triad. But, it was a People's Constitution, not some sort of fixed institution that could never be Amended or changed. The People were and still are, the most important part of the Constitution. Any form of government that institutionalizes the Top and trivializes the Bottom is wrong because it is a man-made institution that has merely delineated the parameters of governmental power. That institution is wrong because the people have no say-so in the Government. That's what happened to The Divine Right of Kings; to Dictatorships, and to the Autocratic form. In a democracy, each human being is important. That's why 'history' has called it a 'living Constitution'.

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