Life is about democracy

If democracy is about life; Life is about democracy. That sounds a little 'circular'. But, consider how is an Individual, any Individual in the world, going to 'live' his life? In an autocracy, be careful how you live your life because you just might disturb the powers at the Top. If you live in a Plutocracy, be careful how you live because your economic position just might be a threat to the economic monopoly at the Top. For that matter, the Top is not going to legislate in a manner that helps the individual acquire more money than those at the Top. If you live in a democracy, you are as Free and Equal as any other human being, including those individuals who are at the Top and who, for a short period of time, govern you. But you still have to be careful that you do not live 'outside' the parameters of law. This last phrase, assumes that the laws that have been passed and that guide our everyday behavior are properly legislated and Just. Unjust laws cannot hold the integrity of a democracy together. Why? Because someone's Freedom and Equality is being compromised. Hence, the Bottom is not integrated. Integration is integration of the 'human condition". Race is unimportant in a governmental structure; its the human condition that is important. That's why democratic government is a government "of the People", "by the People" and "for the people". Please allow me to phrase it just a little bit differently. Democratic Government is a government "of human beings", "by human beings" and "for human beings". Of course, this different phraseology makes us see a little more clearly what the Supreme Court has done with corporations. Corporations are not human beings and calling them 'persons" under the Constitution does not make them any more human. Hence, we have to be careful about our Legislation and our laws. Laws that do not allow an Individual to live a 'full' life and laws that create legal fictions cannot be Just and hence, cannot stand. Of course, the economy of a Nation is very important, but there has to be a better way than trying to make corporations into human beings. Of course, they need to be protected, but not because they're 'persons' but, because they're important to the economy.