Sunday, October 20, 2013

Can democracy be quantified?

Is Number a language and is it possible to communicate with Number as can be done with language? The answer is No! Such communication is possible only with language. Although mathematics is a 'form' of language, it does not have the same function as communication with words. Communication with words deals with semantics or meaning. To be sure, mathematics does not deal with 'meaning' but, nevertheless, is a 'quantification' that gives to each number or concept a fixed quantity. We can add, subtract, and perform many complex transactions with these numerals and algebras. Similarly, science also functions with 'quantifications', except that science is based on the 'experimental' method. Of course, government and politics is not experimental. While number always remains the same, "words" carry meanings and the same word can mean many different things depending on the context and whether it is used metaphorically or not. But, we have said that Three Branch Constitutional government can be 'reduced' to a more simple triadic form of government to help us to better conceive the underlying basis of governmental power. We have concluded that the Bottom of the triad supports the Top of the triad and that the Top would not exist if it were not for the Bottom. There can be no Top without a Bottom. Hence, the Top is the Administration and the bottom are the millions of individuals who constitute the democracy. Democratic government must include each and every individual within its settings of policy and law or be judged not to be democratic. The best measure of that inclusion or exclusion is Number. Democracy must be subjected to an enumeration process that verifies the inclusion or exclusion of every individual within the stated category of governance. For example, the very general proposition, "every individual is free and equal", means Every Individual. No exceptions and no discriminatory classifications relating to gender, race, rich or poor. "Every" means every human being is "free", and "equal" means every human being is 'equally human'.

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