Thursday, December 19, 2013

language 'suffices' for the Top, but accountability is necessary at the Bottom

Any form of government can be described and 'structured' as an ideological political entity. But, the Bottom is 'where' the individuals are situated, regardless the form. In earlier forms of government, one can say the Top is the One and the Bottom is the Many. All government structures have this same arrangement, but the ideologies are different. The general reason for that difference, in a democratic form of government, is that in a democracy the People, while still at the Bottom, nevertheless, are the ones who establish the ideology and the attribute of power. In other words, the People are the source of both, the ideology and the power attributed to the Top of the structure. The power at the Top is an attribution of Office which originates at the Bottom. In other words, in a democracy the People 'rule'. But, how can so many People rule? Simply by making the Offices at the Top, elected offices, that can only be occupied for a certain period of time, by Officials who have been elected by the Bottom, i.e. the People. All officials, in a democratic form of government, act as Representatives of the People. Representatives can 'act' in two different ways. They can act in their 'Representative' capacity or as ordinary people. They have been given power to act in a representative way but, in ordinary life, for all we know, they may not even have authority over their spouses. But, the point is that, in a democracy, the policies enacted must be democratic. If democratic, that means, that they apply to everyone within the selected category, on an equal basis. How can we be sure every intended individual is included or excluded? The best way is to consider the Bottom in a quantitative manner, or as Number. Then, it becomes a question of 'counting', instead of using the variability of definitions. That makes accountability easier.

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