Friday, February 7, 2014

If government 'begins' with language, how can it 'end' with number?

A written Constitution must be interpreted hence, the need for language, analysis, reasoning, and eventually, a decision that requires application. Governing is always a Top that governs a Bottom; the Top being One or a 'few' and the Bottom always being the Many; i.e., millions. However, the 'sanctity' of the Bottom is the individual attribute (freedom and equality, sanctity, dignity, and integrity) of each and every individual constituting the Many at the Bottom. Hence, the 'sanctity' of the human condition is a characteristic of each individual, and being in 'a condition of togetherness', also applies that same value, or 'quality', to the entire Bottom. Hence, the only way to do democracy, is to apply 'democratic values' to the entire condition ( as a proper abstraction) but, always including each and every real individual. By, doing so, we include the individual an this can only be accomplished by 'counting', and not merely by 'talking democracy'. To be sure, democracy is a 'talking', but it's also a 'doing', and if we 'count' we can know if we are 'doing' or just 'talking'. Every democratic policy must include everyone for whom it was designed. Politicians talk too much; all governmental policy is inclusive, and hence, must 'touch' the individual at the Bottom. 'Counting' requires the use of number and number does not lie. A number is always itself, it has no variables of the 'qualities' that make it a number. Unlike language, number has only, 'itself', as its signification, while language is dependent on context, has a multiplicity of meanings, has different levels of abstraction, and unfortunately, can be an 'empty vehicle' that can be manipulated for 'political advantage'. An 'empty vehicle', as the saying goes, "full of sound an fury, signifying nothing".

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