Monday, March 31, 2014

A 'form' of Government is the 'highest' most abstract entity of the human race.

Government is a creation of 'Peoples'. All governments have an origin, and as such, an institutional 'beginning point', where the government set out to 'govern' the Peoples within its geographical area. The Peoples, in their 'condition of togetherness' acquire an identity and hence become a Nation. So we have to ask, what of 'groups' of people that did not seem to have a 'government', in the way we use the term now. Well, we're going back a long way, but that has never been the case. Even as early as institutions of the 'family', there was always a 'head of the family', or, as we say 'politically', a 'leader'. Todays families have 'governments' in the sense that the parents always help the new born to establish themselves in a healthy way within the social. Parents always care for the young, and stick together as a family, when they're old. The same should apply to governments as institutions of the Many. There is no difference, except for the concept of the Many, or millions of people who are 'the governed'. Sure, families are small and governments are huge. But, the relation that runs from the Top to the Bottom is the same. So, why can't human beings 'live' in a 'condition of togetherness' within any one Nation, as a family lives in a 'condition of togetherness'? Well, unfortunately, the two situations are different. Blood holds the family together, whereas 'political ideology' holds the Nation together. We can reduce the relation between the Top and the Bottom, or, the One and the Many, in each case, but besides the 'numbers involved', at the Bottom, there is no 'blood relation' in the Nation. Political ideology is a different, abstract, 'cohesion' that has many ramifications, and the worst of these is the human tendency to 'divide up', or to divide into 'competing' political Parties. That, in itself, would not be so bad, if the Parties were both 'democratic' in their ideologies. But, unfortunately, in both Parties, the 'democratic spirit' has gone into hiding, and 'economic principles' are having a 'heyday' in politics. The Top of government is not just for the 'rich'. What does money have to do with governing in the 'democratic spirit' of Freedom and Equality for all Peoples. Yet, it seems that government is now available only to those individuals who have 'lots of money'. Where has democracy gone? The 'democratic spirit' exists in each and every human being within a Nation and each individual can 'craft' a life with these principles. Whereas, money, the 'medium of exchange' in capitalism, 'requires circulation' in the economy, and it is being held 'hostage' by the 1% at the Top of the economy. And now, it seems, even our Leaders 'compete' to be at the Top of the economy instead of the Top of a democratic government, or, at the Top of government, but with 'lots of money'. We need a 'huge' re-orientation of democratic principles.

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