Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Can "Democracy" be improved? No!, only, the 'knowledge' of the 'condition of togetherness'.

Can "Democracy" be improved? If your definition of Democracy is that it is a Government, "of the People", "by the People", and "for the People", and we go no further in our analysis, the answer is, "No, it cannot be improved." Why? because the government is 'formed' from the very People who 'are to be governed', and the government is 'operated by' the very People who are to be governed, and the 'purpose of governing', is "for the benefit of 'all' those very same People". But, if we ask, "can the 'individuals' who actually 'assume positions of power' within a Democracy be improved? The answer is, absolutely! I realize that I have just made a statement, in general, that the 'human condition' must be improved; an impossible task! But, I don't mean it, philosophically, psychologically, or even morally, my meaning is 'closer' to the 'sociological'. Look, if we can appreciate the fact that we 'must' exist in 'a condition of togetherness', or be 'doomed to failure' as human beings, we are 'halfway' there. But, the 'condition of togetherness', as an absolutely necessary condition, is not 'appreciated', or 'respected', by many politicians; they think they exist alone in the world, or that only their Party exists, or only their Nation exists. No one can exist alone in the World; no Political Party can exist alone; no Nation, can exist alone, in the International Community. Aloneness is out of the question. The 'human condition' may not be 'improvable', as such, except maybe by someone who has assumed that 'philosophical', 'psychological', 'moral', or 'religious' task,( politicians don't think that way), and furthermore, that is not the task of politics. However, the task of the 'need for a government' structure, to help organize the 'condition of togetherness' is absolutely necessary, and the improvement of that knowledge, is not only possible, but necessary. Hence, the knowledge that all governments should be a 'People government'; the knowledge that 'some of those same 'people" must 'assume' positions of power in the government; the knowledge that all government, if constituted "of", "by", those same People, must be "for" those People. How can it be otherwise? The 'human condition', especially the humans in public Office, must understand that "we are not alone in the World", and neither are politicians. Learning to 'Live Together' is absolutely necessary. The 'political structure' of democracy cannot be improved, but the knowledge of the 'Representatives' in 'Offices', can certainly be improved. Either we begin to think of "Others", or we are doomed. Selfishness, and Greed, have no place in a 'condition of togetherness'; it can't 'hold together'. Only the political values of "Freedom" and Equality" can 'hold us together'. Politicians should be required to meet 'certain criteria', other than just having 'lots of money'.

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