Friday, June 6, 2014

Government is not a necessity for any one individual, but its 'necessary' for millions of individuals.

Government is not necessary for any one individual; but its necessary for millions of individuals. Government is a 'man-made' institution, and its 'necessity' arises when the 'number of individuals' to be governed, become 'too numerous'. The 'family' can be called a very early, so-called, 'form of government' but, in that 'historical context', the 'government' arises from a 'blood relation' between the Father, the Mother, and the children. Hence, the 'relation' is different. Usually, in such cases, the Father was the so-called 'government'. I know, we're 'stretching' quite a bit, but, we must try to understand the concept of government in its earlier 'forms'. Obviously, distinctions need to be made. Of course, the first time we encounter this 'historical problematic', is when a hypothetical distinction between the One and the Many was being examined. That 'relation' was never understood, but, that was the classical manner of viewing the problematic. The problematic, as posed then, was a 'linguistic problematic' and the solution was expected in the 'linguistic domain'. Nevertheless, it was understood, that the answer to the question had to be an answer that related to a 'political relation', and not a 'blood' relation. But, keep in mind, that issues or problems relating to the Linguistic Turn did not exist at that time. But, today we have all kinds of linguistic problems with the concept of 'representation', and those problems brings us up to the 'present', and the 'necessity for a 'democratic form' of government. Why a democratic form? Because, as our discussion shows, if government is not necessary for any 'One' individual, how can we justify government for 'millions of individuals'. Simply, millions of individuals cannot govern themselves. They need government. Of course, the institution of government becomes a necessity. In other words, 'government' becomes a 'man-made institution', and the best way to establish such an institution, is if, the millions to be governed, select, or elect, the person, or persons, who are to serve in that capacity. That requirement immediately, gives rise to a need for a 'proper form' of Constitutional Democracy. Obviously, the form of government must be 'triadic in nature'. It must be Triadic, or Three Branch government, because the Top 'governs', the Bottom is 'governed', and the Third Branch, 'interprets' the Constitutional nature of the government. Of course, that's the only form of government, that can be called 'self-government', because the people in the different offices are People that come from the Bottom. That's the problematic, but each Branch must comply with the Constitutional mandate, and must function properly. The important point is that the People need government. The other point, is that government has to be more than just 'linguistic'; it has to actually 'relate' and 'touch' the individuals at the Bottom, and it has to do that in a democratic fashion. The Top, out of necessity, may be 'linguistic', but the Bottom, out of necessity, 'is not'. In a democracy, the People govern themselves.

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