Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Can a Revolution be a 'means' to establish a new form of Government?

Can a Revolution be a 'means' to establish a 'new form' of Government? Yes and No. Yes, if the purpose of the Revolution is justifiable. What can that mean? Well, if the Revolution is 'founded' on the fact that the Government is 'abusing', 'not respecting', or, 'not recognizing' the 'political Rights' of the Individuals being Governed. If such is the case and the Revolutionaries intend to set up a different government; one that respects the freedom and Equality of the Peoples who are the governed, possibly the Revolution is justified. In different words, a Revolution is for the purpose of correcting a "political wrong". That way of looking at the Revolutionary spirit may be correct, but its also important to 'delineate' or 'declare' the 'political wrong' that is being corrected. There are many reasons to be dissatisfied with a form of Government. Its important to remember that the wrong to be 'corrected' be a 'political wrong'. A 'political wrong' arises from the act of governing a 'condition of togetherness'. There are political wrongs and there are 'human Rights' and 'human wrongs'. For example; a human being is born with human dignity and is 'equally human'. There are no distinctions in human life. Government does not 'grant' that privilege. Government only insures that each and every Individual under its care, will respect and recognize, 'that natural Right' in the Other humans among which S/he lives in 'togetherness'. Government only 'governs', and should do so, in Equality and Justice. It has no other purpose for existing. If Government is abusing the human Rights of the Individuals, the Revolution is justified. However, the purpose of the Revolution must be to establish a 'more just Government'. It cannot be for the sole purpose of replacing the Top with someone else who is equally unjust. That would be a mere 'power struggle'.

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