Tuesday, October 14, 2014

The 'People' in their 'condition of togetherness' are 'stronger' than any type of Government.

A People, in a 'condition of togetherness' can be 'stronger' than any form of Government. How can that be, if power exists only at the Top of Government? Simply, Government has Power at the Top, because it is essential, that the Top properly Govern the Bottom. Hence, political Power is an 'institutional power', not a natural power. The People at the Bottom don't have an institutional power, but they have 'strength in Numbers', particularly, in the 'condition of togetherness'. That is a lot closer to a 'natural' source of strength in the 'condition of togetherness'. All the People at the Bottom of any Government constitute the Governed. As such, they exist in a 'condition of togetherness'. If the People in their 'condition of togetherness', peaceably assemble and petition the Government for redress of grievances, they can effect 'Governmental power', which exists at the Top, but it must be a justifiable 'assembly'. Of course, that Right to 'assemble, is limited in both an Autocracy, and a Democracy. However, in an Autocracy, an 'assembly' for that purpose would not be tolerated. In a Democracy, if it is a 'peaceable assembly', it must legally be tolerated. Of course, the issue is always the 'peaceable' nature of the assembly. In either case, an 'assembly' of millions of People, at the Bottom of Government, can be a powerful reminder to the Top, that 'all is not well' with the Governing process. People at the Bottom of Government are "not institutions". They are real, and they are human, and they deserve to be Governed in 'political Freedom, and political Equality'. The power at the Top of Government would not exist, if it didn't have People to Govern. If Governments take care of their People, the people will take care of their Governments.

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