Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Every Nation needs a Political 'motor' and an Economic 'motor'.

Every Nation needs a 'motor' i.e. a Political 'motor' as well as an Economic 'motor'. Each of the motors serves as a 'motivational factor' for 'moving', 'accomplishing', a Political and an Economic 'result' within the Nation. Both are essential and 'the end result' serves to 'delineate' the 'form' or the 'structure' of the 'Social or Society' we live in. The 'structure' or 'form' of the Social is basic and applies to every 'Society', whether primitive or technologically sophisticated. But, an 'essential aspect' of the 'basic formation' of the Social also determines the direction that the Nation takes. Of course, both the Political Entity and the Economic Entity are essential aspects of the Nation. The Nation can be Autocratic, or 'Other' variations, or Democratic, or 'Other' variations, and the 'social' can be subject to Autocratic or Democratic Governing. At this point enters the 'Purity' of the 'Governing' factor. If democracy Governs, the Freedom and Equality of every Individual is, or should be, assured. But, a problematic can also enter at this point. That problem is the 'economic factor' or Capitalism. If the Economic factor dominates, or stated differently, if the 'Economic Motor' overwhelms the Political Motor, it becomes dominant and the political motor loses its efficacy. That's exactly what happened when the Government created the Business Corporation and legally considered it as a 'Person' subject to Constitutional protection. An economic 'legal Fiction' created to help the economic sector to achieve stability and, whether foreseen or not, dominance. That move also helped create the 1%. The end result is 'Plutocracy' with 'tinges of Autocracy'; viz., a Government 'of' the 1%, 'by' the Corporate elite, and 'for' the corporate elite. The 'Legal Fiction' has become Master. What has 'become' to Democracy and to Freedom and Equality?

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