Thursday, September 24, 2020

A Democracy has Political Power at the Top, but the Bottom has Freedom and Equality.

A Democracy has Political Power at the Top, but the Bottom has Freedom and Equality. Of course, anyone at the Bottom can Run for Political Office. But, as I have pointed out, Democracy needs to establish qualifications for Candidates that Run for Public Office. Sure, anyone can Run, but we cannot disregard the Dangers. One of the dangers is that given the Freedom to Run, the Candidate can seek to install a Plutocracy, or an Autocracy. We already have a 'Bottom' or a 'Social' with 'classes' of 'Rich', 'Poor', 'Helpless', and also of 'Many different Races'. That could lead to the installation of a 'Plutocratic' and 'Racial discrimanatory practices'. All that is needed is a shift from a Democracy of the People to a Government of the Rich, or a Plutocracy. How? By adopting the value system of the 'Big Business Corporations'. Business Corporations are already considered 'Persons in contemplation of Law'; they are 'Legal Fictions' and they are 'Money Making' machines, or stated differently, 'Money Making Persons'. Hence a shift towards 'Economic values'or simply 'Money', can and will distract from 'Freedom and Equality' as a basic 'Unifying Value'. 'More and More of the Same', or 'Money' or 'Profits' will 'lead' to Plutocracy and that can easily transform into 'Autocracy'.

Saturday, September 5, 2020

When the Institutional Top 'becomes Disorganized' the Bottom becomes 'disorganized'.

When the Institutional Top 'becomes Disorganized', the Bottom becomes 'disorganized'. It cannot be otherwise. An Institutional Top helps keep a Bottom within its Democratic Boundaries. It does that by enforcing 'democratic principles' and Law; not by using 'Autocratic Principles' and 'Dictatorial Rule'; that will 'not work' and will contribute to the 'agitation' of the Bottom. The Bottom is used to Democracy even though there's a Multiplicity of differences in the Bottom's many different 'way's of leading a Democratic Life'. Also, the Bottom is used to 'being Governed', not 'Ruled'. A Democratic Bottom will not tolerate 'Autocratic Ruling' from the Top. Thats incongruent. But, when a 'Top' is also 'disorganized' and not in control, and does not know 'How' to 'Govern', the whole 'Nation' is in trouble and so is 'Democracy'. A 'Disorganized Bottom' has 'many ways' of becoming orderly. But; in the case of a 'Disorganized' or 'Malfunctioning Top', one has to wait till the next 'Election'. If we had 'Political Guidelines' for 'seeking Public office', that 'Political Mess' might be avoided. Where are the Real Politicians?
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