Monday, March 19, 2012

just begining

If you just count a few drops
Its not rain


The phrase "Democracy for the bottom" seems redundant because democracy refers to the people or the bottom of the governmental structure. The term "bottom" also refers to the individuals at the bottom of a governmental structure. Generally, it can be said that all governments take the form of a structure that has a top and a bottom. However, the term Democracy is an abstraction and may be used in a manner where the actual individual or individuals at the bottom are not included. The problem with an abstraction is that it can exclude too much. If we can construct a democracy with a direct relation to each and every individual at the bottom, in a non-abstract manner, no one would be excluded. That would be a real Democracy where each and every individual would be included. In a real democracy nobody is excluded. To achieve such a goal, we need to reconsider how we apply language to the interpretive practices of the Constitution instead of trying to craft another Constitution or to drastically modify the one we already have. There is nothing wrong with the one we already have. I will attempt to do just that.
               

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