If we view the Constitution as a document that requires interpretation in purely
linguistic terms, we run into the problem of general terms and the Linguistic
Turn. This does not mean that interpretation should not be linguistic. It has to
be linguistic. But, we can view some of its organizational and underlying
aspects as relating to every individual in equal valuational and humanistic terms.
In order to accomplish that, we switch to a more 'numerical model'. We can do
that because we view the top of government as abstract and the bottom as
concrete. The Top must be abstract because thats the only way for one Top to
govern or relate to millions at the bottom and at the same time to do so in a more
fixed way. Number is fixed, words are not. The bottom is concrete because then
the interpretation by the top can apply numerically to everyone at the bottom.
That is also why we view government as a Triadic structure because it's
apparent that the government in the Constitution has three Branches and that the
people are the ones who fill those branches, except the top Judicial offices. No
changes in the Constitution are being suggested, only the manner in which we
view the underlying structure. That view accents the underlying structure and
brings it to the fore. We don't want to change the underlying structure, we just
want to emphasize its importance. Democracy is about everyone; thats an
equation and an equation is about numbers. Everyone counts. Number always
remains the same. To be democratic is to include everyone.
linguistic terms, we run into the problem of general terms and the Linguistic
Turn. This does not mean that interpretation should not be linguistic. It has to
be linguistic. But, we can view some of its organizational and underlying
aspects as relating to every individual in equal valuational and humanistic terms.
In order to accomplish that, we switch to a more 'numerical model'. We can do
that because we view the top of government as abstract and the bottom as
concrete. The Top must be abstract because thats the only way for one Top to
govern or relate to millions at the bottom and at the same time to do so in a more
fixed way. Number is fixed, words are not. The bottom is concrete because then
the interpretation by the top can apply numerically to everyone at the bottom.
That is also why we view government as a Triadic structure because it's
apparent that the government in the Constitution has three Branches and that the
people are the ones who fill those branches, except the top Judicial offices. No
changes in the Constitution are being suggested, only the manner in which we
view the underlying structure. That view accents the underlying structure and
brings it to the fore. We don't want to change the underlying structure, we just
want to emphasize its importance. Democracy is about everyone; thats an
equation and an equation is about numbers. Everyone counts. Number always
remains the same. To be democratic is to include everyone.
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