The term "Triadic government" may be a little simplistic. Nevertheless, it
points to the important aspects of the term. No one doubts that our
Constitution creates a three branch government in which each branch is
given a function in the triangular arrangement. Each function has a part
to play in the delineation of the democratic process. Each branch is
separate; yet relates to the others. The system brings together the
separateness that existed under the Confederation. The essential
question to the founders seems to have been to design a government
somewhere between State 'sovereignty' and Federal 'soveriegnty'. Of
course, that battle still rages. Nevertheless, the term "triadic" focuses
on the philosophical aspects of the structure or, to be more accurate, it
focuses on its numeric aspects. I have said the people at the bottom of
the triad are not abstract, they are real, they are Number.They are
number because number must be included in any and all computations.
Hence, in a three branched democratic process, neither of the branches
can be excluded. Each has a part to play in a democracy.
However, the Top of government necessarilly functions through
abstractions. It's impossible for it to relate to the bottom of the structure
except in a general linguistic fashion. The Judiciary cannot relate, in a
real manner, to the relation between the Top and the Bottom except
linguistically, and more importantly, by understanding the distinction
between an abstract Top and a real concrete bottom. It becomes
obvious that in a democracy, the people are the most important part of
the structure. The bottom is real, the top exists by virtue of a
Constitution that gives an office abstract power, the Judiciary by virtue
of a duty to implement the Constituional structure. The two branches
function with abstractions, only the bottom is real. It is Number. Real
change in a democracy, if it doesn't come from the two branches, can
only come from the bottom i.e. from revolution. Hence, its important
that the two branches implement real democracy.
points to the important aspects of the term. No one doubts that our
Constitution creates a three branch government in which each branch is
given a function in the triangular arrangement. Each function has a part
to play in the delineation of the democratic process. Each branch is
separate; yet relates to the others. The system brings together the
separateness that existed under the Confederation. The essential
question to the founders seems to have been to design a government
somewhere between State 'sovereignty' and Federal 'soveriegnty'. Of
course, that battle still rages. Nevertheless, the term "triadic" focuses
on the philosophical aspects of the structure or, to be more accurate, it
focuses on its numeric aspects. I have said the people at the bottom of
the triad are not abstract, they are real, they are Number.They are
number because number must be included in any and all computations.
Hence, in a three branched democratic process, neither of the branches
can be excluded. Each has a part to play in a democracy.
However, the Top of government necessarilly functions through
abstractions. It's impossible for it to relate to the bottom of the structure
except in a general linguistic fashion. The Judiciary cannot relate, in a
real manner, to the relation between the Top and the Bottom except
linguistically, and more importantly, by understanding the distinction
between an abstract Top and a real concrete bottom. It becomes
obvious that in a democracy, the people are the most important part of
the structure. The bottom is real, the top exists by virtue of a
Constitution that gives an office abstract power, the Judiciary by virtue
of a duty to implement the Constituional structure. The two branches
function with abstractions, only the bottom is real. It is Number. Real
change in a democracy, if it doesn't come from the two branches, can
only come from the bottom i.e. from revolution. Hence, its important
that the two branches implement real democracy.
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