Sunday, August 25, 2013

democracy has its own language.

Every form of government has its own language. The language is always about the particular government and its functions. Democracy also has its language. That language relates to the basic structure delineated in the Constitution. Of course, that language sets out a Three Branch government; the Legislative, the Executive and the judicial. Notice the order. The 'people part' of government is the first Branch. However, the 'not so recent' Linguistic Turn has 'compromised' interpretation. If the Linguistic Turn applies to all 'writings', it must also apply to the Constitution. But, even before the so-called Linguistic Turn, political language was already convoluted, confused, and used metaphorically to refer to political discussions about Parties and policies, Federal power vs. State power, and most importantly, Democracy. Obviously, political language was not taken by surprise by the so-called Linguistic Turn. Nevertheless, the Turn did not help these discussions. In fact it provided a barrier, behind which, most politicians, ably hid. That's precisely why government should also be perceived as a Triadic form. Well, you will say, that sounds like the same thing. But, its not. A Triadic government is perceived clearly as a geometric configuration that does not take anything from the Three Branch concept. In fact, it helps to clearly see the Three Branch concept as a triangle and the 'relation' between the Top and the bottom as a direct connection between the two points. Of course, one also sees the Judicial part, on the side, playing its interpretive function. But, in governing, that function, if its doing its job, must connect the Top and the Bottom. The only way to do that is if the 'interpretive function' applies to the whole bottom or all the People. The 'direct line to the Bottom must be 'expanded' to include the whole bottom of the triad; otherwise, you cannot have a Triad. All the Bottom must be included. This is why the Constitution places the Legislative Branch as the First Branch; then the Executive. We can better see that, because the Triadic form applies to geometry and mathematics and does not rely on 'linguistic meaning'; hence is not effected by the insidious Turn. The essence of Democracy is at the Bottom and everyone must be included.

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