Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Language is always about 'something else'; political language is about government, and 'governing' is about People.
Language is always about something else; political language is about the structure of government; and the structure of government is about 'governing' millions of 'real' People. Government, in order to be effective, must have a triadic structure; the top governs the Bottom, and the 'sides' interpret the Constitution, or, in other words, government is a Three Branch structure; those who govern, those who are the governed, and those who interpret the words of the Constitution. Of course, the Constitution is in writing and must be interpreted, but the Bottom does not have to be 'interpreted'; it is constituted of millions of real individuals. The Top is linguistic, the Bottom is real. One of the problems with political language, is that the language used to refer to the Bottom, in its 'condition of togetherness', retains its 'abstract' nature. For the purposes of communication and for establishing general formulations of a Democracy, that's ok; but the execution of any policy, or law, must be 'reduced down' to specifics in order to determine, if that policy or law, is effective within the body of individuals, who actually live in the democracy. Ordinarily, we use words like, "the social", "society", "the People", "the governed", "citizens", etc., to refer to every individual living at the Bottom in a 'condition of togetherness'. In the term, the 'condition of togetherness', each and every 'individual' is a 'separate, real, human being'; a 'real' individual. There could be no 'togetherness', if there was no real 'individuality'. That's why I insist on using number, to determine the validity of democratic Law and Policy. If anyone is left out of the 'democratic equation', because of 'racial' or 'economic status', its not a proper equation, and it can't be democratic. Each and every individual, constituting the People, are the most important part of any, and all, governments, and everyone needs to be accounted for, everyone needs to be counted. Government is necessary because there are millions of individuals, but individuals are more important than governments.
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