Sunday, October 14, 2007
Politics Institutional Issues arise from considerations of political idealogies
I should first note that no government executes the will of the people, but only the rule of the mob ("the most energetic faction" or coalition of factions). The reason for this is that no effort is made to ensure that the election results correspond directly and definitively to the majority of the people (entire eligible voter population), nor is there any question to the assumption that >50% constitutes the proper majority for a democracy. So before I even speak of the virtues of the various political categories of factions, at least two "cans of worms" have already been opened,. While many are already prepared to protest the direction of this discussion, but alas these and a few other major institutional issues are NOT without perfect solution. Encompassing a very large and uncomfortable questioning of fundamental beliefs and assumptions, each must be addressed separately with the trust that they will all eventually converge to a consistent, clear solution which likely differs greatly from all previous experiments in the rule of the people.
Before speaking about the merits of each factional class/group, we must resolve the institutional problems which set the conditions under which they must rule. People can only be successful when they understand and abide by the natures of their environments. So how do the people assure the superiority of their voice to both the faction and the elite officers of government? Obviously, we must begin with an open system of comparing the voice of the votes with the voice of the voters (all eligible to vote), positive identification and immediate, almost-transparent reporting of the votes of the people. Again red-flags are flying, doubtless because such ideas are unconsidered, and examples of various kinds of abuses are most readily remembered. I assure you that these have all been considered and resolved to a negligible threat level while preserving the freedoms which we Americans hold so dear. While this discussion naturally opens a diverse and intimidating host of issues, problems, and fears, the solutions unlock far greater wealth, happiness, security, and freedom.
For an understanding of the nature of democracy, consider the most basic one which consists of three people: Two black people and one white person; to hell with those who would immediately think racism in a thought experiment which allows any two races to be substituted. Let's say that the two black people develop a stronger friendship with each other than with the white person. Assuming everyone votes, politics clearly breaks this system. A 2/3 majority here is both insufficient and unjust, because on any neutral issue for one black person, there will be a tendency to side with the other black person, in exchange for an IOU when the situation may be reversed. From this situation, we witness the birth of politics and the problems which plague all modern governments. In larger groups, 50.01% of the votes is hardly a majority, and still prone to abusive and unjust factional rule, or mob rule. Regardless of the "law of the land" or the positions of the leaders, rule is currently executed by the strongest "mob," with chants, protests, organized violence, theft, and even murder, regardless of their influence upon the "official" government. As diversity grows, factional power dissipates, and as the voter population grows, the significance of >50% shrinks to that of the two vote scenario, neither one by itself constituting anything near a majority. Honestly, being in 49.9% of the non-majority population does not feel like minority status to me. The law must require a majority of all eligible voters in a diverse voting population, and that majority must well exceed 50%. The two-thirds voting scenario introduces 75% and the passing academic mark for acceptable correct response is typically 70%, so that seems like a natural minimum.
The living people must be heard above the echoes of the dead, and even their silence must drown out the shouting of the mob. They must be allowed to identifiably and equally (with equal influence) speak as they wish in elections, and join together into common purposes while preserving privacy and the secret ballot. The principles which advance this purpose carry great and diverse implications as they splash into all other areas of politics and law. There is no justice or harmony without these principles. Next time, I will consider the idealogical positions with respect to the films, The Power of the Nightmare, and The Century of the Self, and other quotes and thoughts which come to mind at the time.
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