On 1/9/2015 2:56 PM, Kim Jones wrote:
Democracy is great but is not robust enough to withstand the urge to tribalism. Despite
all systems of government and theories of statism and collectivism - the fact remains
that homo sapiens are divided into tribes. This is so because it was the original
disposition or orientation of individuals toward each other in a "society". Geographical
place of origin has always and will always determine your "home" and there is quite
simply nothing more to it than that. Humans always see the devil in the people on the
other side of the river.
In "parliamentary democracy" it is the function of the opposition to oppose everything
the government proposes. These people do their job well, so it isn't surprising that
governments are continually trying to dance in treacle in parliamentary democracies.
Thus, fight, battle, competition, warring interests always determine the outcome as the
barely-concealed tribal affiliations take over. Madame Thatcher was right "There are
only families. Nothing else matters."
Trouble is, no one ever wants to look at it from this apparently simplistic tribal
perspective because it necessarily implies the shitfight of racism but maybe just take a
look at the world already...
It's just the way Madison, Jefferson, and Franklin looked at it. They tried to create a
government in which contending "tribes" would prevent any one "tribe" from gaining
tyrannical power.
Brent
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