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Government is power. And power simply must be limited. If not, there will be even more abuse, meaning: democracy will be curbed or even eliminated. And that m
by northwest 13y ago
Government is power. And power simply must be limited.
If not, there will be even more abuse, meaning: democracy will be curbed or even eliminated.
And that means, general injustice will increase sharply.
And this leads to a lock-in situation where injustice cannot be reversed b/c it protects itself. It's already the case to a certain degree in Washington, today, when you look to what extreme extent money is replacing democracy ("money" of course being a handful of ultra-rich people).
- JumpCrisscross 13y agoThis is the equivalent of saying "too much of x is toxic". The tautology arises from the fact that the line between "not too much" and "too much" is what defines toxicity. Saying "power simply must be limited" doesn't do justice to the individual-collective trade-off. Yes, power must be limited, but deciding at what point and to what degree is the whole debate. Simply stating that power needs to be limited at some non-specific threshold doesn't add to the conversation.
- northwest 13y agoI suppose we pretty much all agree that a general "too much of power" level was reached a while ago, in Washington. Of course, we could go more into detail regarding what and how exactly, but the main thing seems to be: All this centralized and money-based power has caused too much corruption in the general system.