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| Author | Topic: World Governance |
| Uncle Martin |
posted 7/29/03 2:33 PM
The choice is not whether to have a world government or not – the question is, do you like the world government you have at present? If you can look a being in the eye they may be able to represent your interests. Most people realise lawyers are inherently liars – they must be able to misrepresent the truth to make a living – or money, at least. Most politicians are lawyers. This definitely qualifies them as liemakers. Corruption coexists with idealism at all levels of human society - and the higher up the totem pole of power the greater the temptation to ignore duty. Real representative democracy can only exist if the elected members of government represent the interests of their neighbours. To do this they must speak with their neighbours eye to eye regularly; which must preclude the possibility of effectively running a business. To avoid corruption, public office must come to be seen as a high calling, foremostly a duty and responsibility – a full-time job for the term of a government, which must after all sit for at least three- quaerters of each year to be effective. Renumeration for elected public office must cover legitimate expenses, if government is not to become a bloated, self-serving and self-perpetuating dynastic dinosaur populated only by the rich. Those who would place themselves above their fellows must be prepared to do so on a voluntary basis or not at all. Public office is not a prize to be contemplated in competition with private, corporate rewards but a reward for excellence in itself. Private Party? The existence of political parties makes representative democracy impossible – unless formal parties are allowed to exist only on a voluntary basis with no sources of funding (including `donations') - and only to advertise minimally through publicly subsidised campaigns. Real representatives can take the discussion directly to their neighbours, after all. These simple changes would overturn entrenched inequity and nepotism which have characterised human government for millenia. The pyramid heirarchy which controls the world must transform into a circle of beings. Generation Therapy Most of Western civilisation's baby boomers - parents and grandparents to today's children – were products of stunted post- Victorian neurotics who were permanently traumatised by world wars and depressions. Without radical personal transformation many have perpetuated that trauma in their offspring. The Earth has existed on a war footing for so long its people are kept in perennial shock. Historically this makes it easy for the priestly, warrior and ruling castes – the educationalists, warriors and the owner/rulers - to control the herd/horde. They convince the tribe of the need for heirarchy through fear and bribery in a milieu of artificial terror; a fear which feeds on sibling rivalry and Oedipal simplex. Rulers maintain their position by keeping the castes and castles separate and suspicious of each other. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/askmartian/ Ask The Martian anything you deem relevant to a 2,876 year old being |
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