The Caveats:
How We're So Bad at Doing This:
This
all seems so common sense to us after looking back in time and
reflecting on our own predicaments in life and in political life. How
is it then, that we become so lousy at doing just this naturally and
without prompting or coercion? I think there is a solid reason as to
how we don't end up doing these things so well. And I think it can be
found in our biology and in our regular condition in the world as it is.
The
brain, the nervous system and the sense organs are our only natural
means of interacting with the objective reality that is our world. They
collectively determine what we see, what we feel, what we experience,
what we want and how we decide to go about getting what they want. And
they are different in each of us, depending both on how we were raised
and developed, and what was presently there to begin with from our
genes. As history has shown, with modern events and our present
experiences to back it up, we're not always so good at following these
basic steps and sense concepts, even when it is for our own benefit, and
our own sake. I believe that it is our brains and our nervous systems
which are one of the key factors that are ultimately to blame for our
inability to execute, let alone perfect, this system of governance and
this ideation about governing and government function. Our rationality
complex, which has been heralded since the Enlightenment of the 17th and
18th centuries is not always very rational, and we can reflect on our
own lives and our own life experiences to see that this is the case.
Excessive worship over material wealth, the obsession with relative
status within our socially created world, the attachment to one thing or
another in our lives, public and private and the pure delusion of
grandeur and power each play a role in political and personal
destruction. And each one is triggered off and carried out by our
brains and our nervous systems as evidenced by their centrality in our
perceptive capabilities and qualities.
Not everyone has these
kinds of conditions, and no one who has them is guilty of anything more
than a biological defect in perception, like a person with glasses
having a biological defect with vision, or a drug addict deeply
mistaking their drug as something they technically need. But it does
severely impair one's ability to work in government and with governing
principles, in spite of qualifications and desires to the contrary, much
like how having vision impairment leads to difficulties driving if
uncorrected.
The good news, is that we can learn more about it and
can possibly figure out effective ways of treating it and compensating
for it, such that anyone who wishes can, conceivably, work in policy and
governing. But that takes time. And there's a lot about the brain
which we're going to have to learn more about, if we're going to be able
to come up with effective therapies to deal with it. Uncorrected,
these brain conditions are about as dangerous as a suicidal brain. They
will destroy themselves politically and personally and take a lot of
damage along with them before they are gone. Lengthy reconstruction
periods often have followed the described conflicts and overthrows, in
order that society itself can get back on its feet and continue on
surviving with its members in tact and basically well afterward,
assuming the reconstruction efforts themselves are well conceived and
executed. Quite literally, they end up being a danger to themselves and
a danger to others when allowed and enabled to be in these positions,
which prove themselves to be more of consequence and responsibility than
anything else that they could offer.
Therefore, we are always
going to be limited by our abilities to perceive the totality of the
universe. This will always prevent us from being able to have a
complete picture of the world that is the subject of government,
according to this definition and practice of government. And they will
likely inhibit us from being able to work with the world that is around
us, until we can figure out how to mitigate the effects of this failing
within us. And this is always going to be a possible problem for us, no
matter what we do to make it be otherwise.
The final problem is
more down to Earth in its scope, and that is, our limitations of human,
material, technological, social and capital resources, and the
uncertainty of happenstance. These are problems that all living being
grapple with, in one form or another. And they are problems that are
still going to dog us, so long as we're living in this cosmos of
existence.
Conclusion:
In
conclusion, the world is a difficult and harsh place. And there are
many things which can and likely will, go wrong. However, there are
ways to overcome that inherent misery. And that is exactly what this
paper is all about: to transform our ways of thinking about governing,
government and places of perceived power and interest. For the sake of
those who seek them, they are, in fact, places of extreme consequence
and responsibility. And they're the ones who pay the price, through
their current lives and livelihoods or through their legacy, which
becomes undone and eventually becomes the subject of jokes.
We
have seen the arc of time from the Classical era in the West, to the
globalized world of the present day work in this consistent and constant
pattern. And the only logical conclusion that can be given about it is
that this is part of the way that the world works beyond our brains'
perceptions, conceptions, hopes, dreams and chosen actions. The theme
is constant throughout time and space. Mistreatment, abuse and lack of
care leads to hostilities, overthrown and upheaval. Effectively given
care, proper management and sincere ethic leads to positive effects for
everyone, including the leadership. It happens here and it happens now.
Not just in our stories, not just in our imaginations. But in the
present day and present world that we each and all experience in our
daily lives.
Given human experience thus far, and our own
experiences in our current lives, this does appear to be the objective
case as to how things actually work, in this seemingly subjective realm
of society and social function. And it's only your own self and your
own interests, as a living being that are hurt, when you fail to
recognize, accept and work effectively with them.
May all beings be able to benefit from this paper.
Ad infinitum, and beyond.
Think about it.
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