First Blog

All of life is political. • Tribalism is the local form of politics. • Dictatorship is the smelly form of politics. • Kingship is the absolute form of politics. • Communism is the destructive form of politics. • Socialism is the nosiy form of politics. • Capitalism is the economic form of politics. • Democracy is the messy* form of politics. *You may like it; I may like it. Yet is is so difficult, so messy, and so easy to attack.

Democracy is defeated by others using its laws to destroy it. Socialism is defeated under the pressure of its internal corruption. Communism is defeated by the very elite it creates. Dictatorships are defeated by old age and weakened control. Monarchy is defeated by political inbreeding and loss of vigilance. Dynasties are defeated by mold, inbreeding, corruption, and weakness. Currently, most western governments are controlled by a combination of the above.   They may be defeated by a confusion of mission. ------------------- One problem with the ultra-rich , which have always been and always will be, is that now they want to be loved. They spend great sums on buying their version of love, often political.   This is but another consequence of the destruction of religion.* In short: If you have multiple billions, you want to be loved, and you want to be revered, you are one dangerous animal. *   In the olden days, religion kept the super-rich “down on the f

Regulation without representation is a corollary of “taxation without representation.” Both are dangerous, and in unmitigated multiplicity   both are illegal and unethical in the schema of democracy.  Indeed, regulations that cost citizens money to comply become a form of taxation.  To govern by regulation is a post modern form of dictatorship.  Petulance is not a form of governance, though the US Congress may claim an exemption.