Similar to Gödel's incompleteness theorem, every system is predicated upon a few axioms that are themselves unprovable and assumed in order to develop the system.
In the case of America we have the system that is the Constitution. Beyond the structural components, it embodies
In the case of America we have the system that is the Constitution. Beyond the structural components, it embodies
the enlightenment values, awareness of human frailty, the nature of power, the limitations and manifest lack of having achieved its highest aspirations (...all men are created equal...), and the systemic procedures how to correct them and grow into the promised greatness...
And like every system, if the axioms are proven inadequate or are violated in some fundamental way, the entire edifice of the system is at risk.
And so it is now. Our condition in America today is one the constitutional founders tried to account for in the instantiation of
And so it is now. Our condition in America today is one the constitutional founders tried to account for in the instantiation of
the core principle of Separation of Powers.
But it was not foreseen that each of the main branches of government, the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial, would simultaneously be subsumed by the Executive, and in particular an executive so inimical, toxic and deadly to the
But it was not foreseen that each of the main branches of government, the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial, would simultaneously be subsumed by the Executive, and in particular an executive so inimical, toxic and deadly to the
American experiment.
It is said you cannot legislate morality. And so it is.
And you cannot save a people who are hell-bent on being so fearful that they bow down & submit their freedom to a dictator (or wannabe in this case).
It is said you cannot legislate morality. And so it is.
And you cannot save a people who are hell-bent on being so fearful that they bow down & submit their freedom to a dictator (or wannabe in this case).
This bit w Barr & the Justice Dept is just this more recent and most jarring of examples of how far down the slope we have slid.
I have always been awed by this Psalm (82), quoted also by Jesus, where the appeal to justice is made, calling those charged w Justice Gods, but rejected by god for their failure to do Justly.
They will die like men.
They will die like men.
One of the foundational pillars of any society, but especially one , as Lincoln said "...so constituted [to serve the people]" is Justice.
It is axiomatic.
Break it and you no longer have a democratic system designed to meet the needs of the country.
You have something else.
It is axiomatic.
Break it and you no longer have a democratic system designed to meet the needs of the country.
You have something else.
It is that "something else" that we are desperately struggling to avoid.
That pathway has dragons...And they are very hungry.
That pathway has dragons...And they are very hungry.
