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Mon 6 Jul, 2009 11:25 pm
Democracy as a multi-god system
(also posted in religon)
Man 1: it has been quite awhile, has it not?
Man 2: yes, almost a year to the day.
Man 1: If I remember correctly, we have a score to settle from that day, am I wrong?
Man 2: Yes, the first time we spoke 3 years ago you were the victor and upon our last conversion it was I who won
Man 1: and if memory serves, according to the rules the two of us established three years ago,(on account of the fact that) because we are tied we both have to choose one subject matter, and it will be myself who is going to start us off.
Man 2: Yes, so then for my topic I choose politics.
Man 1: so clich? for an upcoming government official like yourself, are you sure you do not want to narrow it down just a tad, politics is a very broad topic.
Man 2: I should think that I have never been less cretin of anything in my life that I should at this time have chosen a topic I know everything about.
Man 1: very well then for my topic I choose philosophy my strongest topic as well, so the combined effort of our topic dictates that our "gentleman's conversion (*conversation*)" will be "political philosophy" this year . Starting us of I ask you:
John Kline is a good politician true or false?
Man 2: true, by all means he was the greatest thing this state has had in a very long time.
Man 1: true or false Barrock Obama is great at his role in presidency?
Man 2: in my opinion, yes, he seems to be managing the stress and playing the role very well.
Man 1: tell me then what makes the politician great? Is it the fact that they play their role in near perfection or is it the fact they fairly represent the masses of the population?
Man 2: my studies in political analysis would report that they are employed to do both but seeing as you are looking for one answer I would have to say that they exist as politicians to "fairly represent the masses of the population" as you put it.
Man 1: who has the right to declare war? The people or the government?
Man 2: the government
Man 1: who specifically in the government has that authority?
Man 2: congress, not the president as people tend to believe.
Man 1: And who makes up congress?
Man 2: politicians
Man 1: once elected how do they vote on bills?
Man 2: in the form of modest debate for a short period then its members are free to vote.
Man 1: are they regulated on what they vote for?
Man 2: no, there is no one to regulate.
Man 1: so then there is no penalty for a congressman to cross political lines?
Man 2: no there is no penalty.
Man 1: then what stops them?
Man 2: nothing, they are free to vote as they please.
Man 1: so there is no obligation to represent the people?
Man 2: no, other than being paid to represent those who pay him.
Man 1: so the politicians of congress are not obligated to represent the people.
Man 2: that is correct.
Man 1: who has the power to declare war?
Man 2: politicians
Man 1: more specifically
Man 2: the men who are paid to represent the masses
Man 1: in government' who has the power to decide who lives and dies?
Man 2: the law
Man 1: more broad
Man 2: the courts, the judicial system.
Man 1: what the highest law in the land?
Man 2: the supreme court.
Man 1: does the supreme court ultimately have the power to choose who live or dies?
Man 2: yes, it does
Man 1: is the court feared?
Man 2: no but it is greatly respected
Man 1: would you fear someone who could decide if you lived or died?
Man 2: I would
Man 1: is the supreme court feared?
Man 2: it is
Man 1: do people, in general worship, what they fear?
Man 2: it is away from my knowledge base
Man 1: I will help you, sociologically speaking people subconsciously raise what is stronger than them to a godlike status. It is especially active in those who lack a strong faith in life. Some of them even go as far as to raise power within the systems so they can come to be part of the growing process of what they lack the understanding (in themselves) to become.
Man 2: tone it down a bit.
Man 1: people, on a subconscious level worship all that is stronger than themselves. The stronger of these weaker beings seek active participation (enrollment) in the powers that are beyond there understanding. This is where the vast majority of politicians originate.
Man 2: is every politician so weak in faith?
Man 1: no, but they all share devout faith in there government, some of them more than life its self. Is the power of war also the power of life and death?
Man 2: yes
Man 1: so is congress feared because they have the power to declare war?
Man 2: no, they are feared because they have the power to decide who lives and dies outside of our country.
Man 1: that leaves us with one last branch. Are there organizations that exist within this nation that operate above the general law (police).
Man 2: yes, there are several.
Man 1: name one of these such organizations.
Man 2: the Central Intelligence Agency (C.I.A.)
Man 1: the C.I.A., are there people who fear them?
Man 2: yes, mainly the quarter of the population suffering from some from of psychosis (bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, etc.)
Man 1: why are they feared?
Man 2: they fear them because of a combination of media propaganda, conspiracy theories and there own mental stability.
Man 1: is there any truth to their claims?
Man 2: I can not say for cretin.
Man 1: are they worshiped subconsciously because they are feared?
Man 2: if I had to speculate I would say yes.
Man 1: do they have the power to decide who lives or dies?
Man 2: they have the power to find legal loop holes to accomplish their tasks. So yes.
Man 1: John Kline and Barrock Obama are both good politicians true or false?
Man 2: true
Man 1:what makes them great?
Man 2: the fact that they decide who lives and dies, and the fact they are, to some subconscious gods