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We have too much police, not enough justice. We have government by force not government by law. We jail and torture, we do not share words. How many time did I hear people claiming. That only words, where is the beef… Action speak louder.
The Obama/Hilary campaign may be a bit demagogic but it is clearly preferable to the bull of the election of 2000. What do you think? Are we on the right track? There is so much to do, so little time to do it. It is important to be going in the right direction.
Portland, Me. USA
(I focus on the US because the US can present an example of fundamental, yet peaceful, change - prove the stimulating and sustainable value of cooperation(not blind obedience), realistic vision, and a stable reference. Ultimately our species must address its overall momentum, which is based in habits we learned when we fought the natural environment, and each other, for raw survival. We won that fight, but have failed to respond to the consequences.)
The three-division model of American gov’t is false.
In 1787 the American Revolution was still fresh in everyone’s mind, and the constitutional convention was determined not to create a central tyranny. Legislature, Executive, and Judiciary were never meant to operate in a vacuum.
The vote is the legal process to determine succession of leadership, the single most important action determining longterm gov’t direction; and it is assigned to Citizenry. “We the People” are the Fourth Division of constitutional American gov’t.
This division, like the other three, requires maintenance as times change; it has not happened. The primary element requiring attention is the fragmentation of citizenry perception due to vastly expanded communication technology and its direction by business and gov’t interests, for their own benefit. We now exist in an artificially exaggerated diversity which prevents any meaningful consensus.
The vote has become a ’spin test’ to gauge the effectiveness of the propaganda.