I've still no idea what you're referring to in my post, but I'll answer in kind anyway.
I believe the government is neither powerful nor the majority, not when compared to other NGO entities. Many multinational corporations are more powerful than many governments and probably -- truth be known -- control much of those governments. Hell, large portions of our own government are in the grip of corporate interests. Corporations here in the U.S., most of whom are also multinational and have loyalties to more than just the U.S., have many of the same rights as U.S. citizens due to our judicial system treating corporations are individual citizens with many of the same rights thereof -- in which vein our 5-4 conservative Supreme Court has just removed all limits on campaign contributions by corporations. Only way for citizens to beat this is to refuse to be affected by their campaign ads. Concentrate on the issues and investigate for oneself using credible resources. Sort of like reaching out for the moon and expecting it to settle into the palm of your hand. Robert Heinlein once wrote a story about a world that was run by corporations. There were no governments. But he was in favor of this sort of world and the story was so slanted. However corporations are not that much different from governments in that they are -- notwithstanding the politicians and CEOs at the top -- huge gigantic bureaucracies which fosters work and societal attitudes such as cover your ass, pass the buck, responsibility does not stop here, it's just a job, and the complete absence of pride in one's work. There are probably dozens other aspects could be identified too. But governments, corporations or not, the point is that -- in a philosophical and analytical sense -- they are all but reflections of the individuals and the society which exists at any particular point in time. If we want to make any significant change in our business and political fortunes we have to change ourselves. And I believe this is going on all the time though it is difficult to see. Forest for the trees and that sort of thing. This also ties in with honesty about one's self. In order to see the world and all it's complexities more clearly we first have to be able to see ourselves clearly. Until then, the world we view is distorted by the color of the lenses of our own personalities and dysfunctions. Rose colored glasses sort of thing. What's always amazed me is that many people -- most it seems at times -- make it from one end of life to the other with relative comfort and success and never never get a glimpse of reality. On Jun 28, 1:56 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > Government is the powerful or the majority. The opposition can ride it > out or rebel. I suppose patience builds character. :-)
