Edgar,
Well, you're only half-right.
I know that there is an ideal. And I know that the real never matches an
ideal. And, that's why our (USA) Founders gave us a PROCESS.
I don't "believe" in an ideal. Yet, we recognize one. And our process exists
to help to keep us on track. Our Constitution and our changing body of Laws
provide a structure. Even the Constitution itself is susceptible to amendment.
In practice, there are very large meanderings from the ideal, always. And as
the river zigs and zags, there is flood-insurance to give us some confidence
that we will emerge from inundation, if we are inundated.
What is the flood-insurance for you?
--Joe
> Edgar Owen <edgarowen@...> wrote:
>
> Joe,
>
> You believe in an idealized and rather naive view of society. The truth is
> much different, controlled mainly by special interests for their own benefit
> with benefits to the rest of society only sufficient to quell revolt...
>
> Always has been such to greater or lesser degree and likely always will be...
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