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a discussion on Citizen Tom’s blog on the forms of government, I wrote a bit on of how the US Constitution was inspired and framed:
There are conceptual hints in Scripture and remarks by Jesus on what forms of government are disfavored, but the Framers took inspiration from Aristotle. Many Enlightenment thinkers tended to downplay Aristotle,
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===|==============/ Keith DeHavelle
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Please consider this encouragement to continue :)
CYa!
Mako
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===|==============/ Keith DeHavelle
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Thanks!
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In my view some if not most of the imperfection, is not in direction (individual liberty and protection from group power, of any form) but in the degree of comprehensive success in the intended direction.
For instance the protection against state establishment of any religion has been very successful, but the protection against the "necessary evil" of government itself, that has eroded over time. Protection against group power in the form of corporations has also been not as successful as one would hope. (The Robber Barron era for instance)
Currently IMV, the combination of the two, growing Government power infusing chosen industry with advantages and public money, and infesting our education system, primary through academia, is a cancer destroying the ideals this nation was founded on.
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