What will be the future of democracy? One day in the not too distant future, the old political polarity of the 'few vs the many' will collapse as a result of the general acceptance of a new foundational paradigm called 'scientific holism' : Theodore Dana Hall
When I first read this short essay by Theodore Dana Hall ~ I got goosebumps !
What an appropriate time, after hurricane Katrina forced us to acknowledge our growing and ignored underclass of the poor and destitute, to be looking at another more holistic method of inclusion for all Americans.
And witness the rapid federal response to the recent Southern California fire castatrophe versus the tepid and lethargic federal response to Katrina and New Orleans. We are talking blacks versus whites, rich versus poor here ~ and this cannot be permitted to exist in a true democracy.
The incredible outpouring of altruism and charity for the survivors of the Hurricane Katrina devastation touches a deep need in all Americans as well as all human beings. The need to unite and cooperate with one another versus separate and antagonize each other.
We have reached a critical point in our evolution where we can no longer deny this need for our very survival is at stake.
In other words, the future of Democracy lies in our hearts and not in our guns and weapons of mass destruction.
Theodore Dana Hall calls this worldwide coming together a ' scientific holism ' but it is really the heart felt growing awareness that we all part of one family ~ and joined by deep threads of love, commonality and the universal urge to unite.
Allen L Roland http://blogs.salon.com/0002255/2007/10/26.html
The Future of Democracy
Theodore Dana Hall
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Most of us Americans agree that our country is a democracy. After all, we fought World War I to make the world safe for democracy . We fought World War II for the same reason. We're now fighting in the Middle East to extend the 'blessings' of democracy to that region. But IS the
United States really a democracy?
A few years back, President Clinton called the United States the
worlds oldest democracy. A leader of China replied to this remark by saying that the belief the United States is a democracy is a two hundred-year-old 'fairy tale'. Who's right? Bill or the Chinese leader?
Before I answer this question, I need to say something about
democracy, something very important: Democracy doesn't exist. Let me explain.
Defined literally, democracy means rule by the lower classes.
Can you name one country, past or present, that is or was ruled by the lower classes? I bet you can't. Well, what about the United States you ask.
Let me ask you: How many members of the United States Congress are lower class?
If democracy doesn't exist, you ask, how come it's a word? Good question.The word democracy originated as a term to represent a system that is the polar opposite of aristocracy. The historical record shows that a great many aristocracies existed and exist today. Democracy, however,
never made it out of the hypothetical realm.
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