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Ronald Banks
Leavenworth
To the editor:
I think we should be careful to pigeon-hole any form of government, person or even products. Afterall, our form of government is a mixture of democratic-republic style; one ruled by a majority that elects one single president. This form welcomes diversity and differences of thought and actions.
A person may decide to work for the government, civil service, or start his own business. The former is where you ultimately work for a single president, governor or city mayor. The latter is an owner or eventual CEO. Both demand workers to follow the policies set by each. The freedom of the workers is dictated, somewhat like a monarch or you don't work there. If your livelihood demands working there, but you don't agree with those policies, you may lose your freedom of expression or action; but you have the freedom to leave and find work elsewhere.
Labor produces different outcomes. The government worker will not replace the president, not being elected; but the other may become owner-CEO of his company. Wealth is distributed differently. The government worker most likely will not accummulate the wealth the CEO does. This unfettered accummulation leads to amounts of wealth that separates into a few.
Since money has been deemed speech, the few wealthy have more speech. Speech leads to influence which leads to power. Power can be abused and freedom curtailed. Thus, a free will to follow your will to prosperity has placed you in the power of a plutocratic-oligarchy, a form of government ruled by the rich few.
One last point, each political administration is a mixture of each other's policies. We don't start over each four-eight years from scratch to instill ideology. We have laws enacted by each that persist in all administrations, a mixture of ideologies. So just like we are a mixture of our parents, our government is a mixture of the genes of a democratic republic. How these genes are expressed is the expression of our freedom.
Ronald Banks
Leavenworth
To the editor:
I think we should be careful to pigeon-hole any form of government, person or even products. Afterall, our form of government is a mixture of democratic-republic style; one ruled by a majority that elects one single president. This form welcomes diversity and differences of thought and actions.
A person may decide to work for the government, civil service, or start his own business. The former is where you ultimately work for a single president, governor or city mayor. The latter is an owner or eventual CEO. Both demand workers to follow the policies set by each. The freedom of the workers is dictated, somewhat like a monarch or you don't work there. If your livelihood demands working there, but you don't agree with those policies, you may lose your freedom of expression or action; but you have the freedom to leave and find work elsewhere.
Labor produces different outcomes. The government worker will not replace the president, not being elected; but the other may become owner-CEO of his company. Wealth is distributed differently. The government worker most likely will not accummulate the wealth the CEO does. This unfettered accummulation leads to amounts of wealth that separates into a few.
Since money has been deemed speech, the few wealthy have more speech. Speech leads to influence which leads to power. Power can be abused and freedom curtailed. Thus, a free will to follow your will to prosperity has placed you in the power of a plutocratic-oligarchy, a form of government ruled by the rich few.
One last point, each political administration is a mixture of each other's policies. We don't start over each four-eight years from scratch to instill ideology. We have laws enacted by each that persist in all administrations, a mixture of ideologies. So just like we are a mixture of our parents, our government is a mixture of the genes of a democratic republic. How these genes are expressed is the expression of our freedom.
