Once again I return to my blog because I feel the need to say something, though once again, I'm not sure what.
Well, yes I do.
Why do we, as humans, get so horribly angry, determined to destroy what is with no thought for what we will put in place of what we hate?
For instance, take the revolutionary mindset.
When an evil dictator and his henchmen are breathing down your neck, the easiest thing might seem to be to raise up opposition and throw him down. Viva la revolution! Right?
Wrong.
Time and time and time again we see that revolutions almost invariably conclude in the rise of a new dictator. But why?
I strongly suspect that it's because instead of working towards something better and making an honest plan for an improved world, a plan that fully takes human nature, selfishness, greed, self-interest and such into account, any revolution will fail. So long as the primary goal is to knock down the existing order and create a "new order" without any honest plan or thought to what will come afterward or how the nation, the region, the government will be rebuilt and made to be better than the first, any revolution is doomed to fail.
I honestly believe that one of the key reasons why the founding fathers of the American nation succeeded in the aftermath was because they had something that most don't. They,first off, knew how to govern, and knew what the problems were with their rulers. Secondly, they had a commitment to setting up a government that would last, that could not easily be turned to corruption. They deliberated for ages, arguing passionately, examining in excruciating detail every word they wrote lest it be misused, thinking of every possible outcome and eventuality that might follow from what they proposed.
They had a thought to the future, they had integrity, and they knew how to govern.
It wasn't simply a revolution for the sake of demolishing the existing order, but, rather, for the sake of establishing an order that didn't exist due to a government that prevented the effective execution of the rule of law.
Not just because they wanted the tyrants to die.
Just some thoughts on the nature of revolutions.
And that's all I have to say here for today. ^ ^
Saturday, April 18, 2009
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