12-04-2024, 09:14 AM
Sometimes I wonder at the general idea of a leader being able to demand a military posture to cope with their own political desperation.
While it seems imprudent to limit government responses to threats to the result of organized deliberation within consensus; clearly some leaders can convince themselves that their plans and policies should be protected from interference and inquiry from any political opponents... regardless of the law. Apparently also feeling that any and all measures to the effect of silencing dissent are acceptable... including taking away the rights of any opposition without the burden of 'due process'.
If there is corruption and disfunction within the leadership, it is the body of the law that should provide both the means to expose it, and the tools to remedy it. But many cultures and 'social paradigms' often create opportunities for abuse... and ambitious people will seize that opportunity and act rashly despite appearances.
We have seen it before in history at many levels, and in many forms, all over the world.
Most of the people of the free world have learned to recognize the first signs of such an inclination to abuse: usually taking the form of... "Things you are 'not allowed' to talk about in a public forum." And the 'tell-tale' characterization that follows, 'threats' to our way of life... 'threats' to our 'democracy.'
While it seems imprudent to limit government responses to threats to the result of organized deliberation within consensus; clearly some leaders can convince themselves that their plans and policies should be protected from interference and inquiry from any political opponents... regardless of the law. Apparently also feeling that any and all measures to the effect of silencing dissent are acceptable... including taking away the rights of any opposition without the burden of 'due process'.
If there is corruption and disfunction within the leadership, it is the body of the law that should provide both the means to expose it, and the tools to remedy it. But many cultures and 'social paradigms' often create opportunities for abuse... and ambitious people will seize that opportunity and act rashly despite appearances.
We have seen it before in history at many levels, and in many forms, all over the world.
Most of the people of the free world have learned to recognize the first signs of such an inclination to abuse: usually taking the form of... "Things you are 'not allowed' to talk about in a public forum." And the 'tell-tale' characterization that follows, 'threats' to our way of life... 'threats' to our 'democracy.'
