From many voices and many hands is democracy woven.
Out of many, ONE
The central premise of this writing is that “collective security” is fundamental in procuring and promoting a peaceful world.
Collective security is built on a foundation of democratic and meritocratic institutions. The institutions function primarily in the Four Estates. Business (profit), Religion and Education(non-profit), Politics, and Communication Media..... Networks all, that form an interconnected web of minds and souls the world over.
We cannot be secure as a people as a result of politics alone. Politics, in the extreme, will establish the covert and overt ethics of the Police State which is detrimental to the concept of privacy. Privacy is built of solitude and secrecy. The right of privacy begins in the realm of thought. I think, therefor...........I am private. It is enhanced by Education, and becomes the currency of Business and Information Media. Intellectual Rights and the Right of Privacy are intertwined and inseparable.
The four estates are considered joined in Democratic Republics. Democratic institutions, (here I’m using the broader term) are not all equal. Some are represented by elected officials, some by self-appointed or proprietary individuals or collectives and some by Boards. The producers and editors of the fourth estate are not elected, for example, there are enough of them so all voices have an opportunity to be heard. The estates are representative even as they serve other masters. Boards of Directors, evaluating bottom or top lines. The only estate that exists by the sword is the Political Estate. Should they relinquish the sword, the badge, the gun, their estate is vulnerable. The other estates, in Democratic Republics, have as their first moral imperative to restrain the sword, the badge and the gun of the Political Estate.
Therein lies security.
The Political Estate is given great latitude to pursue public policy for the benefit of all. We look to them to establish the Rule of Law and Contract, to promote the general welfare and to protect the full functioning of the other estates. We look to them to entreat other Political Estates and to promote the values that we collectively agree are the most important.....life, liberty, fraternity, health,....the basics of making our time on this small planet as meaningful as we can for ourselves, for others and the future generations.
We shall pass judgement on ourselves and each other on how well we can regulate and control the exercise of Power to promote and protect the values we hold dear. To do less is to abrogate all the rights our predecessors struggled so hard to establish.
If you want to feel secure, promote understanding. If you want to feel safe, lock the guns.
Bob