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==Heading==
===Topic: '''''Frailty of Democracy'''''===
===Group: [[11:11 Progress Group]]===
==Facilitators==
===Teacher: [[Samuel|Samuel of Panoptia]]===
===TR: [[George Barnard]]===
==Session==
===Opening===
Samuel: “Good evening my dear [[students]]. This is Samuel of [[Panoptia]]. My brother, Aaron, is by my side, and we have prepared for you a simple lesson on [[democratic]] [[government]].
===Lesson===
“Well may you agree with us that the best method of government is some form of [[democracy]]. However, the difficulty with democracy is that after a period of time things tend to go awry. As we spoke earlier today, I will again repeat how this comes about. As a [[community]] grows, people concern themselves with rules for this community, and naturally, as it [[grows]] and grows, rules and [[rights]] that are [[fair]] to all will be noted. Some will object to some of the rules of the community and a democratic system of [[voting]] does then come about.
As the [[clan]], the [[tribe]], the [[nation]] grows even bigger, a structure, a [[hierarchy]] will establish itself to ensure that everyone knows the rules, and that everyone sticks by the rules. Some will have to, as is often spelled out, become more [[equal]] than others. Indeed! Someone will need to be at the head of the community, perhaps, more than a few will need to be at the head of the community. Very often these positions will pass on from one member of the ruling class to a descendant, to an [[offspring]] of this ruler class, and there, all of a sudden, you will have something quite less of a democracy.
“And, as ‘the heavens’ have witnessed again and again, there will be those who are [[power hungry]] from a young age. They will have little [[care]] for others and only care for [[wealth]] and [[control]]. These are the psychopaths, you would call them, who must [[control]] the moneys or the currencies, the goods and many favors, for friends and themselves. These powerful [[individuals]] represent the [[frailty]] of democracy! As one [[generation]] takes over from the old, they will care less and less for the common pawns – those who were always led or used.
“Soon all will find that certain members of the [[community]] will have [[advantages]] over others because of their position. We find this to be much the case among the financiers of various projects. Sooner or later you will have an absolute ruler, perhaps an absolute [[tyrant]], in charge of the community, and that is then the end of your democracy. Democracies often regress into [[dictatorships]]. And so, certain rules must go into place in order for this not to happen. Firstly, not a single individual must be in charge of an ever growing community.
There needs to be a number of them. They need to be [[balanced]]. They must not be [[professional]] politicians. They must be those that come from the [[law]], or from the [[medical]] professions, and that have shown in their lives to be caring of others, that have shown in their lives that they have not filled their pockets with whatever currency is in use. These are the ones that will ensure that a democracy stays a [[democracy]]. It is simple for me, and this is why I am your spokesman at this time, for this is the way of [[Panoptia]].
“All have to show that they are from a profession where they [[care]] for others, where personal [[wealth]] is only of moderate importance, where they are proven to be bright, decisive, working in the interest of others, where they prove to have their [[minds]] about them even at an older age. And then again, they have to learn what the community and its rulings are all about, and they stay in that [[government]] position for only a few years. This is the reason why Panoptia remains so very successful – it has for ages – millenia.
===Closing===
“I leave you now for you to give this your consideration, and I would like to see you transcribe the words and make them available to others. This is Samuel, signing off for both Aaron and myself. Goodnight.”
George: “Thank you both.”
[[Category: The Teaching Mission: Dialogues]]
[[Category: 11:11 Progress Group]]
[[Category: Samuel]]
[[Category: George Barnard]]
[[Category: Governance]]
[[Category: 2014]]
[[File:Teaching_buddha_small.jpg|right|frame]]
==Heading==
===Topic: '''''Frailty of Democracy'''''===
===Group: [[11:11 Progress Group]]===
==Facilitators==
===Teacher: [[Samuel|Samuel of Panoptia]]===
===TR: [[George Barnard]]===
==Session==
===Opening===
Samuel: “Good evening my dear [[students]]. This is Samuel of [[Panoptia]]. My brother, Aaron, is by my side, and we have prepared for you a simple lesson on [[democratic]] [[government]].
===Lesson===
“Well may you agree with us that the best method of government is some form of [[democracy]]. However, the difficulty with democracy is that after a period of time things tend to go awry. As we spoke earlier today, I will again repeat how this comes about. As a [[community]] grows, people concern themselves with rules for this community, and naturally, as it [[grows]] and grows, rules and [[rights]] that are [[fair]] to all will be noted. Some will object to some of the rules of the community and a democratic system of [[voting]] does then come about.
As the [[clan]], the [[tribe]], the [[nation]] grows even bigger, a structure, a [[hierarchy]] will establish itself to ensure that everyone knows the rules, and that everyone sticks by the rules. Some will have to, as is often spelled out, become more [[equal]] than others. Indeed! Someone will need to be at the head of the community, perhaps, more than a few will need to be at the head of the community. Very often these positions will pass on from one member of the ruling class to a descendant, to an [[offspring]] of this ruler class, and there, all of a sudden, you will have something quite less of a democracy.
“And, as ‘the heavens’ have witnessed again and again, there will be those who are [[power hungry]] from a young age. They will have little [[care]] for others and only care for [[wealth]] and [[control]]. These are the psychopaths, you would call them, who must [[control]] the moneys or the currencies, the goods and many favors, for friends and themselves. These powerful [[individuals]] represent the [[frailty]] of democracy! As one [[generation]] takes over from the old, they will care less and less for the common pawns – those who were always led or used.
“Soon all will find that certain members of the [[community]] will have [[advantages]] over others because of their position. We find this to be much the case among the financiers of various projects. Sooner or later you will have an absolute ruler, perhaps an absolute [[tyrant]], in charge of the community, and that is then the end of your democracy. Democracies often regress into [[dictatorships]]. And so, certain rules must go into place in order for this not to happen. Firstly, not a single individual must be in charge of an ever growing community.
There needs to be a number of them. They need to be [[balanced]]. They must not be [[professional]] politicians. They must be those that come from the [[law]], or from the [[medical]] professions, and that have shown in their lives to be caring of others, that have shown in their lives that they have not filled their pockets with whatever currency is in use. These are the ones that will ensure that a democracy stays a [[democracy]]. It is simple for me, and this is why I am your spokesman at this time, for this is the way of [[Panoptia]].
“All have to show that they are from a profession where they [[care]] for others, where personal [[wealth]] is only of moderate importance, where they are proven to be bright, decisive, working in the interest of others, where they prove to have their [[minds]] about them even at an older age. And then again, they have to learn what the community and its rulings are all about, and they stay in that [[government]] position for only a few years. This is the reason why Panoptia remains so very successful – it has for ages – millenia.
===Closing===
“I leave you now for you to give this your consideration, and I would like to see you transcribe the words and make them available to others. This is Samuel, signing off for both Aaron and myself. Goodnight.”
George: “Thank you both.”
[[Category: The Teaching Mission: Dialogues]]
[[Category: 11:11 Progress Group]]
[[Category: Samuel]]
[[Category: George Barnard]]
[[Category: Governance]]
[[Category: 2014]]
