A free public service offered by Paul Kemp - Central Nova - Nova Scotia There are ten steps, or stages, to the evolution of a practical and efficient form of representative government, and these are: 1. Freedom of the person. Slavery, serfdom, and all forms of human bondage must disappear. 2. Freedom of the mind. Unless a free people are educated -- taught to think intelligently and plan wisely -- freedom usually does more harm than good. 3. The reign of law. Liberty can be enjoyed only when the will and whims of human rulers are replaced by legislative enactments in accordance with accepted fundamental law. 4. Freedom of speech. Representative government is unthinkable without freedom of all forms of expression for human aspirations and opinions. 5. Security of property. No government can long endure if it fails to provide for the right to enjoy personal property in some form. Man craves the right to use, control, bestow, sell, lease, and bequeath his personal property. 6. The right of petition. Representative government assumes the right of citizens to be heard. The privilege of petition is inherent in free citizenship. 7. The right to rule. It is not enough to be heard; the power of petition must progress to the actual management of the government. 8. Universal suffrage. Representative government presupposes an intelligent, efficient, and universal electorate. The character of such a government will ever be determined by the character and caliber of those who compose it. As civilization progresses, suffrage, while remaining universal for both sexes, will be effectively modified, regrouped, and otherwise differentiated. 9. Control of public servants. No civil government will be serviceable and effective unless the citizenry possess and use wise techniques of guiding and controlling officeholders and public servants. 10. Intelligent and trained representation. The survival of democracy is dependent on successful representative government; and that is conditioned upon the practice of electing to public offices only those individuals who are technically trained, intellectually competent, socially loyal, and morally fit. Only by such provisions can government of the people, by the people, and for the people be preserved.

 

 

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Cygnus and glenn, Comments:
Very thoughtful posts, thanks I appreciate it.

But here's my point, it's something I learned from the very introspective father of my childhood chum.


We were in high school and had been sent home for handing out leaflets about a rally against the Vietnam war. We had gone back the next day with reinforcements and all of us were suspended.
Back at my friends' home we began to make signs calling out the principal as a fascist. Never got to use them though.


The next day my friends father took us all to the office of the principal and made the most moving and authentic defense of free speech and liberty I have ever heard. We were actually allowed to organize during lunch time and on school grounds.


Mr. Kuenstler told us later that he was proud of our work, but we had made an error in calling the principal a fascist. He rolled up his sleeve and told us about the numbers on his arm.


He said fascism is when human beings become monsters and when the monsters take complete control of society. The thing he said that I remember literally is "If you can still fight against it, it's not fascism." Needless to say, this all made a huge impression. I still feel the need to honor it.


I know the US is a war criminal.
I know we aren't a democracy.
I know there are numerous players out there with fascistic intent.
I'm really afraid that we're part way down a slippery slope to hell.
But we're not there yet, and we need to use the liberties that remain to fight like hell to resist that dark and deranged descent.

Fourteen Defining Characteristics Of Fascism

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