Dear Friends,
It seems to me, any form of government sufficiently limited, can be human hearted, but the problem is, a psychopathic government can’t be limited (because they refuse limits), while a human hearted government doesn’t need limiting. Nevertheless, no matter how virtuous a government is, sooner or later and probably sooner, it’ll become villainous instead of virtuous, and the villains will claim the virtue of old. Asserting they need no limits, because they’re so honest, far sighted and moral. Much more then you. Which is one way to tell if your elites are villains or human hearted, do they chafe at limits or ignore them? Moreover, do the elite care at all about you and your family, or only their power? A hero serves others, a villain serves himself. Smart people limit the hero now to limit the villain later.
Unlimited, all forms of government become tyrannical, it’s human nature. A person who’s been spoiled his or her entire life isn’t mature, smart or far sighted. They’re childish, stupid and blind instead. Groups, cultures and governments are the same. Groups endowed with political favor can’t help but become corrupt. There’s no lesson like no consequences to teach that crime pays. A culture that exists in luxury will sooner or later become Sodom and Gomorrah. While a government that enjoys the love and forgiveness of the people, will exploit that love and forgiveness, until all good feelings are used up. The virtuous don’t need limits, they self limit, while the villainous need limits, lacking self control, and so the human hearted won’t balk at limits, while villains will scream like banshees at them.
Good government serves the whole of the nation while poor government serves the rulers. Poor government is intolerable while good government is sought out by people the world over. The distinction being, good government insures freedom of speech, religion, property, self defense, enterprise, and all the other Rights given to us by nature, if not God himself. Rights that government ether receives by charity, or takes by force. Power attracts psychopaths like a black hole attracts mass. No matter how virtuous an elite may be, they will eventually die, and be replaced by psychopaths. Then the psychopaths will usurp ever more control until childish, stupid and blind people have absolute power. To enact whatever stupid idea passes through their empty heads… like boys can be girls.
Limited all forms of government are tolerable. Because despotism cannot exist when the power to tyrannize is limited. The very nature of autocratic government, the least tolerable, is it’s unlimited ability to force the people to its will. Limits, by their nature, force the elite to allow the people their own will. To the detriment of a corrupt elite, but benefit of the nation, economy, and culture. Put another way, despotic government can’t exist in limited form. How do you limit a tyrant? If he’s limited he’s not a tyrant. A poor President perhaps but not a tyrant. On the other hand, a President who’s limited in label, but not in reality, is the most dangerous form of despot. A covert despot. Which means limits must have coercive power else they’re merely labels without meaning.
The ideal government is one that’s sustainably limited. So we can enjoy our freedoms with as few aggravations from pestering elites as possible. Sustainably, means the limits transfer from not only the virtuous that don’t notice them, but to the villains, who set themselves to upending any and all limits to their usurpations. Limits are utterly ineffective on villains if the limits have no teeth. Since a pinky swear won’t keep a psychopath in line. Limits limit the ability of the elite to rule for their own benefit at cost to the nation. Therefore, we should be all about finding ways to limit the elite. The US Constitution was a start, but as we see, without teeth, it’s become chiffon lingerie covering naked despotism. Teeth, like a Numa, is the next step in the evolution to human hearted governing.
Sincerely,
John Pepin
