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Post #36: Democracy’s Journey
The Endless Vitality for Democracy
Robert V Gerard
Oct 21
A peaceful and well-balanced humanity has been a Divine Dream since the dawn of humankind. Call that Heaven, God’s Dream. That dream has sought its way into communal living practiced by the Sumerians of Mesopotamia, the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten, the Jewish sect of the Essenes, the Jesuit priesthood, practical communism, religious organizations, an array of New Age thinkers, and most notably, the American Constitution.
The vitality of that dream encourages hope yet consistently finds itself buried in annoying opposition. Such opposition anchors itself within animal instincts for survival, food, and dominance, which no longer serve human growth into Oneness. We must learn to detach from it to become enlightened.
It was in the early stages of humankind [circa 5,000 BC] that the seeds for democracy were strewn. Archeological findings reveal that the ancient Sumerians sought to indoctrinate various populations with higher coexistence standards. As it were, the earthy gods had all the power, and that was becoming humiliating and unbearable for the people. The populations then needed some form of hope, which meant establishing a balance between the elitists and common folk.
During Socrates’s reign, democracy was mindful of encouraging civility in the flourishing Grecian nation. But as the commonality gained a stronger voice, the elitists squashed the democratic momentum. It was prevalent here that the minority, the Elites, were well-fed and had more power than the majority, the populous, those who worked to survive. Similarly, as witnessed in the twenty-first century and within current political ambitions, elitists easily topple democratic environments to foster political power for the ambitious, self-righteous few.
Powerful Emperors and Generals fought significant wars for centuries. They conquered many nations and populations, destroying their cultures and enslaving humble populations. This continues today in North Korea, Russia, China, Regions of Africa, and, to some extent, the United States. How can this be? What empowers ambitious dictators and autocrats to advocate such selfishness and turmoil?
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