On Governments 1-2

Draft 1.0

November 1, 2004

1. The Electoral College System is a big joke to the rest of the world. However, it does ensure stability. Rigidity is a definite form of stability. Change is impeded for the benefit of the few. All republics are structured to impede substantial systemic modification for the benefit of the power elites. The key for successful maintenance is the proper (weighted) balance. In America, the power elites are mostly forgetting the old rules: you must occasionally allow a (broad spectrum) few admitted. Certain obligations are expected. If the power elite do not live up to their obligations, they will fail as power elites and be swept aside for a new chosen class. Generally, with China a notable historical exception, the new power elites will mostly hail from a disenfranchised educated elite.[1]

In the 19th Century Dostoevski, in his works like “The Idiot,” warned of the consequences for the Russian noble class in failing to act nobly. In America, the consequences would unlikely be as drastic, but one never can tell. (Then again, the American aristorcracy is rarely noble.)

[1] This observation does not always apply in a long term sense. A Lenin can always be succeeded by a Stalin. The educated elite are not always ruthless enough. Their idealizations can lead to generalizations. Hence, they fail to recognize their enemies.

2. Skull and Bones
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Their family trees don't fork much. What other example best illustrates mediocrity in government?