More on Human ABILITY to REASON, Human RIGHT to CONSENT - Proem & Poem No. 174

Most likely to be published later this winter of 2020/2021, my 11th book entitled appropriately; More Proems & Poems on the Peculiar Human ABILITY to REASON, Singular Human RIGHT to CONSENT & Other Neglected Matters. The following will probably be included upon further editing, and front cover a slightly modified yet appropriate version of the previous....

PROEM & POEM No. 174 - The Rescissionist / Part 6

      If there is any presumption it is the other way against holders of power, increasing as the power increases. Historic responsibility has to make up for the want of legal responsibility. Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority: still more when you superadd the tendency or the certainty of corruption by authority. There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it. 

      Lord Acton (1834-1902)

 

      Absolute power corrupts absolutely! Indeed, history proved innumerably, horrifically the axiom, as occurring today therefore lessons astonishingly remain yet learned. To elaborate further hence another unavoidable, observable truism squarely founded upon the equally unavoidable, observable fact; marginal power corrupts marginally, for corruption is unavoidably in direct proportion. Power of any measure inevitably germinates the dormant and corruptible seed Covetousness ever-present, if watered by unprincipled consideration then developing into Presumption iridescent, if sunned by unscrupulous anticipation then maturing into Arrogance effervescent, of course onto Violation subsequent as purposed thus Violence consequent as proposed. To remedy, simply reduce or remove the power by rescission.

      Consequently to propose and define logically, ethically hence consistently; Violence is one’s action directed towards and against another’s dissent explicit or dissent implicit per consent unexpressed. It matters not the former person’s intent, objective, benefit nor office if politically empowered else station or status, neither the latter person’s error in judgment or resulting detriment in so dissenting; Violation thus Violence nonetheless!

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The mind reprobate, unable or unwilling to fairly observe

Forming the logical curve, from empirical to ethical nerve

Coexistence preserve, thus existence conserve then survive

As well thrive, thwarted alone, by imposition as contrived

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Come let us Reason. Peace is always a Choice.
Study, Ponder, Labor, till last Breath.

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