12th Book on Ability to Reason, Right to Consent; Proposition, Problem & Poem No. 218

Most likely to be published later this summer of 2022, my 12th book entitled appropriately; Propositions, Problems & 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 10th and 11th books...

PROPOSITION, PROBLEM & POEM No. 218

~ Two Propositions on Humanity and Polity ~

The following are two propositions with justifications then brief conclusion on Humanity or Human Nature, and Polity or Government Power.

First proposition; it is not that any one person may be corrupt, nor one person more corrupt than another, rather each and every person therefore Human Nature is corrupt. Always!

First justification; whether contending observably, consistently, theologically "all have sinned" (Ro 3:23) or observably, consistently, logically "all propend towards error and excess", either posture compounds then complicates, exasperates then expands per humanity as non-divinity therefore non-omnipresent or limited existence, non-omniscient or limited knowledge, non-omnipotent or limited capability. Within this context humanity unavoidably covets, envies, presumes, angers, imposes and violates, restrained solely by bearing ethically one's own responsibility and risk else bore by another voluntarily thus unwisely or forcefully thus immorally. The only alternative argument is humanity possessing none of the aforementioned inherencies hence perfection or nearly so; a consideration obviously fantastical while ignorant narcissistically else arrogant covetously.

Second proposition; it is not that government power may be corruptive, nor one form of government more corruptive than another, rather government power of all forms are corruptive. Always!

Second justification; power, whether governmental or other forms, enable then encourage even excite the mitigation of responsibility and risk, unleashing humanity's innate covetousness, presumptuousness, excessiveness, erroneousness and varieties thereof. Rare and few the persons able to resist the temptation, that is to say, no person can resist. So much so, well concocted the political sciences, isms, ideologies, nothing more than clever twists and turns of words and phrases by academia and intelligentsia seductively funded, whorishly subsidized by those who covetously seek governmental power, that is, the power over others' person, propensity, prerogative, preference, purpose as well profession, purse, possession and property (see Proem & Poem No. 176).

Conclusion; if corrupt each and every person, and if corruptive government power of all forms, then upon endowing person(s) corrupt with governmental power(s) corruptive, corruption will exasperate then compound, expand then complicate and do so accumulatively perhaps exponentially.

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O for liberty’s sake, yet political waves break, and candidates on take
Hence navigating, rather strategically imitating, some morally narrow strait
Well plaited per covetousness, presumption, arrogance and perversions
So go the quick-tossing the aspersions, to trick-glossing the conversations 

And so the insidiousness the alleged conversions then allowances
For this and tolerances for that, reallowances per expected affiances
Such blind faith else resigned ignorance, yet each twilight one wraith
Scathing the minds, raping the intellects withal nakedness swathed

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

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