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Originally Posted by dyna mo
Wait, so your example of how this "concentration of power" is a problem is to link to a positive example and claim if they can get together for good, they can get together for evil?
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My belief is that concentration of power is a very dangerous thing. You stated you do not believe there really is any because these people can't 'come together.' I showed you very clear examples of them coming together in the hope that you would understand that, yes, they can and in fact already do come together often.
The founders of this nation all knew each other. They all sat in a room together and ratified the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. They knew who the leaders of the country were going to be, and actually knew all the leaders for the foreseeable future would come from a tiny group of aristocrats who all knew each other well. Given those facts they put more time into DIVIDING POWER than any other aspect of establishing a set of laws to govern society. Branches of government, checks and balances, constraints on military action... not because they didn't trust their friends who were running the country at the start but because they did not trust future generations of people who would be running it eventually.
We have a very long history of case law designed to break up monopolies in the private sector, to restrict mergers and regulate the way elections are held - specifically to prevent concentration of power.
The fact you like or trust these 85 particular people is not a reason to feel secure. It's not about these particular people. It's about their heirs, associates and a rapidly developing international ruling class with a level of power that is far greater than anything seen in modern history.
The United States could have gotten 'a lot more done' early on if they just named George Washington King of America. By all accounts he was as trustworthy a person as we ever could have had in that role... why did they choose not to? Because in and of itself, concentration of power is a very dangerous thing.
By the way... so is apathy.
