Homo-duplex depicts man as having the two characteristics of individuality and group membership. This latter characteristic of man as an element of society is distinct from the "State" which is ostensibly there to serve its members, but which appears to exist to retain power.
History is littered with examples of bad leaders , from "Divine" kings to tyrants and is also covered with examples of rebellion by the people against unfair dictation by the state. It was Madison in the eighteenth century who said that "all power is vested in and consequently derived from the people" and Gandhi who said two hundred years later that "the moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave, his fetters fall. He frees himself and shows the way to others. Freedom and slavery are mental states."
In Europe today, we see separate states with a common currency. To a greater or lesser degree all these countries have borrowed too much with massive capital expenditure on assets that are proving to be worthless, too much expenditure on individuals working for the state and an inability or actual connivance in the collection of taxation from the wealthy minority. These are the three simple elements of Europe's problem, which are compounded by worldwide lack of growth which is a necessary condition for the continuation of the Global Economy.
Right now the State is seen by the people as solely blaming them for this state of affairsand asking, nay telling them to tighten their belts. The people are saying "where is the fairness in this treatment? Why are the rich not paying their fair share? Why are the banks, who made these devastating investments being protected?
They are not receiving an answer, they have been stripped of dignity and hope and they are steadily making their feelings more coherent as the State distances itself from its citizens.
And hat will be the result? I don't have a crystal ball but once more to Madison. "A majority of the community have an indubitable, inalienable and indefeasible right to reform, alter or abolish the government.
Willie Giles 29/09/12w
