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[ Another Day ] [ By Joseph ]
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Another day
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by Joseph
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Recently I had a discussion with one of my friends about what kind of
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government or constitution we ought to have. Or, to be honest, he talked
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a lot and tried to convince me that a communist state was to be preferred.
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During that discussion, a few questions came to my mind. Questions that
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must be answered prior to any kind of 'political' discussion.
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The first question I asked myself was: is there really something wrong
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with the kind of society we have today? The answer seemed obvious at first.
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But the more I thought about, the less secure I felt. Maybe the kind of
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society we have now is more or less perfect; only problem being that the
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people in it has not matured enough to understand and agree with its basic
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principles. I quickly dropped that idea. Because a good society should pay
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attention to the people, and since the one we have today obviously does
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not - it is not a good form of society.
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The second question I asked myself was: if it really is the people
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that is the 'problem', should they be governed by themselves or by someone
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who knows better, someone who can lead them to a better and more (excuse the
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term) enlightened way of thinking? A kind of thinking that is beneficial to
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the people themselves. Or, and this is perhaps one of the most important
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questions I asked myself during that evening: can we trust each other? Can I
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trust you to make the right decisions for me? This is a fundamental problem.
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Can we at all really trust each other, or do we need a 'state' to protect
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us - from ourselves? I found no answer to that question. All day long I meet
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people whom I would never trust with my money, child or liquor. But on the
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other hand, can I trust the state? I do not know.
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The third question I asked myself was: is a society which is run by the
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people living in it the best (so-called direct democracy)? This is where I
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could no longer discuss with myself. Since I do not know whether I can trust
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either the state or the people in it - I have no clue.
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After a while I kinda came to my senses (I started to sober up a bit).
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I tried to clear things up in my head. Are there not some things that we all
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can agree on and be sure of? But what would that be? Perhaps that we are all
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alike. We should treat each other in a nice way, with no regard to color of
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the skin or wealth. No, that does not work either. Somehow, almost everyone
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tries to label people in some way; black, white, poor, rich, sexy, drunk.
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And since we all do it - more or less - we end up treating each other
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differently. But what if that is one of the things we should start working
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on. If, or when, we can treat each other good (nearly said 'like people'),
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then we have something in common: respect for each other, and perhaps more
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understanding. Because, if you think hard, what is it that unites us now?
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Humtedum, tudeliduuu... See! It is not much! Of course, there is no way
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in hell a society could work out if we do not trust each other, or if we do
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not have anything in common.
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When I had cured my soberness I thought: Or is it just me? Am I the only
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one with such a 'pessimistic' (in lack of a better word) view of the human
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race? Perhaps all you people out there really trust each other. Maybe you
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even fancy each other. My head fell down to my chest and I thought really
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hard (and snored a little too). A couple of minutes later I looked up to my
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somewhat bothered friend and thought: No! It cannot be! If you (or should I
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rather say 'we') all really liked each other, you would share your wealth
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with people less fortunate. Then there would actually be solidarity around.
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Or maybe, is it the mere presence of a state that prevents you from doing
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something for your neighbour? Have your own awareness been replaced by
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the thought that the state should take care of everything?
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Again my head fell down, this time I felt quite puzzled. How can we know
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if people would take responsibility for each other when the only way to find
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out is to take it back from the state and give it to the people. A giant
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risk, indeed.
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My friend poked me in the belly and informed me that we ought to leave
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the establishment before they threw us out. Or more specifically - me.
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I could not agree more.
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