Politics for the Masses-2

The Ruler is Sovereign-what he says goes

Thomas Hobbes took a more realistic view of nature…life is solitary…poor…nasty…brutish and short. This view is borne out by evidence…when political order collapses then law and order disintegrates… leading to violence and anarchy when there is no central authority…Libya being the classic example after liberation…is still in conflict with no central authority.

People by giving up some rights to a just ruler they get political order which can avoid conflict within society and if possible, avoid wars with others. By giving up certain rights the individual has a ‘social contract’ with the ruler.

Authority given to ruler in matters of statecraft civil-military judicial… and laws made to govern the population…today lots of laws.

The social contract the between the people and the elected Political dummies has been broken. There is ample evidence that what the people want… and what is delivered is not the same.

In the US and UK people did not want the invasion of Iraq- In the UK millions of people demonstrated across the country…it made no difference …war monger Tony Blair went ahead…because he had to obey his US master and at the international (to maintain the Western Imperial-system) …which runs the world...behind the facade of democracy and human rights

His comment was that the demonstrators were only a minority…what arrogance and contempt for the people who elected him. There is no social contract between the people and the rulers in the UK…it expired along ago…what we have in the UK are the real rulers…known as the establishment… the finance industry and big business…which remains…the underlying power base …while Parties come and go…policies do not change at the international

In the USA it is known as the deep state- primarily big business and the military establishment that run the country…regardless of which party is in power…policies do not change but parties do change.

John Locke-the state as a co-operative enterprise Locke’s view was that people are co-operative…caring...sharing…and rational. Most people are self-interested…what he called natural rights…to look after oneself and family. The ruler should protect people’s freedoms and rights…rather than restrict them…i.e. be a benign ruler.

There must be just rule…the social contract must protect people’s natural rights…if not there should be an option to replace the ruler.

There should be a constitution that preserves and protects people’s rights and freedoms…liberty...equality…and rights of citizens to associate freely with others. Rational thinking should be the rule of law…not Church or Sovereign rulers.

In the real world…enlightened thinkers have not been so enlightened. If we look at the US… the constitution has been gradually eroded…people’s freedoms severely restricted…the US is a Police state…you have the Police…then the national guard …and finally the army…the country has more guns than people…a country militarized to death!.

The CIA and other authorities set up to spy on its own citizens on the excuse of protecting them…the Tech giants now work for the US authorities supplying information on people who use their digital platforms

There are no freedoms or equality in the US political system…only population control. The Green party is being marginalized so that it cannot be a rival to the two main parties in the US. The only party which wants to reduce the military expenditure and get rid of the over 800 military bases around the world.

The Patriot Act designed to counter terrorism in the US…is being used to spy on its own citizens and restrict freedoms…who are deemed a threat to the deep state…because they have radical political views…. i.e. willing to tell the truth…such as Alex Jones …de-platformed from social media…now declared bankrupt.

In the UK we have hate laws…which are so broad that anything a person can say can be termed as offensive…therefore deemed liable to prosecution.

The real effect of these laws is to close down free speech…and to deter people from telling the truth about the political process and the inadequacy of the politicians or the establishment.