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of the people, but are never told that they define "the people" in terms that do not apply to the jurisdiction of natural law. So the "enforcers", or national government, has obviously lost sight of it's goal at least from a micro perspective. Essentially, they would have to be pure in heart in order to fully comply with their "business plan", but its evident that the opposite is true. The point here is that knowledge of morality by design secured their position as watchers, hence the reason for their high status in the city and strict sense of moral civility. However In today's global socio-political structure, governments have the same job but are more concerned with securing administrative rights than they are natural rights.

Commerce has become a liability laden well oiled machine, where rights granted, and those already in existence from our inception, are both constantly taken advantage of. Therefore our representatives must be strictly reminded by the few members holding a so called elite status in society, to seek out and stop all violations of any civil liberty... otherwise they will be corrupted with power, and become rich megalomaniacs. The founding fathers of america belonged to this group of protectors, and they are to be commended for their actions even if they lacked foresight for what was to come. Nonetheless, the torch representing the liability to protect people's natural rights, which are absolute, has been passed on to each generation lower on the pyramid steps of society. Our authority stems from this fact: We the people are all equal under the law which binds the whole system together... hence the foundation of our legal system, known as the "Rule of Law".

From the time of Plato, several philosophical ideologies from around the world helped formulate each country's government. Most of them have been resurrected from the aftermath of catalytic events such as the French Revolution, and the travesty which occurred on September 11th in New York City. During the volatile social instability which later ensued, moral civility was lost to despotism and corruption, creating a tenuous fear that festers currently within the general population. Because of it, we tend to run into the arms of government begging for answers. Yet unfortunately, all we have accomplished is an offering up of more and more of our civil rights to be replaced by a fascistic "National Security" system.

Though perhaps, after all the blood and smoke, new age philosophers can convince our leaders that the only absolute responsibility of the government is to protect and facilitate the rights of the people, first and foremost. Although the issue is a point of global contention, simple rights to equality, safety and health should never be violated. If governments want to do business in the world we all share, then they have no choice but to accept these simple facts.

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