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Troubled by the conflict dominating our lives I asked why? The answer is a question of meaning I present in "the poem", "the precis", "the essay" all titled "The Last Why". The other writings are derivatives. Thank you for sharing. Doug.E.Barr

    

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Saturday
Feb052011

DEMOCRACY: process of disunity

Democracy is maintained by
Our own disunity
We nurture every time we ask
What is in it for me?

Democracy developed from
Our inability
To visualize the common path
Of all humanity.

Democracy gives us the "rights"
We take as "liberty";
But "rights" are wrong when they create
Irrationality.

Democracy induced the birth
Of each 'philosophy'.
The conflict everyone has caused
Makes up our history.

Democracy reveals divides
In human unity;
They are divisions that preclude
Sustainability.

Democracy is not as great
As we are told to 'see',
For while it lets us cast a vote
It doesn't make us free.

Democracy distracts us from
A sad reality;
The harsh, corrupt dictatorship
By our Economy.

Democracy will be our death
Because we can't agree
The politicking only shows
Our asininity.

Democracy we need to change
To "ideal" rule by we,
With which we help each other to
Become what we can be.

Democratic self-destruction

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