Ethics and Freedom

People choose to associate for various reasons: Friendships, clubs, businesses, churches and governments. We cannot call any of them bad since that is determined by the character of the people participating. This is why studying ethics is important. From a child every citizen should have sharp reasoning skills and comprehension of what is good and proper.

That being said, when we talk about political subjects, it is clear that every kind of government can succeed if the right people are in positions to govern. The real challenge is to get the right people in and that takes a well-informed citizenry. A monarchy is the most efficient government hands down. The problem is that when the King makes poor decisions everyone is affected. An aristocracy is next in line for efficiency and decisions can be made fast. But it tends toward cronyism and excludes classes of people if bad people are in charge. A democracy is the least efficient and become bad if the people are uninformed and a slight majority oppresses the minority. Notice that every form is represented in our Presidency, senate and house respectively. We have a limited government to assure freedom isn't hindered. Everyone has different opinions as to how things should be run and they should be free to try them out on those who are willing. It becomes a problem when it is imposed on everyone involuntarily.

This is the basis I use when I look at current events. A union is good if the right people are in charge and don’t dominate/gouge its members and the companies it deals with. A corporation is good when the officers have integrity to treat employees right and its investors. We as Americans are represented by both. We have investments as one way to make money and we bring in money as wages. Anyone with a retirement of any kind is depending on corporate America to make profits so they can live comfortable in the future. So neither is evil, but we should always make a stand to confront corruption and reward integrity. We are also responsible to raise up citizens that we can trust. This is the key to our future; more than keeping a particular form of association the way we want it.