ok, so we have bits and pieces of this, let us try to bring it all
together…
we have, in no particular order, transactional and transformational
actions and behavior, we have systems… we have our equations-
everything must be equal on all sides for an equation to work…
and we have …us…
ok, we have to bring in another point now… a notion that
is common in political science but now, is needed in
in our understanding of who we are and what is possible…
this notion of checks and balances…a notion where
no one branch of government is too strong… the other
co-equal branches…and note the word co-equal…equal…
the other branches of government act as checks and balances on
the other branches… the executive branch helps keep
the legislative branch in check and the legislative branch
helps keep the executive branch in check…
and the judicial branch helps keep the other two branches in check…
this idea of checks and balances is a key component of our government
and one of the founding fathers basic idea as to how to keep government
in check…which was one of their primary worries as they founded
our government…
so, we have …me, myself and I… and how am I to discover
what is the best course of action for me… or how am I to know
how to act…what actions or behavior should I engage in?..
this are variations of the same question… what am I to do?
what is the right course of action/actions for me to engage in?
we know or understand, we exists in a multitude of systems…
from the small, my wife, and me…and my wife
and I are one system… but we also understand, we exists
in massively large systems…and that becomes a problem…
how are we to act in a massive system… so we have a macro
behavior problem and a micro behavior problem…we must
understand how we are to act both in the small, my wife and I
and the large, the ideology of representative democracy…
surprisingly, the answer is the same for both…
and the key is both in the equation and the check and balances…
to exist in a system is to exist in an equation… if the system is not
equal, the system will at some point fail… this equality of the system
key for the survival of the system, any system… for example,
think of your car… the car must have all its minor system working
and engage for the car to run…if one system has failed to work,
that compromises the entire system…and threatens the entire system…
but think of the concept of check and balances… if a mechanic
makes the engine too powerful without compensating for it by
bracing, improving the suspension system means the car could
be too powerful for the suspension system and cause the car to
crash…you have to equalize the car to compensate
for any changes you make on the car… this equalization
is a main point to keeping a car running… and so it is true with
everything…
think of one person…one man… now what happens to a man who
is no longer equal… in other words, they allow their work to come
first at all cost… they suffer as a person… one of the mantra’s of
today is finding balance in the work/life behavior…finding
the right balance between work and life is a major key to
the mental balance of any human being… we must remain in
within the equation of work/life balance… and you can think of it,
as life is a check on work…and work as a check on life… there must
be some balance between the two for them to work equally…
and checks and balances also works for us individually…
my wife acts as a check and balance on my behavior and actions.
and I act as a check and balance for her actions and behavior…
we provide something very important for the other person…
this idea of checks and balances can also be thought of as feedback…
and this is one of the essential aspects of life…one of the 7 basic features
of life… feedback…we must have feedback from one part of the system to
the other part of the system to allow the system to correct itself…
to provide checks and balances and to keep the equation in the system…
see how checks and balances and keeping an equation becomes the same thing…
so next, we connect other aspects into this…
Kropotkin