to condone violence is to invite violence
if you present violence as a language you speak
when words and reason appear unintelligible or ignored
it may be perceived as the only language you hear and understand
and some will insist on being heard
to excuse violence is to defend it
and bestow its wielders with power
because violence is not power, it is force, a means
power is in the belief and enforcement of accountability and consequence
authoritarians believe in enforcement and accountability
but
in uneven self-serving administration
in a lawed lawlessness
in a paper patina of justice, rights, and freedom
in a civil society enforcement and accountability are
transparent
balanced and biased toward the protection of the individual
against a possible twisted corruption of government and process
for elected governments are reflections
of the people allowed to vote
and the candidates willing to serve
selfish candidates will seed selfish government
a government design to serve a ME cannot serve the WE
It is a choice. It is our choice.
Me the People or We the People
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