Government

A wise man, whose biography i am currently reading (and being delighted and intrigued by this incredibly interesting and brilliant man), it would be JRR Tolkien, author of The Lord of The Rings, recently made into a movie most successfully by Peter Jackson, took and interesting stance on government. He said "I am not a 'democrat', if only because 'humility' and equality are spiritual principles corrupted by the attempt to mechanize and formalize them, with the result that we get not universal smallness and humility, but universal greatness and pride, till some Orc gets hold of a ring of power - and then we get and are getting slavery" - JRR Tolkien. Now this is very interesting. Lately i have realized that government as a whole is incredibly flawed. To go even further, ALL forms of government are flawed. Basically, all forms of government fail completely with time, just some forms take longer to fail completely than others. For example, Communism failed within 100 years, ex: USSR. Democracy, on the other hand, has been working for more than 200 years, ex: USA. Monarchy has worked for many years, hundreds actually, ex:France, Britain, and Russia. Now monarchy is special in that it may have failed quickly, with the kingdom falling into disrepair, starving subjects, etc., but the monarchy stayed intact simply because of the power it wielded. In the end, though, monarchy usually fails, and very few monarchies still function today. Democracy works quite well, except that people are easily corrupted. Thus a government based on people would become corrupted easily. However, it takes into consideration all of the opinions and desires of the people, so usually most of the people are kept happy, but people are not always happy with what is right, and what is right does not always make people happy, and thus something that is not best for the country is easily done. It works well, until someone(s) in power, in democracy's case the people, gets corrupted (the "Orc" obtaining a "ring of power") and then it all falls to shambles and the people are forced to do something that is not good for them and/or something they do not like. All in all, the only form of government that works indefinitely is a benevolent dictatorship, with Jehovah as the benevolent dictator. He loves all men, and has their best intrests at heart. So, he will act to keep them happy, unless keeping them happy is not best for them, in which case he will do what is best for them, because he loves them, i'll bring more on the definition of lvoe used here, and thus the people are kept happy most of the time, and the best is always doen for the people. No Corrruption. Just think about this while watching CNN. Have a God-filled Day! Consider putting him in charge of YOUR life!