How to Organize at the Ghetto Level Chapter Three
Freedom, Justice and Equality
Well the first issue is what ought to be the aims of society. What is it that we want our population to get from society and then we can look at how best this can be achieved.
Below is a little play which spells out the issues involved. Which of the three concepts do you favor, one two or all three. How would you go about achieving them?
Here we go:
Freedom, Justice and Equality sat down to discuss their differences as to who in the final differentiation was best for the Citizens.
Equality spoke stating 'Every human being is to be seen as equal. Classes, Kings, and Robber Barons have mounted historically over-weening excesses.
From them sprung oppression, slavery, disease and poverty other multiple negatives in the sad human panoply.
Society rebelled against them all hoisting my banner which reads: 'What We Need is Equality'
All agreed this was so for a time with Justice finally noting 'Well Equality all you say is true but also mark how easy it is to confuse Economic Opportunity with Political Equality. Some systems have one but surely not the other.
These two, of course, are not the same; in fact you Equality are perfectly compatible with Perfect Slavery. All you have to is treat all the slaves the same!
'Besides' Justice said 'Economic Opportunity merely addresses the beginning of the race. What of the middle and the end; is Perfect Inequality tolerated there as millions sink into poverty? '
'No' Justice sighed, 'Equality you are a good plank but you do not over-arc and don't really solve important problems. I, Justice, am needed to balance all the ills you're not able to address.'
Justice shifted slightly in her dark robes and spoke of that need to protect Citizens utilizing legal and governing rules.
'Rule by law not women or men is better grafted to all systems: Balancing and adjusting many of the the ills Undemocracy brings.'
'Justice is centerpiece where all the values of the citizens are sifted and set aright- enforcements of the Covenants. It is I, through which all society is possible.'
Freedom spoke slowly gathering verbal momentum: 'Justice you are mystical but in the end precisely note that laws are made by men and women and is therefore rule by Judges. This does not seem to me to be much better than rule by Kings.'
'No mere Justice does not work for me. Clearly the object we all seek, is Freedom- Me. Justice merely refers to misdeeds but not the essence of what we seek. That would be me Freedom. For here is where all potential is protected, the Cauldron of the Probabilities.
Freedom is what we fight for, you, Justice, we merely sue for- if we have the money to pay your attorneys! '
Equality smiled wryly at Freedom's joke saying 'but you Freedom have many aliases many definitions labeled; which Freedom are you today: Freedom From or Freedom to Free speech or the Freedom of the Road or merely Freedom From All Rules? And I would note you proclaim Liberty For All while tolerating Tyranny while at Work.
You Americans define Freedom as Freedom for Yourself what of Freedom for Others, in fact, the Freedom of the World. You fall silent there.'
Outside a crowd gathered, Justice leaned to part the curtains, describing the outside scene. There was Ethics and Morality, Nature God and Divinity the usual crowd all clamoring to be heard or to gain entry.
Freedom said 'they have right to their say.' Equality mused 'they all make equal claims.' Justice said 'if given the chance like vigilante villagers they'll be pounding closed-fisted at every citizens door.'
They all agreed and sipped their tea until at the appointed hour when key in lock admitted the rightful owner of the house.
Citizens Us was framed in the doorway Portal with her constant companion Social Covenant; They entered with Citizen saying 'You get all three of you if you chose Citizen Community because there you get all of you plus me.
A wonderful morality play. It is obvious to me that we need some of all three of these concepts in order to have a free, just and equal society. If we allow any one of the three to be too overbearing, the imbalance will bring about despair for many. If you wrote this, it is pure genius. If you borrowed it from someone else, please cite their name and give them credit.
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