Democracy in the Balance
Bill Moyers,
Sojourners,
Jul 15, 2004
Not quite my usual fare, but I wanted to share this article that identifies many of my concerns, concerns I feel not just when I look south of the border but also when I look at the environment here at home. "Money has democracy in a stranglehold and is suffocating it.... That's why so many people are turned off by politics. It's why we can't put things right. And it's wrong. Hear the great Justice Learned Hand on this: "If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: ‘Thou shalt not ration justice.'"" It should be noted that when people opt out of politics, they opt out of rule of law also. As it becomes clearer that the law serves special interests, the moral imperative to follow a law vanishes. We tread on dangerous ground when we cede the mechanisms of society to a certain sector, one that harsher and harsher laws won't make right.
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