Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. proves me right and the American people prove him wrong
Posted: 18 Nov 2022, 19:55
Much has been talked about democracy. Joseph Robinette Biden Jr., the current President of the United States of America, has been preaching about the value of democracy, which is the right thing to do if one is a democrat and not a dictator.
While many talk in favor of democracy, I have yet to fully understand when and where it was invented for the first time in ancient times.
Years ago, I made a comment in passant that the "west" did not invent democracy. A reaction to my passant comment has stuck with me to this day for one basic reason. I was accused that my suggestion amounted to appropriating other people's values. My own country man or woman made that accusation, which I didn't expect to come. I have been indifferent to it but I couldn't forget the fallacy of it.
It is well documented that the ancient Greeks started to practice it some 2,500 years ago and that it led to ancient Greece's Classical Civilization. I am also aware of a National Science Foundation funded documentary that pointed out that ancient Greek seafarers borrowed the idea from elsewhere. If that study is substantiated to be true, and I have no reason to doubt it, that means the ancient Greeks did not invent democracy.
The documentary doesn't specify where that elsewhere was or is, historically or contemporarily.
I have on the authority of a Borana man of Ethiopia knowledgeable in tradition that the word pharaoh means turn. It has the same meaning as the Amharic word ፈረቃ። In my understanding, term limit resonates with taking turns.
Does this mean that serious studies in the future about the African Pharaohs is likely to have some answers about where and when democracy was invented? I leave it to serious social science scholars who are interested to find out the answer, if they haven't done so already.
Several weeks ago, it was in the news that Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. said the following: "Nobody {effs] with a Biden." The instant I heard those five words come out of his mouth was when I said he proved me right. I especially noted the article "a" in it.
Does this kind of expression come out of the mouth of anyone who is innately conscious about democracy. I do not think so. The depth of conviction of a man to his own ego is reflective of the depth of his consciousness. That is what I heard him say with those five words.
Several weeks later, the American people elected one branch of U.S. Congress that has now put checks and balances to the Executive Branch that the current President leads. This is when I said that the American people proved him wrong except that the incoming House Speaker appears to be also at par in his convictions to his own ego. That is because I also remember hearing news in which the incoming House Speaker asked who do you think you are talking to when the U.S. was in turmoil on January 6, 2021, about a peaceful transfer of power. Many rightfully argue that a peaceful transfer of power is one of the cornerstones of democracy. By definition, democracy cannot be led by egomaniacs. It is led by egalitarians or equalitarians, if you will.
It is with that depth of limited consciousness about democracy that Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. says that it has never been a good bet to bet against America. If it weren't limited, he would rightly say that it has never been a good bet to bet against democracy. It was never a good bet to bet against democracy in ancient Egypt or ancient Greece. The medieval carnage in Europe had to lead to its rebirth, renaissance, which was then borrowed and planted here in the U.S. so many years later. It was never a good bet to bet against democracy on January 6, 2021, in America that borrowed democratic precepts from elsewhere close to 250 years ago now. I would also argue that it wasn't the old America that made Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. its 46th President. It was democracy that made him the 46th President of the new America.
So, would it be farfetched to say that Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. proved me right and that the American people proved him wrong? I do not think so.
While many talk in favor of democracy, I have yet to fully understand when and where it was invented for the first time in ancient times.
Years ago, I made a comment in passant that the "west" did not invent democracy. A reaction to my passant comment has stuck with me to this day for one basic reason. I was accused that my suggestion amounted to appropriating other people's values. My own country man or woman made that accusation, which I didn't expect to come. I have been indifferent to it but I couldn't forget the fallacy of it.
It is well documented that the ancient Greeks started to practice it some 2,500 years ago and that it led to ancient Greece's Classical Civilization. I am also aware of a National Science Foundation funded documentary that pointed out that ancient Greek seafarers borrowed the idea from elsewhere. If that study is substantiated to be true, and I have no reason to doubt it, that means the ancient Greeks did not invent democracy.
The documentary doesn't specify where that elsewhere was or is, historically or contemporarily.
I have on the authority of a Borana man of Ethiopia knowledgeable in tradition that the word pharaoh means turn. It has the same meaning as the Amharic word ፈረቃ። In my understanding, term limit resonates with taking turns.
Does this mean that serious studies in the future about the African Pharaohs is likely to have some answers about where and when democracy was invented? I leave it to serious social science scholars who are interested to find out the answer, if they haven't done so already.
Several weeks ago, it was in the news that Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. said the following: "Nobody {effs] with a Biden." The instant I heard those five words come out of his mouth was when I said he proved me right. I especially noted the article "a" in it.
Does this kind of expression come out of the mouth of anyone who is innately conscious about democracy. I do not think so. The depth of conviction of a man to his own ego is reflective of the depth of his consciousness. That is what I heard him say with those five words.
Several weeks later, the American people elected one branch of U.S. Congress that has now put checks and balances to the Executive Branch that the current President leads. This is when I said that the American people proved him wrong except that the incoming House Speaker appears to be also at par in his convictions to his own ego. That is because I also remember hearing news in which the incoming House Speaker asked who do you think you are talking to when the U.S. was in turmoil on January 6, 2021, about a peaceful transfer of power. Many rightfully argue that a peaceful transfer of power is one of the cornerstones of democracy. By definition, democracy cannot be led by egomaniacs. It is led by egalitarians or equalitarians, if you will.
It is with that depth of limited consciousness about democracy that Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. says that it has never been a good bet to bet against America. If it weren't limited, he would rightly say that it has never been a good bet to bet against democracy. It was never a good bet to bet against democracy in ancient Egypt or ancient Greece. The medieval carnage in Europe had to lead to its rebirth, renaissance, which was then borrowed and planted here in the U.S. so many years later. It was never a good bet to bet against democracy on January 6, 2021, in America that borrowed democratic precepts from elsewhere close to 250 years ago now. I would also argue that it wasn't the old America that made Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. its 46th President. It was democracy that made him the 46th President of the new America.
So, would it be farfetched to say that Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. proved me right and that the American people proved him wrong? I do not think so.