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Government By The People For The People Becomes Meaningless Unless It Includes Major Economic Decision-making By The People For The People. This Is Not Simply An Economic Matter. In Essence It Is An Ethical And Moral Question, For Whoever Takes The Important Economic Decisions In Society Ipso Facto Determines The Social Priorities Of That Society.

A Rat Race Is For Rats. We're Not Rats. We're Human Beings. Reject The Insidious Pressures In Society That Would Blunt Your Critical Faculties To All That Is Happening Around You, That Would Caution Silence In The Face Of Injustice Lest You Jeopardise Your Chances Of Promotion And Self-advancement.

The Task Of The Media In A Democracy Is Not To Ease The Path Of Those Who Govern, But To Make Life Difficult For Them By Constant Vigilance As To How They Exercise The Power They Only Hold In Trust From The People.

Dictators Can Fix Up Their Entire Families In Good Jobs, In Or Around Government, And Often Do. In Democracies, Such A Practice Is Frowned Upon. Privileged Access To The Corridors Of Power Through Family Connections And A Kind Of Old Boys' Network, Is Also Deemed An Abuse Of Power, And So It Is.

From The Olympian Heights Of An Executive Suite, In An Atmosphere Where Your Success Is Judged By The Extent To Which You Can Maximise Profits, The Overwhelming Tendency Must Be To See People As Units Of Production, As Indices In Your Accountants' Books.