Tacked up on the bulletin board, penned carefully by hand in black ink on a large sheet of parchment, is a letter with the heading,
Grievances over the Illegitimate State
and Thoughts on Legitimate Government
One year and seventeen days ago, what is commonly referred to as a democratic election began in RhyDin. It is not widely known who precisely started it, but it did begin as a contest between powerful players in RhyDin's political arena with the hypothetical question of what they would do if they were governor. The method is democratic, but the position was initiated by the people not who wished it would exist to establish better government, but by those who wanted that very position for themselves.
It logically follows that not democracy but power was the driving force behind the first gubernatorial election. The position may have been legitimized if a majority of RhyDinians voting was required to put a governor into power. No option of 'We do not want a governor' was offered, but is it the duty of people to vote in an election that the candidates themselves created? In any democratic election, abstinence is a vote of no confidence in the decision involved, which was in this case creating the office of the governor.
Unless 175 people is 51% or even more of the population of RhyDin, most RhyDinians cast a vote of no confidence in the position of governor by virtue of abstinence. Only 70 voted for our current Governor Helston.
The position of governor was created by the candidates, a minority of RhyDinians voted, and not even a majority of those picked our current governor.
A position is only legitimate if it is true to the virtues it was founded upon, and as the position of governor, using an election open to all, was founded upon democracy but is not true to its virtue, then the position of governor is illegitimate.
If there is a mandate from the majority of RhyDinians that we do in fact have a governor rule us, then it also needs to be explicitly mandated what the rights and responsibilities of the position are. Without that, any decision a governor makes is meaningless.
The position, however, illegitimate as it is, has already been created and does not account for abstinence as no confidence. It follows that a sensible alternative be taken, and that a monarchy or other autocracy be established by those most capable. If a position of leadership such as king, prince, or grand duke is founded on monarchy and is true to the virtue of monarchy, it will be legitimate.
This letter is written to draw attention to the fact that our so-called government is hardly a government at all, and certainly illegitimate, and also to call those most capable to establish a legitimate state. More letters will follow. Until then, I am,
Sincerely yours,
An anonymous ghost
Grievances over the Illegitimate State
and Thoughts on Legitimate Government
One year and seventeen days ago, what is commonly referred to as a democratic election began in RhyDin. It is not widely known who precisely started it, but it did begin as a contest between powerful players in RhyDin's political arena with the hypothetical question of what they would do if they were governor. The method is democratic, but the position was initiated by the people not who wished it would exist to establish better government, but by those who wanted that very position for themselves.
It logically follows that not democracy but power was the driving force behind the first gubernatorial election. The position may have been legitimized if a majority of RhyDinians voting was required to put a governor into power. No option of 'We do not want a governor' was offered, but is it the duty of people to vote in an election that the candidates themselves created? In any democratic election, abstinence is a vote of no confidence in the decision involved, which was in this case creating the office of the governor.
Unless 175 people is 51% or even more of the population of RhyDin, most RhyDinians cast a vote of no confidence in the position of governor by virtue of abstinence. Only 70 voted for our current Governor Helston.
The position of governor was created by the candidates, a minority of RhyDinians voted, and not even a majority of those picked our current governor.
A position is only legitimate if it is true to the virtues it was founded upon, and as the position of governor, using an election open to all, was founded upon democracy but is not true to its virtue, then the position of governor is illegitimate.
If there is a mandate from the majority of RhyDinians that we do in fact have a governor rule us, then it also needs to be explicitly mandated what the rights and responsibilities of the position are. Without that, any decision a governor makes is meaningless.
The position, however, illegitimate as it is, has already been created and does not account for abstinence as no confidence. It follows that a sensible alternative be taken, and that a monarchy or other autocracy be established by those most capable. If a position of leadership such as king, prince, or grand duke is founded on monarchy and is true to the virtue of monarchy, it will be legitimate.
This letter is written to draw attention to the fact that our so-called government is hardly a government at all, and certainly illegitimate, and also to call those most capable to establish a legitimate state. More letters will follow. Until then, I am,
Sincerely yours,
An anonymous ghost