[GJM] #8 On The Inner Structure Of TOP (The Optimum Policy)

[wesburt at juno.com]

Hello again, Derek,

It has been more than six years since you 
posted several of my figures on the Free 
Speech web site, only to find out that they 
were politically incorrect.  Quite by chance,
I stumbled on Noam Chomsky's reply to your 
inquiry in his listing at ZNet, and from there 
to your article: "Divided Church is Dividing 
the Nation," with the first and last paragraphs 
inserted below.  I was pleased to find you 
again, after being out of touch for years.

~~~~~~~~~~ Begin excerpt ~~~~~~~~~
Divided Church is Dividing the Nation 
By Derek Darves 

Together with some coworkers, I played 
hooky from work last week and went
to see the activist filmmaker Michael 
Moore speak at the county fairgrounds 
in Eugene, Ore. Although he certainly 
gave a great speech, I knew what his 
political views were ahead of the event. 
What I learned was: If there is anything 
positive about this horrendous presidency, 
it is that the left is probably more unified 
and active than it's been for many years. 
~~~~~~~~~ Big snip ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To be sure, I deeply affirm the value of 
the separation of church and state. 
Nonetheless, I see the state as the 
ongoing and inevitable hostage of the 
church so long as it remains locked in 
a cultural battle that only distracts 
from its true destiny as a vessel of 
compassion and decency. 

Derek Darves is a data analyst for a 
non-profit social research company
in Eugene, Oregon. Born in Montreal, 
Canada, he has lived in the U.S. for 
over a decade. Derek may be reached 
by email at derekd at ori.org.
~~~~~~ End excerpt  from Derek ~~~~~

>From my reading of the literature of our 
four Western religious traditions: Jewish, 
Catholic, Muslim, and Protestant I could 
not find an example of the State acting as 
a "vessel of compassion and decency" 
anywhere between the Folly Of Rehoboam, 
B.C. 975, (I Kings 12), and, the founding of 
the United States as an agrarian society 
of property owning farmers and small 
businessmen.

The attached monetary history Fig. 2-3e 
indicates that the US enjoyed a hundred 
year period of "compassion and decency" 
from the State as indicated by the steadily 
increasing value of our money from colonial 
times (except during wars) through the 1890s, 
when the work force shifted to a defensive 
mode of work and deflation changed to 2.3% 
inflation through 1971.  Since the 1890s, 
there has been NO, none, corrective 
legislation except the short lived 1942 
G. I. Bill.

Of course, Thomas Paine proposed the 
necessary corrective legislation in his 
writings.  The Church Of Rome echoed 
his work in their encyclical letters 1891, 
1931, and 1981; but the principle of 
Subsidiarity remained in force.  Then also, 
the post war economic miracles of Japan 
and the Euro Nations lasted only three 
decades before their principles were 
forgotten or lost to public view and the 2981 
year old status quo restored in Europe.

As Fig. 17f shows, "compassion and 
decency" have been showered on our 
capital assets by our corporations, but the 
State still prefers ever growing remedial 
welfare payments in place of an adequate 
investment in the development of our 
human assets. 

if these latest revisions of my figures might 
be useful in your work, Derek, please put 
them to work.  They are all public information.

Kind regards,

Wes Burt
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

               TOP and TWP are cognoscible on
                Dr. W. Curtiss Priest's web site at:
                    <http://www.epie.org/cyber-
                             soc/default.htm>
                 TOP is GOOD --- TWP is EVIL
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