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» pink101 - Legitimate Authority of Government

In response to Have You Noticed posted by pink101:
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The legitimate authority of government in a democratic society is derived from the consent of the people.
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But, some people of politics see their ascendancy to positions of authority as license to exercise their personal power during their tenure of office. Such a person is George W. Bush who uses his authority as president to exercise his personal power over those he defeated.in his run for office. Whereas LEGITIMATE authority puts leaders of a democratic society in a position of representing a unified electorate, our present president has used his authority as a stepping off place to accumulate power with which he divides our nation; thus creating factions. And, he is taking us in a direction toward demagogic fascism. And that makes his political base very happy because they believe in the right of power to dominate. They ARE the Christian right.
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-- posted by pink101