encouraging stability from inclusive balance

"what should be encouraged
is the process of
free and fair elections."






this is an easy statement, and illustrates little.











" what is encouraging about
the recent elections in iraq
is the process of precession
towards the process
of free and fair elections"










in order to understand the second phrase,
the iteration of process
can be constructed in analogy thus:

consider a man/woman stood with legs far, far apart
this person may achieve a balance,
but inherent in this position is instability,
which may be brought to bear with little force.

consider an improved position wrt stability
here the legs are brought closer together
allowing a more plastic response to challenge
without compromising balance.














this can be meditated upon to reveal the process
by which conflict can be resolved in real world situations
the first step is to create and stablise the centre or body
which is often the state, certainly a body which assumes state function
and importantly overarches the extremeties[legs]
of competing or conflicting positions.

conversely in an increasingly polarising scene
the adhesion to codes of behaviour embodied,
promoted and maintained by such a state-body
is diminished.

historically speaking, it is this confidence in a state body,
which is the focus or pivotal point of changing emergent conditions
in and between the individual- group-statebody powermatrix.



taken from the authors archives late 2003

-realitystructure



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