The Law of an Oligarchic Democracy

 

While the oligarchs

keep increasing their influential power

and obscene wealth,

the universal power

of the people,

inherent in a democracy

keeps diminishing;

until it becomes

a mere shadow

of itself.

*Excerpted from an unpublish manuscript: Breakthrough, A Paradigm Shift to an Ecological Consciousness

 
John Legate

John taught philosophy in Toronto. His Master thesis was entitled, Zen and Creativity. He studied with three Zen Masters and learned Tai Chi from a Taoist master. He was asked to teach in 1989. He has given talks, workshops,and seminars in Zen and Tai Chi for over 30 years in Canada, the U.S.A. and Mexico.

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