In any journey, however small or large, two things absolutely must be known: where you are, and where you are going. It can be described as the art and science of orienteering; merit badges are awarded in scouting for proficiency in this using maps, and that is a fine thing, but the implications of this principle extend far beyond that realm–to infinity, actually.
Proper organizing principles by which we will live cannot be properly conceived without accurate insight into what it means to be human. It is not even implied here that ultimate knowledge of this subject is now at hand, or likely ever will be. It is now pretty clear, however, that some vital, fundamental things are known–revealed to us by scientific inquiry into quantum physics and cosmology, not politicians.
Of course this is way too big a subject to delve into in any detail here, but there are two basic possibilities, as alluded to in a previous post: the reality in which find ourselves is random and chaotic, requiring imposed order, or that reality is profoundly orderly, strongly suggesting the proper course is seeking to understand this deep order, and proceed within that understanding.
It is now strongly suggested by the findings of quantum physics that there literally is no such thing as inert matter. There is strong evidence suggesting that the ground state of being itself, and therefore all matter, is what we describe as consciousness. Subatomic particles, and photons of light, for example, seem to make conscious choices in laboratory experiments. Scientists conducting these experiments will flatly tell you there is no, absolutely no, simple, ordinary explanation for this behavior.
It can be thereby be quite strongly inferred that the ground-state of being can be described as what we call “will.” We commonly use the expression “will to live,” but it is not remotely suggested here that subatomic particles and photons possess anything like human consciousness. It can be strongly inferred, however, that our ordinary understanding of what we describe as “consciousness” is not an epiphenomenon of brain function. Indeed, it seems to make more sense now to see it the other way around: not merely our brains, but our entire universe, and everything in it, is an epiphenomenon of consciousness!
Our project of political-economic orienteering must, can only properly, begin with this insight into where we are. It is the interpretation and extrapolation of this author that there are two basic forces present in our universe, i.e., the reality in which we find ourselves: will and reason. Will being present in (as) the ground state of being, reason being something that is introduced into that reality. This can then be easily and logically extrapolated into explaining how and why there are what can be described as two basic kinds of people, and therefore two fundamental political forces that naturally evolve–finding expression in our modern world as two distinct political parties.
This absolutely is not just a matter of good verses evil. It is not that simple. Of course there are such things as what we can quite unambiguously describe as “good,” and “evil,” but it is an oversimplification by far to conceive that “will” is bad, or even evil, although it’s not too clear how “reason” can be anything other than good. But when contemplation of this insight begins to proceed even just a bit, it can be seen how “good,” in an absence of “will,” can be feckless. Even just a bit of contemplation can reveal that both forces are necessary; the proper goal can be understood as proper balance between the two forces.