What Is Common Sense

In America, we operate under certain assumptions. "Common Sense" is one of those....

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• "The First Amendment makes confidence in the Common Sense of our people and in the maturity of their judgment the great postulate of our democracy." - William Orville Douglas.

Common Sense is a uniquely American concept which presumes the verifiable existence of certain fundamental, commonly held, and basic understandings shared by all members of our collective society. Although the American society offers no formal training or classroom instruction in areas of strictly Common Sense, people who lack in having it are often publicly humiliated and relegated to the status of a mere halfwit. These incidents are easily justified by the American population on the grounds that the classroom and study materials are equally available to all.

The classroom is the Earth and everyone's birth is the price of their own admission. Common Sense is readily acquired through a personal and day to day observation of the natural world and the interplay, of our fellow human beings, who are involved in it. Being A: "Learn it, as you go, system," Common Sense even makes allowance for the fact that we all operate at some different levels of perception in this area.... As any Real American can tell you, "It is only Common Sense, that [even] Common Sense should be that way!"

Popular Democracy A Vehicle For Tyranny

One reader of yesterday’s editorials, brought up a very important issue, of which our more enlightened ancestors were fully aware, and our own more modern generation doesn’t seem to grasp. The concept of “Tyranny” – as literally defined, philosophically alluded to, or even spiritually grasped – has absolutely nothing to do with the physical number, or percentile quantity, of the participants to such unethical, immoral, illegal, anti-social, and politically dis-enfranchising behaviors! While a “Dictator,” “Despot,” or “King,” may only be one individual; it requires a numerous number of [objectively] other Tyrants in order to achieve and [extensively] maintain his undeserved political power.

As our ancestors were so oft to say, “Birds of a feather, oft stay together” and nowhere is this saying more true than while living under a Tyranny…. Could Hitler, Lenin, or Mao have accomplished their tasks without the readily apparent aid of millions, throughout their own nations? Could Franco, Mussolini, or Peron have maintained their political hegemonies without a large percentage of their own populations walking behind them? Of course, not! Just as criminals will [often] team up in order to accomplish their objectives [even though they, may, personally hate one another]… Despotisms require Tyrants to combine their forces for [their-own] mutually beneficial purposes!

The Importance Of Religious Perspective

The Traditional American Worldview has [always] been comprised of the three co-existent and co-equal philosophical threads of: History, Religion, and Politics! That is because; each of these highly relevant societal threads offers a unique depth of insight into, and perspective upon, the moral and ethical choices we face as an active, vibrant, and dynamic society - at large.

Most of us [modern Americans], understand the blatant relevance of Politics in a world where: numerous competing interests, vigorous debates, and highly essential compromises are a societal-given. Many of us [well-educated Americans], can perceive the importance of History where our own personal experiences have given us an important insight into its readily apparent value - in general. However, very few of us [thoroughly-jaded Americans] may even speculate upon their seemingly unwise attachment to Religion as a relevant societal underpinning! Why would they incorporate such [seemingly-backward] concepts into their ongoing and forward looking societal equations? Why, indeed?