Civil Society vs Political Society
Edward H. Crain
Napples, Florida Febraury 9th
Research Log #4
Edward Crain did a speech through a podcast about a civil society versus a political society. Crain says “A civil society is where you can make decisions about your life, money, where your kids go to school and how to plan for your retirement.” Then he also states, “A political society is where someone else will make those decisions for you.” I found that to be a very powerful statement, but it is true. Crain believes that the government does have respect for the dignity of the people and we do follow what the constitution holds for us: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. He says we follow the constitution so closely that we, the American people, will even argue wither things are constitutional or unconstitutional. As in there is a rule of law rather than rule of man. He believes that we have a lawless society. The congress and the president have plenty of power to do what they want and that they believe they also have no limitations. Crain quoted congressman Pete Stark, who has recently been reelected to the house for the 20th time in California. Stark said, “The federal government can do almost anything in the country.” Crain thinks this outrageous and no one should have that kind of power in our society. Might as well have a dictatorship. Crain also mentioned that our country always turns to the constitution when we fall out of control, as if to think we need the constitution to help us stay in order. This would make sense because we are a country framed on documents made from the founding fathers.
I really enjoyed this podcast and what Crain had to say in his speech. There were a few things that sort have ventured off topic, but overall a great podcast. I thought that it was interesting to hear someone say that we do always look for the constitution for what is right and what is wrong, but I do not find that to be a bad thing. We are a country based off rules and regulations and we all have standards we try to make. To keep us all in order I think that we do need a higher power government, that doesn’t take fully control, but help us regulate some rules that we all agree on and have the right to appeal it. We will always have government involved wither we like it or not. Realistically, we need them to help us maintain a civil society or else we will have disorder.
I choose this source because I found it interesting to see how we use a civil society and how a political society is different. Apparently a political society takes more control over what we can and cannot do. What I would like to research more about now after listening to this is how if we didn’t have a government to tell us what to do, wouldn’t we have disorder and no one would follow any rules.
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