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Eye on the world: Raising the standard of government
In “What really fell in Zimbabwe’s coup” The Christian Science Monitor’s Editorial Board writes: “Much of history involves the struggle to create societies based on equal liberty rather than ephemeral rule by family, clan, tribe, patriarchs, clerics, or monarchs. Or, in the case of China, dictatorial rule by a Communist Party that believes only it can define the people’s ‘dream.’ Most of all, history has shown the fallacy of hereditary rule, or a belief that bloodlines determine one’s destiny or that genes and kinship can ensure a righteous ruler. To govern well today requires rulers who understand the bright line between the public interest and private desires….
“Much of the world is still ruled along notions of inequality along social or economic roles, similar to Aristotle’s view that ‘some are free men, and others slaves by nature.’ Yet today’s democracies reflect the Christian era’s ideals of individual conscience, equality before God, mutual respect and responsibility, and a love that includes one’s enemies. “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female,” stated the Apostle Paul.”
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