tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post5335248719348935284..comments2017-04-13T04:47:21.148-06:00William N. Grigghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14368220509514750246noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-47687007943669420582016-05-14T10:25:17.316-06:002016-05-14T10:25:17.316-06:00Politics is war by other means, war is politics by other means is Clausewitz famous summarizing phrase of Western civilization. Political control is about either waging war or threatening to wage war in order to exact tribute. Until the 10th century in Europe soldiers from conquering armies collected tribute directly albeit ineffectively. In time a specialized branch of the conquering army emerged in order to administer a much more detailed tribute collecting mechanism. The Domesday Book was just such a meticulously inventoried list of lootable assets assembled for William the Conqueror. The judiciary evolved out of precisely this knowledge power pair: Its specialized tax assessor&#39;s organized asset manifests, its armed agents enforced tax collection. Political control and its judiciary has always been about conquering and organizing societies into inventoried lootable assets. The modern judiciary plays exactly the same role as it played in the time of William. Williams monarchy has evolved or devolved to democracy depending on one&#39;s perspective but the power knowledge pair of judiciary remains. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-48031915688155248272016-05-12T14:04:17.609-06:002016-05-12T14:04:17.609-06:00&quot;<i>The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one&#39;s time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all.</i>&quot; - H. L. MenckenKent McManigalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05005964583189815410noreply@blogger.com