C.: d.c. had to work late again. He said that one of the inmates told an officer that he was having a seizure, so he needed to go to medical and stay there until he was done having the seizure. Before d.c. could call the provider to get the inmate released, another inmate knocked on the door. He wanted to return his used tube of hemorrhoid cream, complete with the applicator, because his hemorrhoids weren’t bothering him anymore. d.c. couldn’t get in touch with the provider after being obligated to tell the second inmate not to return hemorrhoid cream, even if he didn’t need it anymore. The on-call provider had turned in for the evening, and didn’t want to be disturbed, so she didn’t answer the phone. I suppose he’ll be there all night, so d.c. wanted me to look at this excerpt from his fourth novel, “The Magruder Mysteries: A Full Pardon; A Graying of the Law. The title of the chapter is the “Conspiracy Theory.” I wonder what it’s about?
THE CONSPIRACY THEORY
The ancient Greek philosopher Plato believed that he had created the ultimate theory for rulership of a sovereign nation. His concept was deemed “democratic socialism.” This concept had as its creed “the greatest amount of good for the greatest amount of people.” This concept is still held in high regard by many people today. Most communist nations declare that this is the principle on which communism was founded.
What those who don’t bother to explore this concept fully are unaware of is that Plato, in his model, didn’t believe that the common, ordinary man or woman was capable of making the correct choice when it came to national and local leadership. Plato, and others like him, believed that the only people with enough education and common sense to decide leadership for their country were the “Proletariat.” These were the ruling class of people in the ancient Greek world. Because they didn’t regard the common people in the general population to be desirable, these were often severely inbred people who were subject to mental illnesses. Some, however, would be considered geniuses in the modern world, because they were the fortunate ones who received a double dose of healthy genes. It may have been these few exceptions that would keep Plato’s theory alive for thousands of years. There are still those who believe that, even in the modern free world, the “Ruling Class” decides who is and is not suitable to hold office. Jay Magruder is about to become privy to some information that will lead him to believe that those people may not be entirely inaccurate in their thinking.
C.: Wow! On my home planet, the Planet of the Talking Cats, we have a much more sophisticated way of deciding who’s in control of the planet. We all line up side by side and play a game of duck, duck, goose. The goose gets to rule the planet, as long as he or she can outrun the other cat back to the circle. It’s a large planet, though, so anyone who can circumvent the planet at its equator deserves to be the leader, because no other cat would be able to catch him or her if the leader did something wrong.
I’m Cal.E. Kat, with another addition of Cal.E.’s Korner. Please join us tomorrow, when my co host, d.c. scot and I will accurately predict the winner of this year’s Super Bowl!
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