Communities, societies and private power

There are many people who want communities and society to wield power. This=
 may sound warm and fuzzy until one finds out what that means. We have here=
 am authority that is unelected, unaccountable, unofficial, unbalanced and =
unchecked - that as such has nothing to keep it from becoming tyrannical an=
d corrupt. And many societies and communities become both.

They have high levels of incest. They have high levels of domestic violence=
. They have extreme conformity pressure and am aggressively anti-intellectu=
al attitude. For as long as wrong things are done in the name of community =
and society that discredits community and society. And that leads many cons=
cientious people to become antisocial.

Now there are many people who militate against the government and see it as=
 the root of oppression. In Western democracies the biggest abuser isn't go=
vernment but private citizens and private organizations. That government ca=
n go wrong is most certainly true. However it's not the only thing that is =
capable of doing wrong. And it becomes imperative, in order to avoid tyrann=
y, to check the private entities as readily as the government in order to a=
void what amounts to hidden tyranny and corruption.

It is inevitable that people will form communities and societies. What is n=
ot inevitable is that wrong be done in their name. If communities and socie=
ties are to be organs of power then it must be official, checked and balanc=
ed. Their practices must be written down and subject to a vote. Then we wil=
l see less wrong done in the name of society and community and there will b=
e greater respect for both.