CONCLUSION: The Horizon and Limits of Human Nature, Democratic Roads and Constitutionalism

Constitutionalism and democracy can co-exist as long as the agents cooperate with one another as to their respective domains of responsibility. The domain of the constitution is to try to bring order out of chaos and anarchy. The domain of the political system is to give greater voice to We the People. If justice and voice are not fairly dished out, the result will always be instability in the structure of the entities or institutions. As we amply pointed here there is no such thing as “neutral” law or “fair” politics in the brutal world of drag down brawls and fights of the human animal at its elemental condition—the tooth and claw—nature has equipped the human animal with—in the fight that is politics. Hopefully, the reader, at the very least, has been amply warned about the danger the human animal poses to its own kind and to all the other creatures of the earth. And hopefully we should not take matters at face value. If we are presented with a Constitution we should kick the tires first before buying it. If we shake out a Bill of Rights that goes by fancy and beautiful phrases like “human rights,” “civil rights,” etc. that we should take a look under the hood to see what else it is protecting. If our thesis is correct, we should be able to find, uncover, and discover the central protection is “property rights.” So let us not be fooled by beautiful words and kick the tires before buying! We can expect no metaphysical justice to save us or our institutions. Any justice available can only be found in our bones and muscle power. The role of democracy in our civilizational time can go so far and no further.