[MD] Distinguishing Levels

[ian glendinning]

Khaled,

The fragility is in "acceptance" by the lower level of "rule" by the
higher level, and in what happens when the lower level resists.
Similarly the higher level must never forget it is built on the lower
level "foundation", and that it only exists because that is where it
evolved from. The higher must therefore protect the lower too.

As Platt would remind us the higher level must assert its right to
govern the lower by force if necessary, though I'm not sure I'd give
Platt the executive powers to apply that policy :-)

The intellectual elitism stinks to many people, but it's a part of the
model, as we skate on that thin ice. People who live in
intellectual-ice-houses, etc ...

Ian