One night, I was thinking of harmonics in guitar, which is the production of sound without allowing the guitar string to vibrate. Using harmonics produces the same note as with playing with frets but in a different expression. This is just like two guitarist playing the same melody, but interpreting it different from each other. I was thinking of this while listening Metallica's "Welcome Home". In the intro of the song, there are harmonic expressions as also in "Nothing Else Matters". This gave me an idea about how people express the same idea in a different expression style. An idea can be articulated through a poem, a novel, drama or a short story. These are all ways in which a single idea is expressed in a variety of ways. For example, in politics, there are political parties. Some of these parties cluster around as sets of left, right or extremist wing ideas. Whatever cluster each party belongs to, it shares a common idea with the sets of other parties in the same cluster. However, their individual expression of the idea differs from the individual expression of ideas of other parties.
To conclude, if using harmonics and some other method of expression at the same time creates a music of harmony which appeals to the ear, in politics the expression of different voices should be accepted as creating a harmony. Here is a question. What is "harmony" in politics???
The answer: Democracy
Why democracy?
Because it is the expression of the same idea in different ways or voices.
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