Posted on 12/19/2023 6:04:57 AM PST by MtnClimber
If a way were discovered to produce free material wealth, in unlimited supply, the initial result would likely be something that feels like utopia. With all material needs satisfied, what need would there be for conflict, for competition, for war? That initial phase, however, would be only temporary. That is because human greed is not restricted to money and material things. A far greater greed among humans is the greed for power — the lust to rule.
Lucifer had everything he could have wanted, except for one thing: to be God. Pursuit of that “one thing” has plagued all of creation ever since.
The lust for power affects kings and peasants alike, albeit on different scales. Greed for power is congenital. It need not be rational. Even in very small groups of people, petty power struggles can become brutal. It has been noted, in various forms of expression, that “academic politics is the most vicious and bitter form of politics, because the stakes are so low.”
It is that form of greed, not the lust for gold, that has dominated human history. Yes, material wealth is a huge factor, but it has always been only a means to an end. That end is empire.
Today, we see politicians and governments promising great material comforts to all their populations. Some promise it by rewarding work, but most promise it by taking from those who produce wealth and giving it away freely to those who produce nothing — nothing but support for the rulers. That, in fact, is the coin of the realm.
The lockdowns of 2020 were not a reaction to a deadly plague. They were not even effective for that purpose. Sweden and several American states proved that.
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Power over others is why many (maybe most) go into politics.
Yes. All of it stems from the desire to dominate.
“The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire.”
― Robert A. Heinlein
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Excellent article / observations. This is exactly what people like Zukerberg and Soros and Bezos get off on. Ruling over other people. They’re desperately researching life extension technology / nutrition because they fear losing their power to death. And their goal is to control society. It’s similar to satan’s lust for power and that is why we know these elites are controlled by a satanic spirt.
If these people would just humble themselves before God and accept Jesus as their Savior, then they would know true peace and joy.
Just think of the good that they could accomplish in this world for God’s Kingdom if they chose to serve Him instead of serving themselves. They will never be happy or at peace unless they make the right choice. Why is it so hard for them to understand? Perhaps because they live in a bubble of their own making and satan has deceived them.
“Now I will tell you the answer to my question. It is this. The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power, pure power. What pure power means you will understand presently. We are different from the oligarchies of the past in that we know what we are doing. All the others, even those who resembled ourselves, were cowards and hypocrites. The German Nazis and the Russian Communists came very close to us in their methods, but they never had the courage to recognize their own motives. They pretended, perhaps they even believed, that they had seized power unwillingly and for a limited time, and that just around the corner there lay a paradise where human beings would be free and equal. We are not like that. We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. Power is not a means; it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power. Now you begin to understand me.”
― George Orwell, 1984
This country started with LIMITED government. The Founders understood human nature. But it has all drifted. It’s all about the Power now.
The author might want to revise that claim, as there was also the lady protester who was beaten to death while unconcious by DC cops in the tunnel...one of these cops later went on to lie in testimony before Pelosi's kangaroo hearing. And the guy (also a protester) who died of some preexisting condition.
The Rats will do anything to achieve power and even more to keep it.
They will do anything to keep PDJT out of the WH.
Another thing to watch is, that since Brandon is such a liability, they take him out and set up some MAGA person as a patsy.
Read a book about something like that.
“...one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship...”
Truer words have never been printed.
I’m going to have to dig out my copy and re-read. Much more seriously this time.
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