Posted on 02/19/2010 4:00:35 PM PST by Nachum
In part one, we revealed there are only two kinds of government when you strip away all the smoke and mirrors. Big Government (BG) or Limited Government (LG). Or as we will see in this chapter, “top down” or “bottom up.” The choice you make determines if you support freedom or slavery. Today we’re going to talk about why in more detail.
To start, I need to say that this chapter explores the role of religion as a tool of statecraft. It’s going to discuss how rulers use religion to get what they want. It is not a comment on the merits of any religion, just on how it’s been used.
The earliest form of government is the tribe. The tribe had a chief of some kind who made all the big decisions. The tribe went out and gathered resources and the chief got the pick of the spoils. This system was expanded as civilization grew into villages, towns and cities. There was one person at the top, a ruler. Below them was his support group, a court. And they were the major beneficiaries of whatever wealth the society created. Everyone below them got diminishing returns. This system is still in use today in varying forms. It’s called a top down system. BG systems are all top down no matter how they try to spin it.
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Fascism is about industrialization and unemployment. Germany is the best example but China is the growing danger.
Employment is absolutely used as a carrot/stick by fascist social engineers. Hard to implement in a fully prosperous society where citizens are free to make for their own wants/needs without knowing the right handshake. Possibly why they seem to pop up in countries after the economic destruction caused by utopian collectivist movements?
The middle classes (typically small business owners or those who manage larger interests) present just as much a problem to fascists as to other mass movements - they abhor independence - so their businesses are dismantled by gov’t regulation, or put out of business by competitors who are awarded gov’t favor, or the individuals are criminalized and persecuted through the courts, or their businesses/jobs are outright seized and given as awards to members.
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