DEVOUT STATE WORSHIP
Eric Blankenburg reminds me that those who worship the state are far more devout than those who worship the divine.
“State fundamentalism” the most intolerant religion ever invented, with the most suicidal doctrine ever invented.
Source date (UTC): 2014-03-08 01:45:00 UTC
[L]ets just keep in mind that Universalist Secular Democratic Socialist Humanism, is a religion too OK? There is precious little difference between the church and the university liberal arts department except the anthropomorphized ‘we’ of a god has been replaced with the corporate ‘we’ of the state. In practice there is zero difference between them. Universalism whether under the edict of a mythical god, or the edict of a corporate state is equally unscientific.
[L]ets just keep in mind that Universalist Secular Democratic Socialist Humanism, is a religion too OK? There is precious little difference between the church and the university liberal arts department except the anthropomorphized ‘we’ of a god has been replaced with the corporate ‘we’ of the state. In practice there is zero difference between them. Universalism whether under the edict of a mythical god, or the edict of a corporate state is equally unscientific.
THE UNIVERSALIST STATE AS RELIGION
Lets just keep in mind that Universalist Secular Democratic Socialist Humanism, is a religion too OK? And so is postmodernism. There is precious little difference between the church and the university liberal arts department except the anthropomorphized ‘we’ of a god has been replaced with the corporate ‘we’ of the state. In practice there is zero difference between them. Universalism whether under the edict of a mythical god, or the edict of a corporate state is equally unscientific.
(originally posted on Salon. archived here.)
Source date (UTC): 2014-03-07 01:34:00 UTC
THE SILVER RULE IS ARISTOCRATIC (TRUE), THE GOLEN RULE IS SOCIALIST (FALSE)
Christianity has it backwards you know. The golden rule is stated from a slave’s perspective: “do to others as you would have done to you”. This implies equality that can never exist except among the destitute. It is also not very useful for complex societies.
The anglo saxon version is the correct one: “never do to others that which you would not have done to you.” (AEthelbert).
I cannot know or achieve equality. I can never know what to do. I can however, know what NOT to do.
This is true for any theoretical construct.
The golden rule is false, and the silver rule is true, for these reasons.
Source date (UTC): 2014-03-04 11:14:00 UTC
YES. BUT WHAT IF OUR CONCEPT OF ‘CHURCH’ CHANGES?
–“We have seen that a universal church is apt to come to birth during a Time of Troubles following the breakdown of a civilization and to unfold itself within the political framework of the ensuing universal state. We have seen also… that the principal beneficiaries of the institutions maintained by universal states have been universal churches; and it is therefore not surprising that the champions of a universal state, whose fortunes are on the wane, should dislike the spectacle of a universal church growing within its bosom. The church is therefore likely to be regarded… as a social cancer responsible for the decline in the state.”– A J Toynbee
Property
Militia
Chivalry
Common Law
Banking and Finance
Source date (UTC): 2014-02-25 05:56:00 UTC
ARISTOCRACY, GODS AND PRAYER : A CURE FOR THE GOD THAT FAILED
(meaningful)
Aristocracy prays, if it does, to its ancestors. And you pray to your ancestors only if they are worth praying to. Moreover, you pray to some other god only because your ancestors are not worth praying to.
All gods exist – at least as much as ideas exist. The question is the relative merit of each. The merit of any god, any religion, is the status of the people who worship it. If a people prosper and endure then they chose the right gods. If they suffer in ignorance and poverty, then they chose the wrong gods.
Clearly the corporate State, the “God That Failed” was a bad god to pray to. Our old gods must mourn. And the other gods must laugh at them. Because all evidence indicates, that the State is the god of Genocide.
In that sense, the god of the State, the god of Genocide, is not a failure. The god of Genocide succeeds so more every day. The “God That Failed” is then, a mistake. It is not the god that failed: it is we who failed in choosing our god.
No man will pray to ancestors that are not his. No man will pray to ancestors that are not worthy. And men who pray to unworthy gods will pay for it. And men who pray to genocidal gods, will pay with their genes – forever. A never-ending price.
There are many gods. That is just an irrefutable scientific fact. The question is who we choose as our gods. One always chooses a god. Even if one chooses not to. Choosing not to, is a choice too. And at least empirically speaking, it appears to be a very bad one. Because it is a lie. Without choosing other gods, we of necessity choose the state. And the state is a genocidal god.
Curt Doolittle
Kiev
Source date (UTC): 2014-02-23 15:03:00 UTC
THERE ARE BUT THREE WAYS TO CONTROL A PEOPLE:
1) MORAL ARGUMENT
i – Tools: Religion. Shaming. Rallying. Deception. Obscurantism.
ii – Threat:Inclusion and Exclusion from the benefit of group membership.
iii – Our defense: Reason, Science, Propertarianism (the logic of cooperation)
2) VIOLENCE
i – Tools: War. Law. Police.
ii – Threat: death, deprivation, takings.
iii – Our defense: The Militia. Rule of law. Common Law. Constitution. Property Rights.
3) REMUNERATION
i – Tools : Fiat money. Fiat Credit. Taxation. (extraction)
ii – Threat : deprivation. poverty.
iii – Our Defense: Precious metals. private money. digital currency.
A PEOPLE MUST POSSESS THESE DEFENSES TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM THE PREDATORY STATE.
a) Reason. Science. Propertarianism.
b) The Militia. Rule of Law. Common Law. Constitution. Property Rights.
c) Natural Money. Private money. Digital Money.
IT IS AFTER THE PEOPLE POSSESS THESE THINGS, AND ONLY AFTER, THAT IT IS SAFE TO USE THE STATE FOR MUTUAL INSURANCE AND CARE-TAKING.
The government is a very dangerous thing. Like all dangerous things, it may have benefits. But only if the dangers are handled with the extreme caution that they deserve. Like all harmful things, the state will harm those who attempt to gain its benefits without paying the high cost of its careful handling.
Source date (UTC): 2014-02-23 13:42:00 UTC
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_traditions_and_superstitionsSUPERSTITIONS AS LAWS
Having a great, fun, chat with Paul Bakhmut on Slavic superstition and he’s connecting the dots for me on the use of superstitions in lieu of laws. It’s genius. I love it. All these superstitions have some useful purpose.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_traditions_and_superstitions
Source date (UTC): 2014-02-23 09:30:00 UTC
WESTERN (ANGLO) POLICY IN FOUR RULES
1) Secular Christianity (“Human Rights Worship”)
Individuals have property rights including to the self, that states may not violate. (This is ‘rule of law’ or ‘natural law’ that constrains the state – any state and all states.) Property rights, (human rights), science and Reason therefore determine the validity of any discourse, and no other values ever, take precedence over them.
2) Commercial Prosperity (“mutually beneficial voluntary exchange”)
Principle: Adam Smith. The wealthier we are the more choices we have, the better lives that we have. (This actually appears to have limits.)
3) Good Commercial World Citizenship (“”)
You have the obligation to conduct your competition through trade, and that is the only competition that you may conduct – because it is mutually beneficial. If you conduct any other kind of competition then we will also engage in that competition to protect the pattern of trade.
4) Self Determination – You may choose your own government. However, you and your government will be held responsible for 1,2 and 3 above. You will be allowed to select any self determination that does not violate 1,2 and 3.
UNFORTUNATELY THE WEST ONLY TALKS ABOUT SELF DETERMINATION. WHICH CONFUSES THE “DEVELOPING” WORLD.
Source date (UTC): 2014-02-22 06:41:00 UTC