The progression from high-minded ideals to crass opportunism is inevitable in any system of representative government. It's akin to Gresham's Law — over time, bad voters and politicians will always drive out the good. Sound money, money based upon a standard of value (e.g. gold) holds its value over time; money based upon itself (fiat currency) becomes corrupt and loses value as time passes. Just as money requires some immutable standard in order to retain its value as a unit of exchange, human government needs some immutable source of authority in order to retain its value as a method of organizing society. The traditional Western form of government — monarchy — provides this: an immutable Source of Authority (the Almighty), who establishes Princes among men to govern them (
cf. Rom. 13).
If you’ve found a human prince you’re prepared to serve, nothing stops you from serving him.
I would be curious who concretely that might me.
And if you’re not serving him, why not?