Posted on 10/12/2024 8:50:58 AM PDT by Starman417
In ancient Egypt pharaohs were considered gods. They believed that when a pharaoh died, he would continue to lead them from the beyond, which partially explains why they had such ornate tombs. At roughly the same time, Japanese emperors were similarly thought to be gods, a practice that continued until 1945, when, after the war the emperor was required to explain to his people that he, in fact, was not a god.
In the Roman Empire, while emperors were not considered gods while living, most were deified upon death. While living however they were thought to have authority that had been divinely endowed.
Later, through much of European history, monarchs were often thought to be divinely inspired. There existed a concept called the Divine Right of Kings which suggested that kings were anointed by God and ruled by his grace. As such, they did not have to answer to anyone on this earthly plain, whether the Pope, parliament, nobles or anyone else. Of course ruling via God’s grace didn’t always protect kings from earthly dangers – in the form of assassinations or wars between two simultaneously divinely inspired enemies or your run of the mill usurper – but it was a great gig, if you could keep it.
As regal and majestic as all of this sounds, in reality, divine rule was nothing more than a tool to help establish legitimacy and maintain power for the ruling elites. Who could be a more powerful ally in demonstrating that an individual or a group should have power than God? Using armies and weapons to keep subjects from questioning authority or revolting could be expensive. It was cheaper to do so through or with the assistance of religious beliefs. If one could convince a man that his king was acting in the stead of God, the threshold of abuse he would accept before revolting would be much higher than if the king were just a man.
While the United States has never had a king – divine or otherwise as George Washington quashed that when offered the crown and turned it down – our Declaration of Independence, the document that established our nation, looks to God for inspiration.
That doesn’t mean we aren’t ruled by gods, however.
I’ve always wondered why some of America’s richest people, particularly tech and finance types lean to the left. How could someone who has benefited so extraordinarily from the American system support ideas that are so anathema to its very existence? The things they support generally include bigger government, higher taxes, limitations on freedoms of speech and the right to bear arms among others.
The first is bigger government. Many corporations see increasing regulations as a means to limit competition. By supporting minimum wage hikes or increased reporting regulations or mandates, large companies – many of whom are controlled or owned by billionaires – can and do use the government to impose costs that cripple small competitors while they themselves have the resources to easily comply.
Coincidentally, concurrently, the elites, particularly those in tech and on Wall Street, have little connection to the real world most Americans inhabit. From farms to restaurants to retail stores to truck drivers, the elites, in their remote offices and relatively low regulatory environments aren’t much impacted when OSHA or the DOT or EPA issue new regulations that handicap small business owners. While Wall Street may be heavily regulated as it relates to advertising and fiduciary responsibilities, the actual buying and selling is relatively unregulated when compared to the red tape blue collar industries face.
When it comes to higher taxes, this is usually a red herring for America’s barons. Many of America’s wealthiest leftists call for higher income taxes, one most of them don’t actually pay. Most billionaires don’t pay themselves much of a taxable salary and they earn most of their incomes from stock sales or dividends, which are typically taxed at a lower rate. Regardless, even if capital gains taxes were increased, they find opaque tax avoidance schemes that often reduce their taxes to zero or less, options that are rarely available to the average millionaire, nevermind the average Joe.
Free speech is another element of American culture that elites seem to have little appreciation for. Leftists of all income ranges favor curtailing conservative speech, with violence a common tactic on college campuses. The elites don’t dirty their hands with violence, of course, rather seeking to act through their control over social and traditional media, or via DEI coercion tactics of firms like BlackRock and Citadel.
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Not to mention the mini kings & queens in CONgre$$. Hades is too mild for Billy Trey Gates.
“Government is not reason, it is not eloquence-it is force! Like fire it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master; never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.” - George Washington
America’s “gods” are centered in Washington DC. The “city of evil” is a lair of demons whose ruthless power over the people must be destroyed for the nation to survive.
Ephesians 6.12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Part of the leadin is inaccurate; the “Divine Right of Kings” bit in particular involved kings being anointed by the local Christian clergy and therefore binding themselves to Christian norms to a greater or lesser degree (except for people like Henry...)
Anyway this was a great improvement over king as simply the guy who personally or with his buddies would lop your head off if you didn’t obey him.
The modern neo-feudalism is more of the Egyptian or Chinese style where the emperor is the religion and the state in his own person.
One of the many reasons leftists degrade education is that if people actually learned history, they might notice that leftists love to mock Christianity when rulers use religion as a tool of social control at the same time seeking to have similar social control themselves in the name of dirt or a disguised version of a deadly sin (e.g. “equity” is just envy with a sales job).
Agree 100%
bill g is no god..
a goddarn pervert ignoranest pineapple filled up with himself
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