What a great piece. I think you’re exactly right about the analogy between the Praetorian Guard and the security services of today. Do you think it’s naïve to think there is occasionally a third thing between democracy/republicanism and dictatorship where for brief moments of history we might have a ruler who unites his lords in the shared pursuit of virtue? Plato thought the sword of Damocles hung over tyrants, because they had to use fear or manipulation to control the men around them. That’s why the tyrant is the most unhappy of men. Plato’s idea of a philosopher king is someone who does not suffer in this way because his men understand that he is doing what is right. It's the kind of leadership a father has in a family, and I guess we have the archetype of Camelot for this...
Thanks for the nice comment, Hugh. Yes, I do think there are periods within history and cycles where there are golden periods of virtue, but these are usually brief and ephemeral, a perhaps lucky coincidence where certain cultural, religious, and governmental trends converge. It takes a strong ruler and an oligarchy willing to follow his rule out of trust, even if it is negative for them materially, in a shared mission. Fear is usually a stronger motivator than love in the political realm, I think. A beloved ruler who is perceived as weak is at the risk of being overthrown...
Fantastic! It seems this is the nature of humans and government institutions throughout history; in that, what starts out as necessity morphs into corruption, greed and rot as the people employed to carry out the tasks become drunk on power and use their status and/or position to enrich themselves to the detriment of society as a whole.
I read somewhere that the most cohesive and benevolent society is compromised of around 150 people. Past that, those empowered to make decisions have less regard to make any decisions that don't directly benefit themselves.
I believe your assessment is correct. I believe that the turning point will involve the massive amount of Muslims in the western world gaining power, through one means or another. The tragic irony in this will be that it will lead to the undoing of those who caused the flood in the first place.
very interesting. a monopolized corrupt priest class was the only thing powerful enough to best a corrupt deep state. makes sense to me. the priest class always has a better map to the bodies. they at least have a good front man that sells the organization by doing good works. what "good " work did the guard do? the priest class has way better PR. Plus that money magic thing they do? smart. if you are just a thug, admit it, at least to yourself, do not get too far out of place.
It is somewhat comforting to see that the cycles of history repeat and we are in for nothing really new, minus the technological advancements. It is also a little depressing to see how long the obvious and open corruption of the Praetorian Guard continued...but perhaps with technology shrinking the cycles of history we will see the end of our own "Guard" sooner than later. Excellent piece.
Tucker Carlson recently spoke about the spy agencies taking down Kennedy/Nixon/Trump because they wanted to have peace with Russia, thus removing the threat and reason for the spy's existence. However David Rockefeller and his CFR and Trilateral Commission supported peace with the USSR and Russia. Thus there is a contradiction in the theories of who runs America and how. Someone needs to figure this out.
Hi Ziggy, I don't see it as a contradiction. The central bank owners controlled the Soviet Union much as they controlled the western elite, and their #1 goal via their controlled security elite was and remains to destroy populism in whatever form it is found. Thus you have the American security elite brutally cracking down on Huey Long, America First, the Tea Party, Occupy Wall Street, Trump etc. and you have the Russian security elite brutally cracking down on "kulaks" and other populists.
A simpler way to demonstrate what you are saying is to show the picture at the end of Animal Farm showing the East and West elites (pig and man) eating together happily as pigs, then they get into an argument.
Is the anti-Russian security elite anti-peace because peace will lessen their power and money, or is the security elite anti-Russian because the Bilderberger Rockefeller elite orders the spys to be anti-Russian? All while the the Bilderbergers are publicly pro-peace with the East?
What a great piece. I think you’re exactly right about the analogy between the Praetorian Guard and the security services of today. Do you think it’s naïve to think there is occasionally a third thing between democracy/republicanism and dictatorship where for brief moments of history we might have a ruler who unites his lords in the shared pursuit of virtue? Plato thought the sword of Damocles hung over tyrants, because they had to use fear or manipulation to control the men around them. That’s why the tyrant is the most unhappy of men. Plato’s idea of a philosopher king is someone who does not suffer in this way because his men understand that he is doing what is right. It's the kind of leadership a father has in a family, and I guess we have the archetype of Camelot for this...
Thanks for the nice comment, Hugh. Yes, I do think there are periods within history and cycles where there are golden periods of virtue, but these are usually brief and ephemeral, a perhaps lucky coincidence where certain cultural, religious, and governmental trends converge. It takes a strong ruler and an oligarchy willing to follow his rule out of trust, even if it is negative for them materially, in a shared mission. Fear is usually a stronger motivator than love in the political realm, I think. A beloved ruler who is perceived as weak is at the risk of being overthrown...
Fantastic! It seems this is the nature of humans and government institutions throughout history; in that, what starts out as necessity morphs into corruption, greed and rot as the people employed to carry out the tasks become drunk on power and use their status and/or position to enrich themselves to the detriment of society as a whole.
I read somewhere that the most cohesive and benevolent society is compromised of around 150 people. Past that, those empowered to make decisions have less regard to make any decisions that don't directly benefit themselves.
Thanks for the nice comment, Wheel. Yes, you are referring to the Dunbar Number -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar%27s_number
It makes a lot of sense given we are evolved over millions of years for small hunter gatherer societies...
I believe your assessment is correct. I believe that the turning point will involve the massive amount of Muslims in the western world gaining power, through one means or another. The tragic irony in this will be that it will lead to the undoing of those who caused the flood in the first place.
very interesting. a monopolized corrupt priest class was the only thing powerful enough to best a corrupt deep state. makes sense to me. the priest class always has a better map to the bodies. they at least have a good front man that sells the organization by doing good works. what "good " work did the guard do? the priest class has way better PR. Plus that money magic thing they do? smart. if you are just a thug, admit it, at least to yourself, do not get too far out of place.
It is somewhat comforting to see that the cycles of history repeat and we are in for nothing really new, minus the technological advancements. It is also a little depressing to see how long the obvious and open corruption of the Praetorian Guard continued...but perhaps with technology shrinking the cycles of history we will see the end of our own "Guard" sooner than later. Excellent piece.
Thanks Control Group. Yes, I do think the advent of instantaneous communication supercharges the overall process and speed of decline...
Another great article. Let's hope that these new values come soon and that they sweep everything away.
Tucker Carlson recently spoke about the spy agencies taking down Kennedy/Nixon/Trump because they wanted to have peace with Russia, thus removing the threat and reason for the spy's existence. However David Rockefeller and his CFR and Trilateral Commission supported peace with the USSR and Russia. Thus there is a contradiction in the theories of who runs America and how. Someone needs to figure this out.
Hi Ziggy, I don't see it as a contradiction. The central bank owners controlled the Soviet Union much as they controlled the western elite, and their #1 goal via their controlled security elite was and remains to destroy populism in whatever form it is found. Thus you have the American security elite brutally cracking down on Huey Long, America First, the Tea Party, Occupy Wall Street, Trump etc. and you have the Russian security elite brutally cracking down on "kulaks" and other populists.
A simpler way to demonstrate what you are saying is to show the picture at the end of Animal Farm showing the East and West elites (pig and man) eating together happily as pigs, then they get into an argument.
Is the anti-Russian security elite anti-peace because peace will lessen their power and money, or is the security elite anti-Russian because the Bilderberger Rockefeller elite orders the spys to be anti-Russian? All while the the Bilderbergers are publicly pro-peace with the East?
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