Dear Friends,
It seems to me, factions should be judged by their core principles. If the core idea of a faction is unlimited government all their initiatives will be towards that goal. If the core idea of another faction is limited government all their initiatives will be toward that goal. Moreover, elitist theory says that the elite’s goals align in plundering the people, so their initiatives will seek to do it. Some factions may have religion as their core idea and so all their initiatives will seek global hegemony. There are as many factions as there are core ideas. All of them vying for the votes of people who don’t agree with their core principles… so they manipulate, lie, and connive to get them. That’s why we as wise citizens have to interrogate their core principles and judge their initiatives by them.
Every faction and person in them have a core principle or idea that drives them. That core idea motivates them to action. Some factions believe in limited government, like the US founding fathers. Others believe in unlimited government, like the progressives and globalists. Then there are those who believe the world should be run by their religion. That core principle is what they are all striving for. Though some are more motivating than others. Those that promise unlimited wealth, power, and prestige have an innate draw to the ambitious element of society. Simple fixes to solve all the world’s problems appeal to the simple minded. Each faction trying to establish themselves as the hegemonic faction. Those factions that are willing to go the furthest have a distinct advantage.
Factions that have the stamina to commit atrocity often win. Usually the most zealous adherents are captured by an idea. With pre-programmed talking points they needn’t burn a calorie in debate. This is one of the reasons faction is such a strong tool. People become enamored with an idea and worship that idea, and try to impose it on mankind… for our own good. The Nazis didn’t think they were the bad guys, nor did Lenin, or Tamerlane… their atrocities were justified in their minds. Because it was the path to their core principle. The difference between Hitler and Hindenburg was that Hitler was willing to act and Hindenburg wasn’t. Lenin was willing to defraud an election to get the name majority, he was willing to do Cheka’s work, and even exterminate the Kulaks… to get it done.
Factions then that believe in limited government, limited imbalances of power, and as unlimited individual freedom as possible… are at a strong disadvantage. Because such factions and people that fill them are by definition unwilling to use force. Because force itself is what they seek to eliminate. Even as their foes seek to gain force so they can use it. Let’s face it, people who seek unlimited power believe might makes right. So you see how this creates a dichotomy of power even when the faction that seeks to limit power has it. Because they are unwilling to use it to hold their political foes to their own despotic laws… even as those who seek power are willing to murder their foes. Those factions that seek unlimited power will use atrocity against those unwilling even to hold them to the law.
That’s why it’s so critical we judge all factions through the lens of their core principles. A faction that seeks unlimited power over you, will lie to you, cheat you, and even kill you. Because unlimited power means unlimited power. They follow Thrasymachus believing might makes right, as long as they have the might. Even as those factions that seek to limit the power of government are vilified and attacked under color of law. A faction that seeks unlimited power will not limit itself by a constitution, it will exploit limitations to hobble their foes, as did Pericles. Wise people see through the charade and vote for the faction that seeks limited government, but we are easily manipulated. Edward Bernays showed us that. So when casting a vote, ask yourself, what does this faction represent… despotism or freedom?
Sincerely,
John Pepin
