Discussion about this post

User's avatar
TheArtistFormerlyKnownAs. . .'s avatar

"A likely explanation is the extreme effectiveness of organizations. A stupid and corrupt mediocrity at the helm of a powerful organization will always be more effective than a talented individual operating in the world by himself. Because the organization is so effective, it often lulls the mediocre leader into believing that HE is the reason for its success, and he therefore becomes arrogant and smug."

I would disagree with this analysis. I think the answer lies in truths about human nature & human psychology expressed by Lord Acton and the American Founding Fathers. Lord Acton famously noted that: "Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." The Founding Fathers understood that concentrated power becomes an evil in itself because it ATTRACTS ignoble people who want to exercise power over others (different to the noble impulse to shoulder responsibilties for those one cares for). With this understanding they designed a political experiment based on separation of powers, intentional conflict of interests, checks and balances, and delineated Constitutional restrictions to ensure Limited Government. The complex, highly moral goal was to create stable communities & polities that maximize individual liberty and self-reliance -- the antithesis of highly concentrated power. The engorged monstrosity of our current Federal government of enormous and highly concentrated power would be unrecognizable to them. The executive branch as currently constituted is un-Constitutional by definition (pace the 10th amendment).

Concentrated power, whether one starts out with naive good intentions (e.g.European social welfare states) or tyrannical, totalitarian goals (e.g. every marxist-dominated hellhole) leads inevitably to further concentrations and execution of power, growing ever more attractive to precisely the vile kind of power-mongering psychopathic types we see convening in Davos.

Grounded in both a Biblical & classical understanding of human nature, the historically learned Founding Fathers and Lord Acton knew well of what they spoke.

Expand full comment
Anti Communist's avatar

How I look forward to the sacking of Rothschild Castles, the removal of Israel, and the return of a once happy world. Hail Victory.

Expand full comment
76 more comments...

No posts