In the days of yore, there
were kings. Everybody could agree to hate the king because he was rich and
well-fed, when most of his minions were not.
Then, a more effective system was invented: democracy. Its originators
had in mind a system whereby the populace could choose their leader from
amongst themselves – thereby gaining a leader who understood them and
represented them.
In short order, those amongst the populace who wished to rule found a way
to game the new system in a way that would allow them to, in effect, be kings,
but to do so from behind the scenes, whilst retaining the illusion of
democracy.
The formula is to create two opposing political parties. Each is led by
someone who’s presented as being a “representative of the people.”
You then present the two parties as
having opposing views on governance. It matters little what the differences
are. In fact, you can have the differences be as obscure and
arbitrary as, say, gay rights or abortion, and they will work as well as any
other differences. What matters is that your two parties object to each other
strenuously on the declared issues, working the electorate into a lather.
Once you have each group
hating the other group “on principle,” you’re home free. At that point, you’ve
successfully completed the distraction. The electorate now believe that,
whatever the trumped-up issues are, they’re critical to the ethical governance
of the country.
Most
importantly, the electorate actually
believe that their future well-being depends on the outcome of
the next election – that it will decide whether their own view on the issues
will prevail.
In a dictatorship, the
leaders try to convince the people to support the dictatorship by claiming that
more than 90% of the people voted for the dictator. But this is primitive
thinking. It results in the same focused anti-leader sentiment that plagued the
kings.
Far
better to have the people fail to recognise who their actual rulers
are and focus on the candidates, who are mere bit players and are changed as
needed.
And, in a country where the
illusion of democracy has become refined, the rulers come to understand that elections
should not result in an overwhelming victory for one party or the other. Quite
the opposite. If it can be arranged effectively, the best election is one that
results in a 51% to 49% split.
This ensures that the 49%
will not lose hope – that they’ll be both frustrated and angry at their
near-miss, and redouble their efforts in the next election in order to have a
win. And the 51% will wipe their collective brow in relief at having won, but
will fear losing their slim advantage next time around.
Both parties must remain both hopeful and fearful. Keep them focused on
each other – hating each other – and they’ll never figure out that you control
both candidates like marionettes. The focus should never be on you, the real
ruling class.
It’s also quite important to
switch winners often. The ball should bounce back and forth from one party to
the other frequently, allowing each winning party to dump the other party’s
actual accomplishments when they take over.
However, just as important, the
new winning party does not rescind the more oppressive accomplishments of the
previous party. In this way, it becomes possible for the only long-term
accomplishments to be the growing power of the government over the population,
not advances for the populace.
And of course, this, by
definition, means that the real rulers, the perennial group of individuals who
control those who are elected – continually expand their power and wealth at
the expense of the electorate.
But what of the candidates
themselves? Do they recognise that they’re mere foot soldiers in the game?
Ideally, no. At any given
time in any society, there are sufficient people whose egos exceed their
abilities. Such individuals are ideal as candidates, as they tend to love the
limelight, but will easily cave to the desires of those who made their
candidacy possible. No candidate at the higher levels ever attains office
without owing his soul to his backers. That ensures that, in spite of their
public bravado, they remain controllable by their masters.
What’s extraordinary in this picture is that it’s possible for the
populace to figure out the scam and yet, still believe that they live in a
democratic system in which their vote may decide the future of the country.
Increasingly, particularly in
Europe and North America, the citizenry are becoming aware that the Deep State
collectively rule the countries. They understand that this largely invisible
group of people are the true rulers, yet they vainly imagine that somehow the
puppet leaders that they elect have the power to effect a solution.
In the UK, the electorate
imagine that Boris Johnson will actually take them out of the European Union.
Instead, he delivers a Brexit
deal that’s a reheated version of the Theresa May Brexit deal, which is not
Brexit at all, but a perverse form of remain.
The Brexit debate is mere
window dressing for democracy, whilst the Deep State carries on, according to
its plan – the unelected EU government rules the UK.
In
America, Donald Trump tweets in the morning that he will take US troops out of
Syria. No doubt, as an individual, this is what he hopes he’ll be allowed to
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But he’s immediately
castigated by the media. He’s given his marching orders from the Deep State
that, once again, he’s to do as he’s told. By the next day, Mister Trump
announces a reversal of his decision.
There will be no end to the Middle East war for the US. It’s far too
profitable. The discussion is mere window dressing for democracy, whilst the
Deep State carries on, according to its plan.
Time after time, regardless
of how adamant the marionettes are that they’ll follow the will of the people
and save the day, in every case, the people’s hopes are dashed and the national
policy reverts to business as usual.
In
every case, the true leaders create the problems, cash in on them, then
present the government as the solution to the problems, then cash in again.
In every case, the electorate
pick up the tab and, rather than rebel, vainly hope that the next election will
provide them with a group of marionettes who will actually deliver them from
evil.
What’s astonishing is not that the Deep State lives only for its own
ends, but that the populace recognise that it exists and still imagine that
change from the status quo is possible.
Voting is not intended to count. It’s meant to be the pacifier that’s
inserted into the public mouth periodically, when the public become grumpy that
they must submit to kings.
Reprinted
with permission from International Man.
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