We've talked a lot on Acts29Review about the fact that government isn't God, and how we need to reject the attempts by the U.S. government, and governments around the world who attempt to take the place of God as provider, husband and fathers in the family, and as an overall "healer" or mankind.
The fact that this always ends up in abysmal failure and bloodshed doesn't seen to faze those who attempt to manage society from the top down.
One of the many ways that happens is from the promises governments make that can't be funded over long periods of time. The ponzi schemes ultimately must come to an end, as the bankrupt Social Security scheme in the United States has already done.
Just because the checks keep rolling in doesn't mean the Social Security system isn't bankrupt, it has been since 2010. They simply pull funds from the general fund to pay for it.
In other words, the amount collected from paychecks of individuals around the United States no longer is able support the amount of Social Security payments paid out.
Even those who have paid into the system all their lives won't receive their money back. That's because it has always been a ponzi scheme waiting to blow up in the faces of its funders, who are the working people of America.
But that's just one instance, in one nation in the world. This is why there are protests and violence in European countries who can no longer pay for the promises they made government workers.
These are so outrageous and numerous that it would take a large book just to touch on some of the major ones. But the riots speak to the fact that the government has enslaved their populations to the point they count on the government as their god instead of the real and only God, revealed to us in Jesus Christ.
In the book of Daniel it was prophesied that when Jesus came into the world He would tear down those attempting to become world empires, and replace them with His own eternal kingdom. That began at the moment He was born into the world, and continues on to this day.
That's what you see happening again and again, as countries attempt to replace God, the church of Jesus Christ, fathers, and all other supporters of mankind, with itself.
This is also why socialism and fascism, at their roots, hate business and entrepreneurship. It speaks to the fact that those engaging in commerce declare by their very existence that they have no need of government taking care of them. Governments hate this, and it is the reason why those who participate in fascism attempt to blend government and business together in an unholy alliance.
In this cases governments grant favors to those who play ball with them and acknowledge government as the head over all mankind. Jesus deals with these false claims because He is the King of kings and Lord of lords, and allows no other to lay claim to His rights and title.
Christians must trust and believe in only Jesus Christ as the head of all things in this world, and the invisible world as well. All authority resides in Him, and He only shares it across a number of different areas of life that He as set up.
For example, the individual, church, family and government. All of them have a specific role to play, with the government being the most dangerous because Jesus does allow them to use the sword against evildoers.
But when it goes beyond its reason for existence, it intrudes upon the other areas of authority appointed by Christ, wreaking the havoc we see in the world today, as it has throughout human history.
Government must be peeled back to its very limited role as revealed by the mind of God in the Holy Scriptures, and we as Christians must pray for that until we see that happen. Jesus is the sovereign Lord and King. None other compare or allowed to compete with Him in that which was given to Him by God the Father because of His obedience leading to His victory on the cross. No one else, or nothing else, gets that glory, including governments.
With that in mind, here's a video speaking to one part of the problem that results from the government extending itself beyond its God-given role and authority.
Showing posts with label Fascism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fascism. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
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The roots of fascism have been mostly traced back to Mussolini, who once stated this: "Everything within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state."
While it is true that Mussolini offered up the talk of fascism, in reality he was a Marxist, but his followers, according to Paul Johnson in Modern Times, wouldn't support his socialist leanings, and so instead he adopted fascism, at least in theory, as his preferred way of reaching his goals.
Mussolini also asserted, "We control the political forces, we control the moral forces, we control the economic forces. Thus we are in the midst of the corporative fascist state."
He concluded that fascism was "organized, concentrated, authoritarian democracy on a national basis."
The followers of Mussolini had no desire to see the nationalization of industry in the socialist sense, so he followed them into what was considered by socialists of that day as Marxist heresy.
Essentially what fascism in our day and age operates as is the government allowing corporate cartels to operate under its auspices, allowing them to use practices otherwise illegal.
Interestingly, private cartels aren't allowed to exist, meaning only government-sanctioned cartels are allowed, even it isn't exactly presented that way.
Cartels are basically created in order to hinder free market forces from being the deciding factor in business and other transactions. Cartels are a form of fascism, and the U.S. government and large corporations are up to their necks in this practice.
The largest and most notable cartel in the United States is the Federal Reserve and its relationship to the giant banks. Essentially it's a combination of a public institution embracing the private sector banks. Some could argue the Federal Reserve isn't a public entity, but a private one. While true, in practice it's as powerful as any government entity there is.
Cartels and/or fascism attempt to limit competition in order to shore up revenue, margins and profits. Another example is OPEC, which is a group of countries which primarily agree to quotas, although that doesn't usually work very well because of some of its members always breaking the agreement; a good thing for consumers.
The U.S. government has encouraged certain business leaders to work together for the betterment of the nation. This is fascism and cartelization of the market. The government has absolutely zero business telling business what to do or how. Even regulations can be a form of fascism, as evidenced by what direction the government wants the country to take. Energy is an obvious example here, among several.
Fascism can thrive when a popular demagogue like Obama enters the political arena. People get their eyes off of issues and focus on personality and charisma instead. That's what happened with Mussolini and Hitler, who were moving orators.
This is why the Tea Party has far more accuracy and potential than the clueless and purposeless protesters identifying themselves as "Occupy Wall Street."
When asked what they represent, they have no answer. A revolution without a purpose? Hardly. Many are even paid to attend, meaning they are a creation of unions and other socialist and fascist entities which live off of the money of the productive.
Tea Party people, which are a legitimate grass roots movement, at least understand the need to limit the size of government and the consequences if they don't. Those involved with the centrally planned "Occupy Wall Street" seem to be opposed to large bankers and corporations, but they're clueless as to why, other than the fact that they're big and businesses.
The intellectually challenged "Occupy Wall Street" people are so blinded to the role of government and its fascist practices, that they can't even connect the dots that are right in front of their faces. That's the danger of hero worship concerning politicians, in this case Obama, as he's as big a recipient and support of the fascist marriage of government and business as there ever has been, and knows he can get away with it because it's not as easy to discern as outright socialism.
An interesting insight from Paul Johnson concerning Mussolini was his obsession with national greatness and giant projects confirm that greatness. Fascism is largely a nation-state focus, and actions are taken in light of that. Germany of the early 20th century is another obvious example of this.
What the government is attempting to do through fascism is to become great in the eyes of the people via its actions. The problem is of course it must do this in "partnership" with businesses in order to pull it off. This is why socialism is such a failure in all ways, as it doesn't hide the fact it wants to directly control all aspects of the life of its people, especially business. This is much harder to measure, and operates under the radar of most people, who don't see the connection.
Business is the source of capital, and favoring and cartelizing them via government actions is the way fascism works.
This is why Marxists view fascists as heretics, they don't attempt to directly control business, rather they get into bed with chosen businesses in order to extract the favors they want in return.
Government is the pimp and businesses are the prostitutes, who are then allowed to work certain street corners offered by the government, which is now giving the orders behind the scenes, which in turns creates powerful banking and businesses which start to do the same in certain areas.
This is the great evil of fascism, as it gives the appearance of free markets, when in fact it's a large anti-trust scheme scamming the people of a nation, who aren't knowledgeable enough to know the difference.
While it is true that Mussolini offered up the talk of fascism, in reality he was a Marxist, but his followers, according to Paul Johnson in Modern Times, wouldn't support his socialist leanings, and so instead he adopted fascism, at least in theory, as his preferred way of reaching his goals.
Mussolini also asserted, "We control the political forces, we control the moral forces, we control the economic forces. Thus we are in the midst of the corporative fascist state."
He concluded that fascism was "organized, concentrated, authoritarian democracy on a national basis."
The followers of Mussolini had no desire to see the nationalization of industry in the socialist sense, so he followed them into what was considered by socialists of that day as Marxist heresy.
Essentially what fascism in our day and age operates as is the government allowing corporate cartels to operate under its auspices, allowing them to use practices otherwise illegal.
Interestingly, private cartels aren't allowed to exist, meaning only government-sanctioned cartels are allowed, even it isn't exactly presented that way.
Cartels are basically created in order to hinder free market forces from being the deciding factor in business and other transactions. Cartels are a form of fascism, and the U.S. government and large corporations are up to their necks in this practice.
The largest and most notable cartel in the United States is the Federal Reserve and its relationship to the giant banks. Essentially it's a combination of a public institution embracing the private sector banks. Some could argue the Federal Reserve isn't a public entity, but a private one. While true, in practice it's as powerful as any government entity there is.
Cartels and/or fascism attempt to limit competition in order to shore up revenue, margins and profits. Another example is OPEC, which is a group of countries which primarily agree to quotas, although that doesn't usually work very well because of some of its members always breaking the agreement; a good thing for consumers.
The U.S. government has encouraged certain business leaders to work together for the betterment of the nation. This is fascism and cartelization of the market. The government has absolutely zero business telling business what to do or how. Even regulations can be a form of fascism, as evidenced by what direction the government wants the country to take. Energy is an obvious example here, among several.
Fascism can thrive when a popular demagogue like Obama enters the political arena. People get their eyes off of issues and focus on personality and charisma instead. That's what happened with Mussolini and Hitler, who were moving orators.
This is why the Tea Party has far more accuracy and potential than the clueless and purposeless protesters identifying themselves as "Occupy Wall Street."
When asked what they represent, they have no answer. A revolution without a purpose? Hardly. Many are even paid to attend, meaning they are a creation of unions and other socialist and fascist entities which live off of the money of the productive.
Tea Party people, which are a legitimate grass roots movement, at least understand the need to limit the size of government and the consequences if they don't. Those involved with the centrally planned "Occupy Wall Street" seem to be opposed to large bankers and corporations, but they're clueless as to why, other than the fact that they're big and businesses.
The intellectually challenged "Occupy Wall Street" people are so blinded to the role of government and its fascist practices, that they can't even connect the dots that are right in front of their faces. That's the danger of hero worship concerning politicians, in this case Obama, as he's as big a recipient and support of the fascist marriage of government and business as there ever has been, and knows he can get away with it because it's not as easy to discern as outright socialism.
An interesting insight from Paul Johnson concerning Mussolini was his obsession with national greatness and giant projects confirm that greatness. Fascism is largely a nation-state focus, and actions are taken in light of that. Germany of the early 20th century is another obvious example of this.
What the government is attempting to do through fascism is to become great in the eyes of the people via its actions. The problem is of course it must do this in "partnership" with businesses in order to pull it off. This is why socialism is such a failure in all ways, as it doesn't hide the fact it wants to directly control all aspects of the life of its people, especially business. This is much harder to measure, and operates under the radar of most people, who don't see the connection.
Business is the source of capital, and favoring and cartelizing them via government actions is the way fascism works.
This is why Marxists view fascists as heretics, they don't attempt to directly control business, rather they get into bed with chosen businesses in order to extract the favors they want in return.
Government is the pimp and businesses are the prostitutes, who are then allowed to work certain street corners offered by the government, which is now giving the orders behind the scenes, which in turns creates powerful banking and businesses which start to do the same in certain areas.
This is the great evil of fascism, as it gives the appearance of free markets, when in fact it's a large anti-trust scheme scamming the people of a nation, who aren't knowledgeable enough to know the difference.
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