Modern social theory clings to two ultimate presuppositions. First, men are motivated by economic self-interest. Second, democratic institutions can be used to limit the success of such special-interest groups. The ultimate special-interest group, which is not a special-interest group at all, but the general interest, namely, the democratic masses, will be victorious in history. This is the god of the modern world, and this god is defended by a priesthood. The priesthood is mostly academic, and what is not academic is embedded in the media. The professor and the anchorman are the high priests of this well-organized religion.The professors and the anchorman resent any suggestion that there is a hidden group behind them that shapes their thinking. They resent the fact that some people say that they have been bought off. I think it is a mistake to imagine that buying off someone with money constitutes the whole story. They have not merely been bought off. They have bought in. They have bought into the outlook that democracy will triumph over the economic interests of special-interest capitalism.The people who say that the priests of academia and the media have been bought off have not followed the money far enough. These priests have indeed been bought off, but they have been bought off in a very special way. They have been screened in terms of their confession of faith. Their confession of faith must be in favor of the religion of democracy. Anyone who deviates from this faith has not yet been promoted into the highest visible seats of priestly service.These carefully screened spokesmen for the Establishment deeply resent any suggestion that behind the religion of democracy has always been a calculating group whose senior members believe that you can fool all of the people most of the time, and that you can fool most of the professors all of the time. They resent the fact that anybody would suggest that the way they attained their positions is based on crass payoffs. I agree. The payoffs are not at all crass. They are subtle. One of C.S. Lewis's greatest essays is "The Inner Ring." It describes the nature of the payoffs.
This is Austrian economist Gary North discussing conspiracy theories vs. the religion of democracy.
Applied to the Philippines, this reminds me of mainstream media networks whose slogan consists of claims of “walang pinapanigan” or “walang kinakampihan”—no biases.
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A known unknown, is that Jesus Christ is at the helm of the economy of God, Ephesians 1:10, where He is effecting The Great Paradigm Shift from Liberalism to Authoritarianism, where political governance will change from the rule of sovereign nation states to sovereign regional leaders and regional bodies in regional governance; and economic experience from investment choice and prosperity to debt servitude and austerity; as leaders meet in summits to renounce national sovereignty and pool sovereignty regionally, a concept that has been presented by Herman van Rompuy for a long time.
Liberalism had a religion; past tense had is important, because Democracy was the practice of sovereign nation states.
Authoritarianism will have a religion. Recently I wrote in article Apple Paves The Way For The 666 Credit System Of Revelation 13:18, that Joseph Menn of FT.com reports that Apple is expected to install ‘Wave and Pay’ Technology for iPhone 5, boosting mobile commerce and potentially giving the company a big piece of the multi billion dollar transaction industry. Such a portable personalized cashless payment system lays the commerce foundation for the 666 Credit System held forth in Revelation 13:16-18, that the Seignior of Revelation 13:11-18 and the Sovereign of Revelation 13:5-10 will mandate as part of a global currency system, that is the charagma, or mark, that will be required by all in order to conduct commerce. Now with Apple’s Siri voice mail feature set one will have the capability for ongoing and immediate contact to worship the Sovereign at his beckoning. Those who reject accept the 666 money system and worship the Soveign are vile in the eyes of God, and will be at the receiving end of His eternal wrath as seen in Revelation 14:9-13 and Revelation 16:2. Does all of this seem too fantastic for one to believe? I suggest that one read the Economist article Get Ready for the Phoenix dated 01/9/88, Vol. 306, pp 9-10, as provided by EndTimeObserver: “Thirty years from now, Americans, Japanese, Europeans, and people in many other rich countries, and some relatively poor ones will probably be paying for their shopping with the same currency. Prices will be quoted not in dollars, yen or D-marks but in, let’s say, the phoenix. The phoenix will be favoured by companies and shoppers because it will be more convenient than today’s national currencies, which by then will seem a quaint cause of much disruption to economic life in the last twentieth century.”
Bible prophecy of Revelation 13 foretells that three Beasts are rising from the European Sovereign Debt Crisis to rule mankind: A beast system, Revelation 13:1-4, a beast ruler, Revelation 13:5-10, and a beast banker, Revelation 13:11-18.
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