Machiavellianism
MachiavellianismAfter months of routinely being metal detected and
blindly handing over my bags to be searched, I finally
stopped to think about it the other day. I realized that
all the �security� cameras, metal detectors and guards were
merely used to gain power over the people by oppressing them
and forcing their submission; not to protect us. We are all
blind to this. We think it�s for our own good, but it�s all
part of a Machiavellianist Plot.
Niccolo Machiavelli lived in Italy in the early
1500�s. He thought that if one person, namely Lorenzo de�
Medici, could be the absolute ruler of all Italy, then order
could be restored. In an effort to gain favor with the
powerful Medice family, he wrote The Prince as an early
blueprint of a New World Order justifying the use of any
means, no matter how sinister, to gain and keep power.
Machiavellianism envisages: the seizure, maintenance, and
extension of absolute power by the nicely graduated use of
fraud, force and terror; control by the ruler of all
avenues of communication, thus facilitating the deliberate
molding of public opinion; and the employment of
surveillance and terrorist activities of subordinates who
can be disowned and liquidated by the ruler, who thus
escapes the blame for their atrocities. (In other words, the
big political figureheads get their lackeys to do their
dirty work and then use them as scapegoats.)
Basically, what Machiavelli was trying to say was that
if a prince conquered a city, the people would hate him, but
if the prince secretly hired terrorists to create an
insurrection, then marched into the city to put down the
insurrection, the people would praise him. (He would hire
his men to act like they were rebelling, and then the leader
would act like he was stopping the rebellion and protecting
the citizens, thus earning the community�s trust.) Either
way, he would increase his domain, but it would be better
for his popularity if the citizens loved him rather than
hated him for doing it.
I see the same things happening today with gun control,
censorship and all the other so-called security the
government has imposed upon us. These are not isolated
incidents. This censorship has occurred throughout history,
whether it was censorship of religion, freedom, books or
individuality and self expression.
The first and most obvious is the case of Jesus and...
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