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Jonathon Roberts
Monarchy... Is it a viable system of government in the modern age? I think so, and I think I can show you why! Jump in as we discuss traditional values, politics, Orthodoxy, and what it means to be fully human. The modern world has forgotten the wisdom of the ancient philosophers, and the traditions that made it possible for nations to exist for a thousand unbroken years. It is my goal to remember those traditions, and to share them with the world.
The American General William S. Graves played a pivotal role in helping the Communists take over Russia, all because he hated Monarchy!
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Words have power, and the anti-theists have done a tremendous job of confusing and polluting our language so that we hardly know what is real anymore. The terms "homosexual," and "homo sapiens" are two excellent examples of the inversion and pollution of our language. To use either term requires a submission to a worldview that is utterly anti-Christian, therefore as Christians we must use appropriate terms. Just because some smart scientist somewhere comes up with a new term, doesn't mean we have to follow like a bunch of lemmings off of the existential cliff.
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Standardized tests aren't working. A better solution could be aptitude tests! Unlike standardized tests like the SAT that grade everyone on the same material, an aptitude test provides personal results to help students move into special schools that actually work for them. Tests like the SAT spit out numbers by which kids are graded, and that number determines admission for that child into positions of higher learning. Since a high SAT is the essential focus of the K-12 Public School system, all the classrooms are designed to propel students to as high a number as possible.
A better solution is small, technical educational buildings and programs designed around student's actual gifts. Technical schools of math, science, kinesthetics, the trades, language, art, music, history, etc., could perhaps better prepare students for real careers in fields in which they are gifted. Attempting to force all the beautiful and diverse human beings in a certain age range into a singular number is not only insulting, it's painful. Round pegs should go into round holes, and square pegs should go in square holes.
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I believe the Free-Will Argument is one of the best tools in the debate over the soul, since Will cannot be tiny neurological/chemical/electrical etc. processes, otherwise there is no "you," there is only cells, atoms, molecules, etc. These physical processes are themselves the result of previous physical processes, and therefore cannot have Free Will. The ability to direct the atomic energy of the body is called Will, and Will has always been discussed in terms of "Soul." While the molecules in the brain articulate signals of hunger, fear, apathy, etc., they cannot force the body to act on those impulses. Instead, the consciousness (Soul/Will) makes decisions based on sensory data provided by the physical processes of the body (including the cells of the brain). If it were not so, no man could do any good or evil act. If the molecules of synapsian connection are the actual and only controller of the body's actions, then a man that acts on those impulses to kill another man is never to be blamed--he could not help himself. Instead, if a man has a conscious Will, he may choose not to slay another man, and thereby do no evil.
Free Will is essential to any moral discussion, since the man with no Will cannot do wrong. Animals cannot do wrong by hunting and slaying other animals, because they quite literally cannot help themselves. Those that claim that man has no Will denigrate man to the level of the animals, and by so doing, themselves become animals to man.
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As atheism grows in popularity it becomes more and more important to learn how to defend our faith. Since the Atheist believes that the mythical serpent is religion, we theists can expect to come under assault from the most unexpected quarters. What we are facing is an existential crisis, where if the Atheists succeed in turning away enough people, they will once again have the power to murder another hundred million people. Therefore it is imperative that the Theist community gains the necessary skills to combat the growing threat that is Atheism.
Unfortunately, in these dire times, most Christians are ill-equipped for the fight, and that is one of the things that the Traditional Press is attempting to help with. While I definitely don't have all the answers, perhaps some of the insights offered here will be of some value in the fight against the forces of darkness.
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Nigel Farage has been Debanked, is this the new tool for the Tyrannical Globalists to destroy the right? It's actually incredibly clever to simply eliminate a person's ability to bank, because that way you don't even have to seize the Right's assets in order to destroy or exile them, all you have to do is make it impossible to buy or sell! Now that the Left has a new weapon to use against political opponents, we should expect to see a lot more famous Right Wing politicians Debanked in the future.
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In a shocking turn of fate, the great anti-theist-hierarchy-religion-tradition nation that gave us Communism in all its bloody infamy, is now raising young monarchists to take over from the bloodstained old tyrants. St. Basil the Great is a school specifically designed to instill family values, tradition, higher education, and most importantly, monarchical values. A Traditionalist school is a very surprising thing to find in today's barren hellscape of modern atheist values, and naturally it has attracted the ire of the West.
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Michigan has entered into the Tyrannical Phase in the Cycle of Nations with the introduction of anti-free speech legislation. Designed to selectively target and ruin political opponents, HB 4474 gives the government the ability to seize up to ten thousand dollars, and failure to comply with this ruinous command now carries a felony charge. That which the likes of Jordan Peterson have spoken out against has now officially come to the United States, and it is only a matter of time before the Michigan Senate and Governor signs the bill into permanent law.
That HB 4474 is tyrannical is obvious in its scope, scale, and purpose. This hateful law has the ability to destroy the livelihoods of anyone who dares to speak in a manner unacceptable to the Left. This full scale censorship is one of several "Cluster Events" that together form the transition from the Democratic Stage to the Tyrannical Stage in the Cycle. This means that the Right is going to be seriously targeted by the Left in a way heretofore not seen in the United States of America. This bill grants the Left unmitigated power, and that power is going to be an absolute disaster for the Right.
Now is the time to plan accordingly, before things start to get really dangerous. Having a ten thousand dollar fine and a felony leveled against you is but the tip of the tyrannical spear, much more is coming I fear.
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For generations men have been saying that back in their day people were better, that the sky was bluer, and that boys were boys and girls were girls, and strangely enough, they were right! From the very foundations of the Republic, Leftism has been creeping into our institutions, and worse, our families, but it was not until after the Civil War that Leftism began to truly dominate the public sphere. The Right has not been absent however, for about every ten years of our history the right has pulled the nation back from leftism--slightly. The United State's history has been one of two steps toward Leftism, and one step back towards the Right. From the very foundation of the independent colonies into a unified nation, the spiral into moral decay has defeated all attempts to check it. Every effort the Right has made to quell the Democratic tide has ended in utter failure.
The Right has never been able to see that over the hundred's of years the US has been around, it has consistently failed. The reason for this is that the Right wins some major battles about every ten years. Unfortunately, these wins are always temporary. The Left takes its setbacks, but then rallies and pushes the nation further towards its goalposts in the following decade. The Right has demonstrated with an undeniable track record that it does not, and in fact never can, stop a country from plunging headlong into moral chaos and eventual Tyranny.
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Woven into the fabric of the Constitution (and even before!) is the poison of transhumanism. The founding Fathers made a crucial mistake, and from that error has come all manner of evil. The Founders placed the good of the State over the Church. The Maryland Colony's charter most perfectly displays the philosophical position of the Founders when they demanded religious freedom for all, UNLESS that freedom endangers the State!
Freedom is NOT a virtue, freedom is a byproduct OF virtue, but the Founders got this mixed up. Prioritizing the State over the Church has led to Communism and Transhumanism. Only fixing our hierarchical priorities will fix Transhumanism.
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Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic issued a mandatory gun buyback program with a penalty of fifteen years in jail for any non-compliance. Unfortunately this signals the transition from the Democratic stage in the Cycle to the Tyrannical stage. What will soon commence in Serbia is persecution and death at the hands of the autocratic ruler. The United States can learn from Serbia.
Mandatory gun buyback programs are better known as a disarmament, and as soon as the Democratic party in the US finally writes a disarmament, what will happen is the neutering of the Conservative party. Currently, the Republicans have a lot of power and influence. However, the instant the gun confiscation takes place they will lose all their power and the Tyrant will be ushered in. The only way to stop the neutering of the Republican party is civ_l w_r, and the Republican party has demonstrated that they are too weak to pull that off.
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The Atheist mythos is well known to Theists, and though the Atheist tries to deny it, he cannot escape his own mythological foundations. The Atheist believes in a Serpent, a Cross, a Path to Salvation, the Tree of Life, and a Forbidden Fruit. Since the Atheist has denied half of his very person, he is blind to his own mythology, but he nevertheless, cannot escape it.
Guest Joshua Roberts helps to unpack the Atheist mythos and reveal the end result of these mythological underpinnings for the Political Atheist.
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The term "Atheist" is nothing but a mask of misdirection and deception designed to conceal and not reveal what a person really believes. The term is pure sophistry, since everyone knows that atheists believe strongly in a powerful set of mythological underpinnings. The atheist position is a lot like it's name--full of logical errors and contradictions.
Guest Joshua Roberts reveals the unreasonable mistakes that the atheist prophets made (and continue to make), and shows why atheism is the least tenable position in the world today.
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Traditional Monarchies are much more balanced than Republics, and there are far more checks on power as well. In the American Republic there are three branches of government, and each of these branches provides a check and balance on the power of the other. Of course today the checks have diminished greatly, as those in power have found ways to augment and amplify their own sphere of influence. Such actions as Executive Orders, or legislating from the bench of the Supreme court are all obvious disruptions of the natural checks and balances of the Constitution. There used to be an additional check in government of the States against the Federal Government, but that ended with the Civil War. Now there are only three crumbling bulwarks against unreasonable power in our government, and we are watching these walls fall more and more every day. Traditional Monarchies are far more balanced than our three-legged stool.
Traditional monarchies have twice as many checks and balances as do the Republic. The King is a check on the power of the Nobility, and the Nobility is a check on both the People and the King. The Church is a check on everyone, but it is especially a check on the King. Excommunication is a serious issue in Traditional Monarchies. The Nobles are a check on each other, and the People are a check on the Nobles. The utter lack of political parties are a check on demagogues, tyranny, and ambition. This lack of political parties is a far, far greater check on the potential assumption of power than any other single thing, as change is totally disruptive by nature, and the ambitious thrive in time of disaster and change, but are humbled in time of peace and prosperity. Lastly, the Family is a check upon everyone, but especially upon the King. The Monarch's family is the greatest method of ensuring a tractable Monarch, as a bad king is very dangerous for his family, and the Queen is uniquely gifted in the tools necessary to protect her children. The example of Family First in a Monarchy is a check on the People, as there are few things as critical to a prosperous and peaceful State as a healthy nuclear family.
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Parliament is much to be blamed. Parliament, NOT King George, caused the American Revolution by taxing too much, Parliament killed their lawful king and caused a bloody civil war that claimed over five million lives, and Parliament today is the seat of all British trans-humanism and tyranny. The great kingdom of the UK would do infinitely better to abolish their Parliament, and right the structure of government by placing the monarch back at the head of the country, putting nobles back to work beneath the monarch in their own respective localities, and letting the people actually engage in democracy in small towns all over the British Isles. If the people of the United Kingdom do not abolish their Parliament, they are guaranteed another tyrant like Oliver Cromwell.
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Morals matter most! The human race was tested with covid, and we failed abysmally. This pandemic revealed the petty tyranny of our rank and file, and the way we allowed ourselves to be muzzled revealed our own servile nature. We fell prey to our fears, and we demonstrated that our moral compass is completely broken. Knowing the state of religion and faith in the world today, this failure is not much of a surprise.
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The postmodern man is ungovernable in all his ways, and so he demands the rule of all his fellows. Democracy is what men do when they cannot be ruled. Representative Democracy is what men do when they desire ultimate power, but are not trusted by the elites. All forms of democracy have this one thing in common: they require the destruction of hierarchy. Ungovernable men destroy the natural order of the cosmos by placing every man in absolute authority. Democracy is thus a contradiction, since not one of these absolute monarchs is capable of wresting the absolute power of his neighbor away.
Only by the use and institution of organic hierarchy is social law and order obtained and maintained. Hierarchies define virtually every aspect of our lives, whether it be Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, or a social hierarchy of merit, or the familial hierarchy of a traditional nuclear family. Hierarchies are how we order ourselves, but the ungovernable democrat, be he a representative democrat or a leftist democrat, has refused hierarchies. He has destroyed the family, upended basic needs, and is even today breaking down the basic and fundamental hierarchy of values by claiming that everyone is entitled to their own moral code. The result of this breakdown in beauty, goodness, and truth is the chaotic and anarchistic world we see today, and the inevitable result of the institution of representative democracy.
The solution to a breakdown in hierarchical social structure will not be easy to implement, as most people have become ungovernable, yet to ignore the need for a rebuilding of the natural cosmos has never been greater. Hierarchies of values and of political leadership is absolutely essential to mankind's future.
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The average man living in a Monarchy makes more money than his neighbors! Simply living in a Monarchy means that you will have to deal with less corruption, better fiscal responsibility by the government, and you will take home more money on average than if you live in a nearby country with only a representative government.
In this video you will see the results of a worldwide study into the Standards of Living for the average man in all the countries that have data. The countries of the world were split up into five regions. These regions were:
1. Europe
2. Asia
3. Africa
4. Oceania
5. The Americas
The five metrics for Standard of Living measured were:
1. GDP Per Capita
2. Corruption Perception Index
3. Military Spending as a Percentage of GDP
4. Government Spending as a Percentage of GDP
5. Credit Worthiness of the Nation
Across each region and then combined, Monarchies beat all other forms of government 22/25 times.
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Millions of militant atheists the world over swarm the internet and public forums demanding that Christianity (and sometimes other religions too) take responsibility for the things that "Christians" have done in the past, but they will never take responsibility for the terrible atrocities that atheists have committed in the past. Atheists consistently commit terrible atrocities against humanity whenever they get into power, and this has been proven in examples all over the world over a hundred times over. Atheists, however, will never take responsibility for the millions of lives their ideology has taken, and it's time for them to be held accountable.
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No stone has been left unturned! For the complete and exhaustive list of pros and cons of Monarchy look no further than this list.
Every serious objection that has been raised regarding Monarchies has been listed here, but for a more in depth look into each point, check out my Pros and Cons series:
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Pros:
1. Reduces Partisanship and Creates a Sense of Unity
2. Faster Decision-Making Process
3. Increases Government Savings
4. Smooth Transition of Power
5. Trained Leaders
6. A Stable and Balanced Government
7. Government is Small and Local
8. Monarchies Usually Revered by the People under Their Power
9. Nonpartisan Leadership
10. Leadership Focus
11. Advocates for Strong Defense
12. Significantly Reduced corruption
13. Transparent chain of command
14. Act on the Interest of Everyone
15. The blame is Not Shared
16. A single Point of Contact for Foreign Governments
17. Family is the Model for Society
18. Traditional Monarchies Typically Last for Hundreds of Years
Cons:
1. Lack of Democratic Accountability
2. Lack of Democratic Legitimacy
3. Excessive Power Invested in a Single Person
4. More Difficult to Change the Leadership Internally
5. May Lead to Tyranny
6. Lack of Diversity in the Government
7. Changes according to the ruler
8. Unparalleled Power of the Monarch
9. No Checks or Balances
10. Competency of Leadership is not Guaranteed
11. Promotes Wealth Inequality
12. Lack of Upward Mobility
13. The Ruler may not be a Serious Person
14. Absolute Power has too much Potential for Tyranny
15. Creates a Class System within Society
16. Potential for absolutism
17. Government is Too Human
18. Machiavelli Says that Monarchies are Easy to Conquer (But Hard to Hold)
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Everybody dreams of someday owning their own home, but these days that hope seems further and further away. The only choice most of us have is to rent for a significant portion of our lives. It would be far better for us as a people to have apartments that folks can buy, as opposed to rent. That way smaller down payments would be necessary to purchase a first home, opening the gateway to proper home-ownership to millions who are currently shut out because of the enormous paywall that exists currently.
Those that own instead of rent typically take better care of their belongings, and their relationship both to their home and to their local economy is much healthier. Neither a landlord nor a tenant is much inclined to renovation or improvement, but that is not the case in ownership. When a homeowner improves his property he boosts the local economy and loves his property more. These kinds of benefits far outweigh the pros of capitalist overlords that own all of the apartment complexes in America.
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Did George Washington actually help his slaves by freeing them? Or did he simply cast them penniless onto the streets with no education and no future? While Washington's efforts to do right by his fellow man can never be taken away from him, the choice to free his slaves after his death is looked upon by many as not good enough. While it may be that he should have taken a stand earlier, it still cannot be taken away from his legacy that he was one of the only early Americans to free slaves upon principle. However, to simply free the slaves was never going to be enough. Freed slaves often had nowhere to go, and few skills with which to ply trade, and so it would have been better for Washington to have followed the medieval method.
The "Serf" class was a transitory class of people that existed between the stages of slave and peasant. Everywhere that Christianity went it dissolved slavery organically. No other religion has ever eliminated slavery. Traditional Christianity is unique the world over in the humanitarian achievement of real and practiced brotherhood amongst all men. However, the world that Christianity inherited was full to bursting with slaves. Christianity was born out of pagan society, and the pagan world owned slaves, lots of slaves. When the pagan lords converted to Christian kings and lords, they all, without exception, transitioned their slaves into Serfs. A Serf had some of the rights and privileges of a free peasant, but they also had some of the duties and restrictions of a slave. Through the implementation of such things as 99 year leases where landlords could not raise rents or evict their serfs, the serfs eventually put down generational roots and learned to become a part of the land and of a traditional society.
Serfdom organically morphed into free peasantry in the Christian lands, and would have remained the norm had not secular humanism revived pagan ideals and broke up Traditional Christianity. The Protestant Revolution brought with it the ideals of meritocracy and aristocracy, and these things always come with slavery. However, had George Washington set up a traditional monarchy he would have ended the cycle, and eliminated a race based theory of slavery in America.
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It is not possible to take the Church out from the State, but in the modern world we have been pretending that it is. Because there are very few homogenous, traditional, people groups left in the world today, the melting pot that has become the world is struggling with trying to legislate for many different people with completely different belief systems. Because people are afraid to impose their morals on others, and more importantly, because people don’t want other people’s morals imposed on THEM, the popular solution has been freedom of religion.
Freedom of religion has seemed to many to be the silver bullet which solves the conundrum of trying to rule over multiple, and often completely opposing, belief systems. It seemed to many that simply allowing anybody to practice any religion they so desire within a particular locality, that all people will be able to then get along without discrimination. However, people quickly found out that once a person who holds a particular belief system gets into office, that person will naturally use their belief system to write laws. People found out that rulers were writing laws that they did not agree with morally, so the idea of a separation of Church and State came into being.
The idea that the Church should not meddle in State affairs is an old one, dating back hundreds of years to the Protestant Reformation, and it is no less relevant today than it was then. During the reformation, people didn’t want the Catholic Church to inform the State regarding laws because those laws would be opposed to the Protestants, thus the only solution was a separation of the Church from the State. Today, there are many, many more protesting factions than ever, so many more people today want the Church separated from the State. However, this is not only impossible, but totally unnatural.
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No, that raise you've been wanting at work is not an idol in your life! Unfortunately, there is an incredible lack of basic theological understanding regarding idols today. An idol is not just something you prioritize over God in your life, an idol performs a very specific function in your attempt to connect spiritually to the denizens of the divine plane.
Nobody has ever thought that the actual wood or stone of which an idol is formed is ACTUALLY a divine being. People understand that an idol, or a shrine, is a thing of spiritual focus, it is a tool that humans have always used to connect their physical bodies to a spiritual entity. By the use of idols mankind has transcended their mortal flesh to commune with the spirit world. The idol is a physical representation of that which has no physical form, and because mankind must worship in the flesh, it is necessary to use physical apparatus to more perfectly commune. Additionally, idols exist to display the attributes of whatever spiritual entity is portrayed, again using physical matter to communicate spiritual detail.
Unfortunately, the modern Christian has no idea what an idol is, and this is because of the great secularization of the world. The modern Christian does not understand idols because he does not understand the nature of the spiritual realm, or even his own need for physical apparatus to divinely commune. There is a reason why Christians are commanded to participate in the physical ritual of Communion (Eucharist), and Christians forget this reason at their peril.
At the risk of disingenuous outreach, or just plain ignorance of other people's beliefs, Christians have forgotten the importance of idols in other religions. It is a great disservice to the modern missionary that he does not understand the nature of idols. How are we supposed to talk to people of other faiths when we have no idea what we are talking about? It's time to re-learn what our ancient Christian predecessors understood very well.
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School administrators will replace every copy of the books they don't like in the school libraries, and city libraries will follow suit. We have begun the era of mass censorship, and the Penguin House controversy is just the beginning. The Left knows that it cannot compete in the realm of ideas, so its only hope is to shut the mouths of everyone else.
It would be better for the Left to try and ban these books outright, but they are too clever and malicious for that! Instead they will flood and confuse the market with all kinds of variants of classic books, making finding an original a more and more difficult challenge.
Some kinds of censorship are actually good and beneficial, but censorship of ideas simply indicates the fragility of the Left's position.
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Starting a monarchy in the modern world is possible, but you will have to plan very carefully! It's not enough to have a dreamy ideal of a monarchist country or society that could exist somehow somewhere, if you want to start a monarchy you must have a concrete plan of action. In order to write up an action plan, you must first define your goals. The ideal of sustainable, social, traditional, economically viable, beautiful, and defensible place drives my thought process, so those goals inform my planning.
It's extremely important not to try and be subversive, but to follow all the laws as much as is possible. This means that lawyers, architects, and city councils must be consulted when formulating a plan for a monarchical site. Only after all the big, large scale plans have been laid should at attempt to gather allies for the project begin.
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Artificial Intelligence is an incredibly powerful tool, but it comes at a great cost. Just like the discovery of atomic energy, AI has incredible potential in virtually every aspect of life. We are currently in the infant stages of the development and use of AI, so the power and scope of the capabilities we see today are nothing compared to what we will see in thirty, forty, or fifty years.
Truly, this Daedalus engine we have created will destroy us in the end. Certain industries are going to completely disappear, virtually all creative jobs will disappear, as AI renders artists obsolete in fields such as graphic design, pop music, and writers of copy online. Virtually every industry will be upended by AI, including: healthcare, customer service and experience, banking and financial services, insurance, logistics, retail, cybersecurity, transportation, marketing, defense, and all lifestyle related fields. There is virtually no field that will not be transformed by AI, there are even robot lawn mowers in production right now!
Some people are excited by the direction technology is taking us, but it cannot be denied that this technology is going to fundamentally transform what it means to be human. Depression and suicides are going to dramatically rise as people are edged out of jobs by technology that can do it better and cheaper than they could, and people are going to have less and less reason to live as they realize, and rightly so, that the world does not need them for anything. In a world where a computer can do anything you can do, and do it better than you, why should you even exist at all? AI is horrible for us. We will soon be destroyed by our own hubris, and by a weapon far more devious and destructive than ever was the atomic bomb.
A bomb is obvious in its destructive potential, but tools that "make life easier" are not. In the short term there will be huge lay-offs in every industry, the rich truly will explode in wealth as they own the corporations where all the goods are produced and where they no longer have to pay 90% of their staff, and mass poverty will immediately follow. Only through dramatic, draconian measures will governments be able to even feed their people. But this is just the short term effect.
After the initial poverty, potential starvation, inevitable social revolution, and final leveling out of society with the new standards of AI performing virtually every function necessary for human life, the newer and more terrible toll on the human condition will begin. No longer will any man have any need to create ANYTHING. Man will make himself obsolete, and far from creating a utopia, man will create a meaningless grey hell where all his works account for nothing. There will be a few geniuses who will find ways to amuse themselves, but for the vast majority of mankind there will be nothing to do. Learning will have no meaning, since men will not be able to use their knowledge in any meaningful way, creativity as a means of channeling energy will be utterly meaningless, since an AI can just do it for you faster, easier, and better than you ever will be able to. All the vast energy of man will have no outlet, and that can only mean that vice will increase out of all proportion. With zero healthy outlets, man will be left only with destructive, evil outlets for his great energy, and so we will destroy ourselves.
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Niccolo Machiavelli flipped the world on its head with "The Prince." Never before in the medieval world had a philosopher come about who demanded pragmatism over idealism, and his ideas seemed to Western Christendom to emanate from the mouth of Satan himself. "The Prince" was banned by the Catholic Church because of its complete diversion from the ideals of Christian kings who bowed to the authority of the Pope and replaced that ideal with a purely practical plan for any politician to grab at power and reign unchallenged. Machiavelli's ideas turned him into one of the most influential political theorists who ever lived.
Today, the word "Machiavellian" is applied liberally to those unscrupulous politicians who would use any means necessary to snatch at power, and this is a fair assessment of his political theory. Machiavelli was a true believer in democracy, being born in Florence, but to accomplish his political goals of clearing the Franks out of Italy and gaining some political grounds with the powerful Medici family, he was willing to compromise on his Republican theory to support the Prince.
Machiavelli was an incredible theorist, and we would ignore his teachings at our great peril. His work provides an incredible insight into Monarchy and how to protect it. His pragmatic approach allows us to recognize universal dangers to the state, and many of his conclusions may surprise you! Overall, Machiavelli had some excellent things to say, but ultimately the pragmatic must be married to the ideal. Neither can live on their own, and if they try, millions often die.
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What does the Bible actually say about violence? Does the New Testament conflict with the Old Testament on the issue of violence? How did the early Church deal with violence and war? There are a lot of misconceptions about violence in the Christian world, and this has been compounded by the enemies of the Church and their ruthless assault on Christian principles. Thus it is necessary to both examine the teachings found in the Christian Scriptures and to see how these ideals were taught and lived by the early Church to get some answers on this extremely important subject.
While these passages are not typically taught in churches today, the New Testament is filled with references to soldiers, war, and the sword. From Saint John the Baptist, to Jesus Christ, to Saint Paul and Saint Peter, to Saint John the Apostle, many references to wars and violence exist. Unfortunately, it seems that the only passage anyone ever refers to in regards to violence is Jesus' teaching regarding turning the other cheek. Many good and well meaning individuals have gotten stuck on a literal interpretation of this passage without considering the purpose of the teaching. Far from demanding pacifism, this sermon, and this part of this sermon, teach Christians simply to go above and beyond the call of duty in every aspect of their lives. Since most of us do not get slapped very often, a literal interpretation of the passage would render it irrelevant, but an understanding, especially in context, of the doctrine leads us to know that Jesus simply meant to do better and go above and beyond in our treatment of others, including not retaliating against minor offenses, but forgiving the offender. Nowhere is the message found to not defend oneself, or to fight and die for one's country, faith, and family.
The Apostles teach us that the sword in the hand of the government is a good thing, and Jesus taught His disciples to buy swords after He was gone--because the Christians were going to need them! David fought against Goliath for the very specific reason that the wicked giant had defied the armies of the living God. The Old Testament God and the New Testament God are one and the same, and the demands of the Old Testament God often included war.
The important thing about understanding the Christian perspective on violence is to seek after balance. The Christian worldview is a balanced worldview. As Solomon teaches: there is a time for war, and a time for peace. A good, but a violent, Christian was not a perspective alien to the early Church! The writings of the Church Fathers reveal that they had already dealt with this issue in the very formation and beginnings of Christianity, and they approved violence in some instances. Men are warlike by nature, and both philosophy and theology are in perfect harmony when they demand that Man hone and direct his warlike energies into the defense of the good.
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Government will always be a man, not a machine. Men are untrustworthy, but that does not disqualify them for the position. Attempting to circumvent human nature by elaborate machinations and constitutional divisions never actually succeeds in smoothing out the fickleness of human nature. No constitution has ever been good enough to eliminate greed, or so order human affairs that despotism cannot arise and destroy a people. Human law is far too frail a prison for the human spirit.
No matter how good your laws are, no matter how well crafted your political system is, a powerful enough, and ambitious enough person will always find a way to claw their way to the top of the political ladder and subjugate all beneath them. The only law ever proven to temper the human spirit has been religious law, as this is the only code that demands and recommends that all men temper themselves. Thus it is imperative that the highest law in the land be subject to God's law, and the highest lawmaker in the land subject themselves to a law higher than themselves.
Currently, the lawmakers in ever capital city everywhere in the world are the highest law in the land. Nothing is stopping elected government officials from writing or adapting new laws to benefit themselves, and so they do--constantly. Only a tradition of submission to a higher power is a powerful enough motivating force to curb human ambition, though nothing can fully suppress the corruption of the human will, save the efforts of the human in question.
Many people think that Monarchy is too dangerous, since it trusts a human to govern, but they fail to realize that Monarchy is the only honest form of government. All governments must trust humans to govern, but only Monarchy does not pretend that this is not so. Those supporters of Constitutional authority pretend that the Constitution rules, but no piece of paper has ever ruled anyone. Only when the authorities decide to abide by the rules written in the Constitution does that paper have any significance. Modern authorities hide behind the Constitution to give them the appearance of right when they rule, but Monarchs cannot hide behind anything or anyone. Monarchs are held accountable only to the Law of God, and that makes them the only real and honest form of government.
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Absolute Monarchy is an absolute mess. Traditional Monarchy is completely different from Absolute Monarchy. One is stable, beautiful, organic, and long lasting; and the other is unstable, wracked by divisions, unnatural, imbalanced, and destined for revolution. Absolute Monarchies are the direct result of failure to follow the Three Kingly Laws, and in every instance where even one of the Laws is broken in a country, we see that country careen into chaos. Like a tripod, all three laws are necessary for stability.
In order to understand where the modern absolute monarchs came from, we need to look to history. The path to Absolutism in France began long before any kings named Louis, it began long before with the father of the Franks: Charlemagne. That great person did and accomplished many things, but his work was undone because of his failure to follow the third Kingly Law. Because he did not directly pass on his kingdom to his son, all of Charlemagne's empire crumbled. This, along with a generous sprinkling of Viking invasion, led to a series of events that ultimately crushed the Christian nation and turned it into the capital of Atheism that we see today.
Absolutism could have so easily been avoided in France, but they failed. We, on the other hand, are not bound by their failures. We can see how the kings of France gobbled up the local lord's land and powers, and how that voracious appetite led to the ruin of the entire kingdom. We can see what they did, and so we can learn from their mistakes. We can set up Traditional Monarchies today because we have a doctrine of power that is informed by the past and looks to the future.
This episode is part of the on going "Pros and Cons of Monarchy" series and answers the objection that there is too much potential of Absolutism in Monarchy.
Advantages of Monarchy
1. Reduces partisanship and creates a sense of unity
2. Faster Decision-making Process
3. Increases Government Savings
4. Smooth Transition of Power
5. Trained Leaders
6. A Stable and Balanced Government
7. Government is a Local Matter
8. Monarchies Usually Revered by the People under Their Power
9. Nonpartisan Leadership
10. Leadership Focus
11. Advocates for Strong Defense
12. Reduced corruption
13. Transparent chain of command:
14. Act on the interest of everyone
15. The blame is Not Shared
16. A single form of contact for foreign governments
17. Family is the model for society
18. Traditional Monarchies Typically Last for Hundreds of Years
Objections to Monarchy:
1. Lack of Democratic Accountability
2. Lack of Democratic Legitimacy
3. Excessive Power Invested in a Single Person
4. More Difficult to Change the Leadership Internally
5. May Lead to Tyranny
6. Lack of Diversity in the Government
7. Changes according to the ruler
8. Unparalleled Power of the Monarch
9. No Checks or Balances
10. Competency of Leadership is not Guaranteed
11. Promotes Wealth Inequality
12. Lack of Upward Mobility
13. The Ruler may not be a Serious Person
14. Absolute Power has too much Potential for Tyranny
15. Creates a Class System within Society
16. Potential for absolutism17. Government is Too Human
18. Machiavelli Says that Monarchies are Easy to Conquer (But Hard to Hold)
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The only forms of government that have ever lasted for over a thousand years are all monarchies. Additionally, the best way to have a unified nation without divisive and destructive factions is through monarchy, since there is no need for parties to play against each other in a bid for power. This makes for much more stable countries that can and do last for hundreds of years. With family as the nucleus of society, tradition flourishes and morality grows abundant. Monarchies provide a safe haven for traditional family values that provide stability and happiness for their people that is unrivaled in the modern mess that is democratic fervor. This episode contains an exploration of the final three Pros for Monarchy in our series: 16. A single form of contact for foreign governments 17. Family as the model for society 18. Traditional monarchies typically last for hundreds of years
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Ever wonder how a monarchy could get started in today's world? There are only about three different ways that a monarchy could get started in our post-modern world.
1. The warrior king coming to save us on his white horse (or white helicopter as the case may be)
2. Elections where the people decide that it is time for the return of the king
3. Grass roots efforts effort to establish a family as a local baron, duke, count, etc., with the eventual intent to establish small, local kingdoms
Today, monarchy is not accepted as a real form of government, and the reason for this is the abandonment of traditional values such a faith and family across the world, but that does not mean that it is impossible to try and bring tradition back! Every effort should be made to carry on the traditions of hierarchy and organized religion, and monarchy is a huge part of this process. We do want local lords, because they provide an excellent springboard for the return of the kings across this globe.
Why each method has its pros and cons, option number three is the most likely to succeed in today's political climate. This is not to say that the warrior king is undesirable, as this form of monarchy is both beautiful and practical! Nor would it be a bad idea to try and win elections, but winning elections is much harder when the validity of elections cannot be trusted. Additionally, as the rot at the core of society is much more widespread than most people would like to admit, most people will have to undergo dramatic, painful tyranny before they see the error of their ways. To simply begin the process of developing small, local lords is the most effective and practical method to achieve the dream of monarchy.
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There has never been any proof of Macro Evolution, despite this, scientists and colleges teach the theory as absolute fact. Today it is nearly impossible to find any mainstream source that talks about science from a scientific point of view regarding evolution. Instead, research and teaching facilities begin with an assumed bias regarding the origin of species and never stop to consider whether or not their starting point is in the wrong place. This has led to many dangerous ideas and has seriously stunted scientific progress.
Micro Evolution we can see every day in simple things like dog breeds looking very different from one another, or from any plant or animal that adapts to its environment to better survive. All organisms have a built in spectrum of potential adaptability, but that spectrum has absolute limits. Never in any research by any scientist has there been found any evidence that one species has mutated into another species. Despite the obvious need for proof, the unproven theory that is Macro Evolution has not a single shred of scientific evidence to back it up. Naturally, if all the known species today evolved from lesser organisms, as the theory propagates, there ought to be literal mountains of evidence corroborating the notion; but there is not a single transitioning life form found in any fossil records, historical texts, or even common human experience or traditions. Despite this gaping hole in the place of real, concrete evidence, it is, today, impossible to find a credible institution that teaches Macro Evolution as an unverified theory, instead, all the major institutions today teach Macro Evolution as a fact.
There are two possible explanations for this bizarre phenomenon of faith before fact in the modern scientific community. The first is that scientists and teachers are no longer using their minds to reason and just accept in blind faith that which their forebears taught them, and their forebears in turn abandoned reason to do the same. The second possible explanation is that these institutions know full well that they are lying to us but refuse to deviate from the notion of Macro Evolution because they need something to replace God and this is the best solution they could find. Both possibilities are likely, but neither one is good for us. We need our scientists to take their science seriously, and not to rely on insane, unproven theories. Instead, we need our institutions to actually test their own theories and be willing to follow the science--instead of scientists.
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The general opinion of historians is that the spirit of Christmas was a huge part of early Christian Tradition. It was only in the modern period that celebration of Father Christmas was disallowed, generally due to the "rowdiness" of the Christmas revelers, as early Puritans disapproved of outward displays of enthusiasm. One of the earliest mentions of such a person as Father Christmas comes to us in the form of Sir Christmas, to whom was dedicated a Christmas carol that we know was written before 1510AD. As a result, it become both beautiful and informative to discover whether or not such a person as a "Santa Clause" could ever possibly exist.
The nature of the Christian God gives us a picture into the nature of such spiritual beings as Father Christmas. God the Father is, as we are told, a being composed of love. Love cannot exist without bearing fruit, and without someone to love. Therefore it was necessary for a being composed of love to beget a Son. Whence the Father and the Son exist there must be love between them, and love of God for God is the very Spirit of God, whom we call the Holy Spirit. This spirit was so real because the love was so real betwixt God that the spirit of the love became a living being unique. In this same manner, the being of Father Christmas has come into realness, as the love of Christians for each other, for God incarnate, and for the very spirit of Christmas itself, is the means by which Father Christmas has come into being.
There is a reason why Santa Claus is so beloved the world over, and it's not because of paganism. In fact, the very enemies of Santa Claus are not orthodox Christian faiths, but only the puritan element within the Judaeo-Christian world.
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Class divide is uncomfortable. Nobody wants to think about themselves as worse than someone else. The whole idea of a republic as devised by the Founding Fathers was to eliminate class divide into those with merits that thus deserve power, and those that choose not to achieve greatness. The system was designed at first to reward the best, but then settled into an ideal where anyone, regardless of natural ability or inclination could succeed. Then the ideal crystallized into a desire for utter equality, otherwise known as equality of outcome, where everyone would succeed equally, regardless of any other factor. However, the dream of a classless society was never realized, not even in Communistic countries.
The idea of class is simply a misunderstanding of natural hierarchical order. Hierarchies are human, and are the only bulwark against class. Only in a monarchy is ambition replaced with contentment, and only contentment leads to happiness. Since happiness is the best goal, let's try to gain this great prize over that of wealth and power.
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Is the Shroud of Turin a clever fabrication by a Medieval charlatan? Where did the shroud come from? how was it made? Why does anybody still talk about it when the Carbon-14 dating test proved it to by a fraud? The Shroud of Turin, as it is now known, is supposedly the actual burial shroud that Jesus Christ was wrapped in after His death and crucifixion. It first came into the western consciousness in the 14th century, and since then much ado has been made of it, and rightly so, since, if it were real it would dramatically smash the dreams of many modern men who would like to believe that the man Jesus of Nazareth never lived. Whole teams of scientists have dedicated their lives and their entire careers around the study of this ancient Christian artifact, but nearly all the mainstream media sources rely on bad and disproven studies in their reporting on the shroud. In an attempt to clear the air regarding this extremely important and relevant artifact, let's explore the three major objections to the shroud's authenticity: The Carbon-14 dating test, the iron oxide test by Dr. Walter McCrone, and Joe Nickell's highly publicized "Popular Photography" recreation. While all of these objections were highly publicized, none of them were complete studies. The much quoted Carbon-14 dating test turned out to be contaminated with cloth from the 16th century. Dr. McCrone's iron oxide test was proven to be unscientific and finally false after he was ultimately forced to allow his work to be peer reviewed. The magician Joe Nickell produced a copy that in reality had none of the exact, biological details found in the shroud, and was, ultimately, a poor facsimile. None of the mainstream media outlets ever seem to mention the enormous amount of work that other scientists have done in analyzing the shroud for its authenticity, such as the incredible work by Dr. Liberato De Caro, from Italy’s Institute of Crystallography of the National Research Council in Bari. His pioneering work with the WAXS model has revealed with a huge degree of precision and detail the actual age of the linen. Neither does mainstream media mention the work by the STURG team that spent millions of dollars analyzing the shroud and came up with some fairly startling results. Ultimately, the Shroud of Turin is far more important historically, and especially to all Christians, than most people will admit. The shroud deserves to be considered much more carefully than such anti-Christian outlets as Wikipedia will allow.
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Power cannot be manufactured, it can only be stolen. Galadriel tells us: " It began with the forging of the Great Rings. Three were given to the Elves, immortal, wisest and fairest of all beings. Seven to the Dwarf lords, great miners and craftsmen of the mountain halls. And nine, nine rings were gifted to the race of men, who, above all else, desire power." Tolkien understood men very well when he penned that passage in the Fellowship of the Ring. There is a limited amount of power to go around, however, and that means that additional power can only be taken from someone else who already possesses it.
To fully understand the nature of The Tyrannical Man, we must understand the nature of power. Power is best understood as a web that connects all men to all things, and the exercise of power cannot take place without a living being to use that power upon. No powers can be added to the list of existing powers because power is natural and ordered, just as nature is ordered and limited. The fullest exercise of power on another creature or piece of nature does not create new powers, or even suck the power out of something else, it merely channels the existing power into the being upon which power is being exercised. Power is not an evil, power over one's own movements is not wrong, but as natural as nature.
Powers are natural both to man individual, and officers among men, and different powers naturally reside within these archetypal spheres, the problem comes when some group or individual attempts to collect some of the powers that do not belong in his sphere of influence. The accumulation of power is the definition of tyranny. Any person, or group of persons, that takes some of the rightful powers of another person or group of persons has engaged in tyranny. The end result of tyranny is illness within society.
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From Genghis Khan to Vlad the Impaler, scary kings pop out at us from the pages of history and fill us with dread. From the annals of history we learn about many of the mighty men who ruled with iron fists and tyrannized over their people, and when we think crowns, we often think killers. Unfortunately, history is replete with the savage as well as the sluggish, and as we posterity sit in judgement, we cannot forget that politicians, though far fewer in number in historical context, have been more brutal and less adroit than even the worst monarchs in thousands of years.
For context, compare some of the ten worst monarchs who ever lived against their democratic counterparts and when the blood and dust settles, it becomes apparent that in less time the anti-king revolutionists killed more people than all the horrific, crowned tyrants in history. This in no way justifies the monarchs who committed these heinous acts, but it puts their deeds into proper context. Genghis killed his 40 millions, but so did Mao Zedong.
It is not appropriate to blame the institution of Monarchy for the tyrannical actions of some of its members, since if we do, then we must also blame elections for the hundreds of millions of deaths that have been voted into office in the persons of such notables as Adolf Hitler and Charles Taylor of Liberia.
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Monarchies have a greater Standard of Living than ANY other form of government in the world. Though the common belief around the world today is that Monarchies are outdated and repressive to their people, the data reveals that monarchies seriously outclass their counterparts in measurable standards of living for the average person. Today's episode shows how five metrics can be used to measure each geographical area to determine the economic prospects for the people living there. Using these metrics, it becomes clear very quickly that Monarchies outperform all other forms of government in terms of real life corruption protection and yearly salary.
The five areas measured are:
Average Per Capita Income per individual country and region.
The Corruption Perception Index of each country and region.
The percentage of GDP each country and region allocates to defense.
The Percentage of GDP that the government of each country and region spends.
The overall Credit Rating (Standard & Poors) of each country and region.
Monarchies significantly outperform in all five areas in nearly every geographical region of the world, which means that the average person will have a better real standard of living in a Monarchy than in any other form of government. It does not matter if you live in Africa or Oceania, the average person who is lucky enough to live in a Monarchy will have a better economic future than his neighbor.
References
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_government_spending_as_percentage_of_GDP
https://www.wikirating.com
https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/rating
https://www.countryaah.com
https://www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2021
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1293562/expenditure-on-military-defense-as-gdp-share-in-the-european-union-eu-27/
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Ever wonder why good stories we read as children stick with us long into adulthood, though it may have been decades since we read them? A good story is always very mythological, and because of this it speaks to us on a deep, archetypal level. We sometimes forget just how difficult and dangerous the world is, and books help us to try and take the Hero's Journey.
Enter into the realm of myth with the Narnia series! Nothing is more important for character building than reading the Narnia books to young children. The Narnia books were an intentional attempt by C.S. Lewis to actively engage the young mind in the important mythologies by which we see and understand the world. The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe takes four children who could be any one of us and through a simple game of hide-and-seek ushers them into a fairytale world of mythology and high fantasy. Edmund is nearly turned to stone for his betrayal of his family for personal gain, just like a heart may be turned to stone by choosing self-love over others. Christmas is revealed in its full power, and kingship is everywhere. Courage and bravery in both a masculine and feminine form are taught through each character's own Hero's Journey, and proper fatherhood and motherhood are revealed in the characters of Mr. and Mrs. Beaver. A Journey to Narnia must not be missed for our children.
For the adult we must endure a Tale of Two Cities. Charles Dickens has two works which surpass all his others, and these are a Tale of Two Cities and A Christmas Carol. The latter is wonderful and kid-friendly, the other is definitely not. Through eyes of the heroes who dare to rescue a princess in flaming, hellish France, we see the true nature of the Democratic Man. For modern man this work is just as important in scope and intent as George Orwell's 1984 and Animal Farm, as well as Aldous Huxley's A Brave New World. Nowhere is the stark reality of what the Left actually is more apparent than in Dicken's A tale of Two Cities. Unfortunately, human beings can descend to a level that amaze even devils, and in France in 1789 the leftist ideal of truly dark mythology was revealed. These works cannot be missed, and for the adult, a great couple of The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe movies are just waiting to be seen! (But seriously, read the books)
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On average living in a monarchy is going to get you an extra $1,500 in your pocket per year. This is because Monarchies are superior in the fields of reducing corruption and protecting property rights. The protection of property rights is key to liberty and reducing tyranny, and monarchies consistently perform better than Democracies and Republics (and, of course, Dictatorships!), which make Monarchies more resilient to change and to upheavals around the world. Additionally, countries with a monarchy have a higher than average overall GDP, with sixty percent of the top ten richest countries in the world per capita being Monarchies. Kings and Queens also help their countries to have a higher credit score, which helps businesses to thrive. Overall, Monarchies are far better suited to protect the little guy and improve the overall standard of living for their own people than any other form of government ever attempted. So... If you want more money, choose monarchy!
This episode examines and refutes 2 cons typically associated with monarchy:
1. Monarchy promotes wealth inequality
2. Monarchies reduce upward mobility
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Want a safer country with less corruption? Pick a Monarchy. The stats line up with the kings and queens, all over the world countries with monarchies are safer and better places to live than their neighbors with lesser forms of government. In today's episode we will target Africa and Europe with a statistical analysis, we measure commitment to the military, chain of command, and that extremely important measurement of success: the Corruption Perception Index. In this episode you will get to see how the monarchies compare to their neighbors, as well as find out what the least corrupt country in the world is (hint: it's a monarchy!).
Continuing this intriguing Pros and Cons series with five more Pros to Monarchy, we will go over these benefits to the most ancient and practical government ever tried:
- Monarchies Advocate for a strong defense
- Monarchies reduce corruption
- Monarchies have a transparent chain of command
- Monarchies act in the interest of everyone, not just special interest groups
- In a Monarchy the blame is not shared
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Leftism destroys everything it touches, and it has even destroyed compassion for the weak. By demanding diversity, the Left has destroyed human dignity. Best described as human iconoclasm, Leftism has taken the humanity out of the human. Therefore, when the Left decries Monarchy for a lack of diverse representation in government, we already know that they are asking for something anti-human. However! A Monarchy is totally capable of, and actively does, take care of the diverse peoples under his reign, and in fact unifies diverse peoples into one homogeneous group. Monarchs are unifying agents, Leftists are disrupting agents.
Continuing the fair and balanced assessment of monarchy in this Pros and Cons series, we explore five more negative things people believe are true about Monarchy.
- Lack of Diversity in Government
- Government Changes According to Ruler
- Unparalleled Power of the Ruler
- No Checks or Balances
- Competency of Leadership is not Guaranteed
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No leader should be half a man, instead, we demand a fully human being as our king. In this continuation of the pros and cons series we explore five more pros to monarchy. We learn from Thomas Hobbes penultimate work "Leviathan" that mixt government in the meerly Civill form that there be more than one Soule; and this abomination of the body destroys the ability of man to simultaneously access his executive, judicial, and legislative faculties. Instead, a fully functional monarch has the elevating ability to bring all three governmental functions into harmony and have a single, unifying purpose. Representative governments have a very real issue with separation of powers, in that the separation is required to alleviate tyranny, but ultimately leads to a disconnect between the branches. People should not separate out chunks of their mind and then only use that piece, people should use their whole minds in making decisions.
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With the passing of the Queen of England, the future of the British monarchy is in question. The US has long held a unique, special relationship with the UK, so for this episode it only made sense to sit down with a Scotsman from the Isle of Lewis and discuss the parliament. Meet Lewis Macaulay, a pastor who works with in a Scottish Scheme to save the souls the government forgot. Lewis helps us to understand the current situation in 2022 Scotland, how a once traditional country lost its roots and fell away into modern brutalism, and then post-modern nihilism. The new parliament of 1707 is nothing at all like the parliament that preceded it, that new creation of the 1300's, and neither is like the traditional model of small, local government of the ideal, traditional approach. On this episode we discuss the inner workings of the United Kingdom's political approach, the good, the bad, and how things might be different under the new king.
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A much more sensible solution, monarchy costs less and has better transitions than representative governments. Modern monarchs especially are better trained than their elected counterparts and a line of succession is always clear. Without the massive glut of election costs, a traditional polity will not need to charge as much in taxes and run a cleaner, smoother government. Countries with monarchies are much more unified, there is way less party partizan politics, and people in monarchies tend to love their monarchs. Monarchs typically have much higher approval ratings than their elected counterparts, and since there are no elections, there are no disenfranchised voters. Additionally, monarchs move a lot faster in getting things done than representative governments which typically take many years to accomplish even the most basic things.
Today's episode focuses on five positives regarding monarchy, and is a follow up to the five negatives associated with monarchy. This episodal series attempts to answer the great questions that have been raised against monarchy, and to see when all the smoke clears whether or not monarchy is worth having at all, let alone the best form of government.
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Time to play Devil's Advocate! Everyone wants to know what the opposition to monarchy is saying, people want to know what the best arguments for and against monarchy are, and it is time to share them. This episode begins by exploring five of the best arguments AGAINST monarchy, and the possible answers to these serious objections. Considering that it is necessary to give the devil his due and answer the questions true, each of the objections is treated as seriously as possible. Great minds have come before and have looked carefully into the question of state, and since we live in an age when monarchy is all but ended, we need to decide whether or not the side that won in the modern age deserves to be the dominant theory still, or whether the ancients were right after all.
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Is beauty truly in the eye of the beholder? Or is there some higher standard which is greater than man and his fluctuating opinions. Art is the outpouring of the heart, and that means that a look at a person's, or a society's, art will reveal what the artist considers to be valuable. Art is the true canary in the coal mine to give us a hint as to what our society believes, and because the art being mass produced today is terrifically horrible and pathetically sad, that tells us a lot about where we truly stand. Art is also always cutting edge, so art is where we should be looking to see where society is, but more importantly, to see where society is going.
Beauty is intrinsically tied to ethics and ideals, and in the elevation of our art we have an opportunity to create a better world. Dostoevsky, the king of all the Russian writers, said that beauty will save the world, and this is because only those with beautiful ideals can create beautiful things, and a love of beautiful things is a love for beautiful ideals, therefore, let us love that which is beautiful so that we can save the world.
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How do you try to outline a theory of everything? Guest host Joshua Roberts has returned to the Traditional Press to try and help us do just that. Traditionism is a holistic, complete theory of life that affects every aspect of the human experience, and as a result, is both fully religious and political, it marries government and the church, just as faith is married to practice. Christendom, in the fullness of the word, is the practical and idealistic goal of the traditional party, however, a traditional monarchy in every religious background would still be better for every country. This means that a Muslim monarchy would be better for Muslims than a Muslim Republic, and the same is true for Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, etc. The goal of the Traditional Press is to begin the process of creating a fully functional political party, whose goal is to guide us out of the Tyrannical phase into the Empire phase.
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What would real life look like if we could actually get a monarchy? If we lived in a traditional monarchy today, how would some real life scenarios play out differently than they do in our current government? Renting, landlords, taxation, innovation, and the beauty and total functionality of local manufacturing communities instead of mass manufacture which is so dehumanizing and miserable, in every meaningful respect a traditional government is more humane and easier to navigate than the modern one.
Guest host Matthew Roberts comes onto the show today to ask some real world questions to help clarify the unique perspective of the traditional approach to life and governorship.
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Death is universally feared, but can Christians follow Christ and kill? In the modern world death is the great enemy, but not according to traditional values. In this episode we go deep into the philosophy of death, and we look at it in the light of the crusades. History is a great teacher if we are willing to listen. Ideology is far more important than material goods, so why bother fighting over lesser things when we are going to leave the big things alone? This whole life is a war, and we need to know what we are fighting for.
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A new political party is being formed as we speak. Traditionism has been shot to death in the form of the Romanovs, had it's head cut off in the form of Marie Antoinette, been slandered and besmirched in the propaganda of the revolutionaries, and been hated and feared by tyrants everywhere, but like the prophesied resurrection of the believers, Traditionism can never be eradicated from the hearts and minds of men. We crave Traditionism even if we don't know its name, and all men secretly long for the return of the king. The Traditional Press seeks to name the eternal values that are nobility and lordship, and to delve into the details of the fundamental values and principles that are the basis of Traditionism. The deep, philosophical values upon which all men base their moral codes are eternal and invincible, and though man often loses his way, Traditionism will always remain to help him return to the right path again, all he has to do is seek, and in seeking, he will find.
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Time for nuts and bolts, practical people need practical solutions and Monarchy is about as practical as it gets. From lower taxes to greater freedom and less regulation and burdensome ordinances, monarchies are better to live in for normal people. People who live in the modern monarchies that still exist all over the world today make more money at the end of the year and are better treated. From Lichtenstein's prince to Germany's Kaiser, we explore the modern monarchies both old and new and see how they do. If you're looking for a great, simple, practical form of government, look no further than the most tried and true, time tested form that could ever exist: Monarchy.
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Prepare to lose this election.
We are smack dab in the middle of an an American crisis and the Electorate is rapidly being defrauded everywhere. Election malpractice is so much bigger than Donald J. Trump, it affects every state and country election across the country. As the system disintegrates the right is being treated with more and more contempt, and the left is getting away with this treatment. As a result, the right is being shut into a category of Second-Class Citizen and with every lost election more freedoms that the conservative party loves so much are being stripped away.
The propaganda machine of Nazi Germany was the reason why they were able to seize the amount of power that they did, and it was the same with the revolutionary movement of the colonists. The media plays a much larger role in politics than any other factor, and it is one of the reasons why the left has consistently been winning. It is certainly long past time to create a comprehensive, conservative media platform.
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Redcoat or Revolutionary in 1776? There are a lot more things to think about when we consider the founding of this country than just independence and staring in wild-eyed wonder at Washington's worthy shadow. Hop in for a ride as we talk about the real struggles of traditionally minded loyal colonists in that fateful year, and we will see the possibility of a different path other than the republic which has led to so much tyranny already, and will lead to so much more. Strap on your breeches and buckle your leather shoes, we've got a Paul to catch in the soggy Rhode Island rain!
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It takes a special kind of magnanimous madness to possesses a Christian to allow non-Christians to design, run, and participate in his government. Secular governments cannot be Christian, therefore it is no wonder that they end up opposing Christianity in the end—even if Christians set them up in the first place! Every Christian both needs and wants a truly Christian government, and there is only one form of practical Christian government. The Christian philosophy, faith, and scriptures all demand monarchy, so from a firmly Christian perspective, an examination into government in general will be given, and we will see that all Christians have a need for a Christian King.
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We need more walls than just at the southern border! Walls provide safety and physical separation of powers, and this open world concept we have in the modern day is just spreading socialism into every country around the world. We need to build cultural centers that are unique and strong, and walls are one of the ways we can do that. Nobody is talking about how beneficial a wall can be in terms of psychology, safety, culture, tradition, and anti-tyrannical power, but these things need to be said. So build the wall! (Around Your Town)
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Even though we are lost in the chasm of tyranny, there is still hope! The Emperor is coming to slay the Tyrannical Man and burn out the impurity within the nation. It will be a painful process, but nothing he does will be as painful as the screws that are already being turned on us today. Historically, the emperors come from the party of the right, though the left always thinks they own them, and this allows the Autocratic Man to slip into power without attracting the attention of the Tyrants. The Autocratic Man is a warlike character, and his form of government is defined as Rule by the One. The Emperor will allow religion to return after the Tyrannical Man tries to stamp out the eternal flame, and he will galvanize the nation into one cohesive whole, which will help prepare us for the return of the king.
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From censorship and lock-downs, to ridiculous gas prices and imprisonment of opposition without trial, the things the left is doing seem to be getting worse and worse every day, but are these things unique? In this episode we find parallels to the despotic choices our government is making today in tyrannies of the past. This is extremely helpful because it allows us to see what the left is heading towards, and why. More importantly, however, it gives us a proper background for the coming of the Emperor and why he does what he does when he comes. This episode is split into two sections with the first detailing the current situation of tyranny, and the second revealing the future of the bold and warlike Emperor.
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All human beings are religious, including the atheist. Every single person looks at the world through a lens of a priori mythology, and the modern atheist has his own set of fundamentals. The Atheist has its messiah myths, its Satan/serpent myths, and yes, its own god. Since meaning is a prerequisite to life, the atheist has built a system of meaning based on pantheistic values, and then confuses himself greatly by his inability to distinguish between his own selfish motivations, and that which he believes the universe is telling him to do. In this special edition podcast guest host Joshua Roberts explains how this revelation into the Traditionist's most aggressive enemy's belief system came about, and how to understand their belief system not by the claim that they do not believe in God, but by asking what god they actually do believe in.
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What is the hidden reason why the Tyrannical Man wants to take our guns? To own and use firearms is an extension of our moral code, and its use should not be neglected. When we can no longer trust our government, to whom can we turn to save us? With guest host Matthew Roberts we discuss the hot button subject of gun control and the proper use of militias and revolutions. We talk about Ghost Guns and NFA registration of Ar-15 rifles and the promise of the Left that they will confiscate firearms. The emperor needs us to be ready, so don't buy a gun, learn how to legally craft one in your own workshop!
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Can we escape from the looming threat of tyranny? Or are we locked into a predetermined path to destruction? The question is more relevant today than ever with such tyrannical activity in this country as would have caused the founding fathers to demand revolution! Human beings are hemmed in by the forces of cause and effect, and though it seems like we don't have the ability to make a free choice, this is an illusion. Humans will always have the opportunity to choose the moral path. Religion is the enemy of the Tyrannical Man, and the hope that religion spreads will give birth to the Emperor, and he will save us from the Tyrant.
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Sacrificing our young to the god Molech in the hopes of personal benefit, America has failed the most basic moral test. Since 1973 millions of innocent children have been sacrificed on the altar of personal gain, and the systematic exploitation of defenseless dependents that has ruined this country is nothing less than a foundational pillar of the Tyrannical Left. The philosophical ideals upon which the left is constructed lead to more than just abortion, systemic exploitation is crucial to their worldview.
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The traditional model respects women far more than the so-called feminists of today could ever dream, and the beauty and goodness of motherhood deserves to be recognized and examined. There have been some truly amazing queens in history, and they give us an example of what a Queen Mother could and should really be like. No one is better suited to the care and consideration of the people's needs and feelings than the Queen Mother, and history shows us that they can and do steer culture in a positive way. There is never a great man without a great woman, and so in pursuit of greatness we say, "Fie on lady senators! We want our queen!"
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How can we tell a king from a tyrant? There are rules to use so you can measure the legitimacy of any government and the 3 criteria by which a king is distinguished are: 1. Hereditary Succession. 2. Familial Participation in Government. 3. Submission to a higher power. These laws determine the legitimacy of a monarchical government, and are the bedrock of stability upon which the longest lasting and most stable forms of government are built. Deviation from even one of the Three Kingly Laws inevitably results in the destruction of a nation and the rise of the Tyrannical Man.
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Will Elon succeed in defeating the democratic man on the Twitter battlefield? Or will systemic censorship win the war? We don't want to cocomelon our Parthenon, so let's really explore whether or not censorship has any place in the real world, and whether or not it should be legal to criticize the king in a monarchy.
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You're a criminal, did you know that? Red lights, stop signs, turn lanes, speed limits... Don't make a mistake or the watching vultures that will swoop down upon you and tear into your unlawful backside. In this episode we'll talk about the tyrannical culture that is squeezing the life out of us, and the inhumanity of some things you may not have realized were so destructive.
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The traditional ideal of wives submitting to their husbands may now be a hot button issue, but it is a conversation that is more than merely relevant today, it is critical to our understanding of family and social hierarchy. Join me with my wife and my brother Matthew as guests on the show today as we discuss what submission to government looks like, and how husbands and wives work together in a symbiotic relationship for the betterment of both, and for the stability of the family and society.
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The West is incubated in Roman law. The Founding Fathers of the United States first wrested rule of the colonies from the Traditional Monarchies, and then overturned the rest of the Western World, all with ideology carefully distilled from the Roman way. Thus, Roman history more clearly demonstrates for us—the children of the revolution—the destruction that follows regicide: the killing of your kings. In this podcast we thoroughly sift through Rome's checkered past and demonstrate the Cycle of Nations as it played out in their history. We begin with a murder, that of the Monarch by the Aristocracy, who set up the republic, and move on to the Aristocracy's loss of power to the Oligarchs, to the Democratic phase which ushered in the bloody tyranny, where more than half of Rome's population was destroyed. We then rise to the rescue of the nation by the Emperors from the Tyranny, and after the Empire (Autocratic) phase, we see the return of Rome to Monarchy, a state which lasted for a thousand years.
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Get ready to see this classic fairy tale in a whole new way as we deep dive into George Orwell's "Animal Farm." The complete Cycle of Nations is demonstrated in a powerful, almost prescient way in the book, and the result of every foolish revolution away from Monarchy is always an inevitable Tyranny. Since the US is on the verge of entering the Tyrannical phase in the Cycle, a guide through this time is sorely needed.
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In this episode we discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine, what makes for a "just war," and why society is so anti-social. The internet is not the only thing that is creating faux relationships with people, the very makeup of our cities is pulling us apart. Not only this, but the nature of our inglorious republic is fundamentally designed to split apart the family, and that is one of the many reasons why I argue for a monarchy! Settle in and find out why the most ancient form of government is still viable today.
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