It is worth noting. The main driving force behind pushing the dissolution of Austro-Hungary and dethroning the Kaiser. Was in fact the much maligned Woodrow Wilson. Wilson was also noted as not being particularly concerned about the Romanovs overthrow. Jovial even at the news. As it helped further turn the war into a Black and White conflict of Classical Liberalism and Enlightenment Ideals versus the remnants of a bygone age that should have been forgotten in the minds of all ‘good’ Americans.
He’s also suspected of having deliberately torpedoed Austrian attempts to bring the war to a close far a sooner.
I think Monarchies are inevitable, elected Monarchies (NOT hereditary monarchies) historically are the most stable. Best example, the good emperors during Rome's golden age.
Nerva -> Trajan -> Hadrian -> Antoninus Pius -> Marcus Aurelius
Each emperor handpicked by their successor. And notice how it all goes to sh*t after Marcus Aurelius has his son Commodus become emperor.
Greek democracies like athens eventually reduced to anarchy and mob rule. Roman Republic ruled by extremely rich secret factions (first triumvirate) who pull the strings behind the scenes before succumbing to massive civil war where you have a politician who wins the game of politics become the monarch.
Bukele made an extremely profound comment that power eventually will be vested in either a Monarch or Merchants. Right now, we are being ruled by merchants, i.e. the banksters.
Democracy and Republics can still work on a small scale (like a city state -- kinda) or like fan clubs or corporations. But for large and diverse countries, it might work for a while but they break down eventually.
It is important to note that Christ is in fact a King, the King of Kings, and the Lord of Lords and thus, the universe, rightly ordered, is a Monarchy, not a democracy or republic. I think the entire episode where the crowd is manipulated into voting for Barabbas shows what God thinks of popular democracies. Instead of choosing the rightful king and heir, the vote for revolution.
Bukeles sentiment has been noted before. Power has a tendency of finding somewhere to rest its head. And it typically isn’t in a completely decentralized fashion. In fact the Decentralized Societies were historically regularly swallowed by the non-decentralized societies. Unless they managed rare moments of complete unity with each other. Such as the Greek States thrashing the Persians
That is why to this day. Why the U.S regularly is still labeled an experiment. Conversations and Debates are regularly had on whether it’s a failed experiment. Especially given the past century of Oligarchic tendencies and Corporate Corruption. Whether it lives or dies though is ultimately up to the will of God.
It's a failed experiment, because it does not adequately account for human sinfulness.
“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” - John Adams
Secularism just kinda assumes that people will vote for what is good and leave each other alone because RELIGION IS THE PROBLEM. Which is the exact opposite, Jesus Christ is the protective hedge and by excluding Him from the public space and uncrowing Him as the King and Sovereign ruler we have given space for wicca, islam, sataism, feminism, communism, and all sorts of unholy horrors. The modern world is in a much worse state than when it was under Roman paganism. Say what you want about the Romans, they did not industrialize child sacrifice or mandate child mutilations or allow women to rule or mass traffick children for sex
Luke 11:24-26. “When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when he comes, he finds it swept and put in order. Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first.”
While I don’t know about reverting to Monarchies.
It is worth noting. The main driving force behind pushing the dissolution of Austro-Hungary and dethroning the Kaiser. Was in fact the much maligned Woodrow Wilson. Wilson was also noted as not being particularly concerned about the Romanovs overthrow. Jovial even at the news. As it helped further turn the war into a Black and White conflict of Classical Liberalism and Enlightenment Ideals versus the remnants of a bygone age that should have been forgotten in the minds of all ‘good’ Americans.
He’s also suspected of having deliberately torpedoed Austrian attempts to bring the war to a close far a sooner.
I think Monarchies are inevitable, elected Monarchies (NOT hereditary monarchies) historically are the most stable. Best example, the good emperors during Rome's golden age.
Nerva -> Trajan -> Hadrian -> Antoninus Pius -> Marcus Aurelius
Each emperor handpicked by their successor. And notice how it all goes to sh*t after Marcus Aurelius has his son Commodus become emperor.
Greek democracies like athens eventually reduced to anarchy and mob rule. Roman Republic ruled by extremely rich secret factions (first triumvirate) who pull the strings behind the scenes before succumbing to massive civil war where you have a politician who wins the game of politics become the monarch.
Bukele made an extremely profound comment that power eventually will be vested in either a Monarch or Merchants. Right now, we are being ruled by merchants, i.e. the banksters.
Democracy and Republics can still work on a small scale (like a city state -- kinda) or like fan clubs or corporations. But for large and diverse countries, it might work for a while but they break down eventually.
It is important to note that Christ is in fact a King, the King of Kings, and the Lord of Lords and thus, the universe, rightly ordered, is a Monarchy, not a democracy or republic. I think the entire episode where the crowd is manipulated into voting for Barabbas shows what God thinks of popular democracies. Instead of choosing the rightful king and heir, the vote for revolution.
Bukeles sentiment has been noted before. Power has a tendency of finding somewhere to rest its head. And it typically isn’t in a completely decentralized fashion. In fact the Decentralized Societies were historically regularly swallowed by the non-decentralized societies. Unless they managed rare moments of complete unity with each other. Such as the Greek States thrashing the Persians
That is why to this day. Why the U.S regularly is still labeled an experiment. Conversations and Debates are regularly had on whether it’s a failed experiment. Especially given the past century of Oligarchic tendencies and Corporate Corruption. Whether it lives or dies though is ultimately up to the will of God.
It's a failed experiment, because it does not adequately account for human sinfulness.
Secularism just kinda assumes that people will vote for what is good and leave each other alone because RELIGION IS THE PROBLEM. Which is the exact opposite, Jesus Christ is the protective hedge and by excluding Him from the public space and uncrowing Him as the King and Sovereign ruler we have given space for wicca, islam, sataism, feminism, communism, and all sorts of unholy horrors. The modern world is in a much worse state than when it was under Roman paganism. Say what you want about the Romans, they did not industrialize child sacrifice or mandate child mutilations or allow women to rule or mass traffick children for sex