Ep. 44 Another half-demented 80-year-old yelling about things he doesn’t understand. These are our leaders. They don’t care about our future because they don’t have one of their own. pic.twitter.com/iylpXALJjZ
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) December 4, 2023
The world is full of bullit-nuts
Of mass-killer thugs
Full of warmonger sluts
Of totalitarian diktats,
And self-anointed messianic cracks…
The world is full of incompetent political clowns
And of money worshiping ghouls
The air filled with media pollution slant
Ruled by elitist parasites
Siphoning tax payers’ loot
Under the grip of globalist hacks
And trans-human psychopaths…
In a cultural environment where anything goes, the use of the words religion/religious makes people uneasy. The reason is that a majority of people believe that we live in a predominantly secular culture without the need of any moral constraints or guidelines. This type of mindset promotes the perception that abiding to any ethical standard would infringe on individual’s civil rights. This uneasiness with civility and religion is oblivious to the fact that our contemporary world is dominated by globalist media cults that are sectarian, regressive and divisive.
Consequently some clarification is needed to explain the nature of civil religion, and more specifically the meaning of religion: It comes from the Roman Latin word religio. It relates to the proper rituals and ceremonies dedicated to the gods performed by the mortals in order to maintain the beneficial order and prosperity of the city-zens of Rome.
Religio is foremost civil and civic, and implicitly political. It reflects the power of the gods being the eternal representatives of hierarchy embodied by the mortal rulers of Rome.
As a side note, the word religion is not used in the Old Testament. And the few times the word appears, it relates to foreign belief systems considered heathen or pagan. It does not show up in the synoptic Gospels. The word is only used in later epistles influenced by the predominant Roman culture. What the Bible reveals is faith in the presence of the almighty who communicates with individuals whom he sets apart to instruct, to lead, to prophetize and govern over God’s chosen people. Making sure they abide with the covenant he made with them and the commandments he gave them.
In the US Thanksgiving is a national holiday. A similar holiday is celebrated in many other countries on various dates. It is a day set apart, on a Roman calendar we still use today, as feriae or holy days. Citizens are off work and most institutions and commercial activity is kept to a minimum. Incidentally, the act of “setting apart” is a specific attribute of what is defined as sacred and holy.
The early Settlers were mostly Puritans and Protestants. As such they inaugurated a faith based holiday of Thanksgiving, giving thanks for their harvest. In the course of time the celebration became more secular and civic in function.
Today, Thanksgiving is the occasion to share and give thanks for a harvest made with modern means of production and distribution. It is a day set apart to congregate with family, friends and strangers, for the purpose of sharing a meal.
Commensality, or the fellowship at the table of sharing a meal, resonates with people from varied cultures throughout history from varied parts of the world as a ritual that binds a group together. Thanksgiving connects each and every group in a civic union celebrated nationwide. It is a civil religious feast to give thanks for the material benefits and security shared by citizens.
Thanksgiving is a civil religious holiday. It’s a yearly ritual that has been celebrated throughout history by citizens to give thanks for the economic benefits provided by an American political union.
The physicist:
I study the theory of relativity ~
The philosopher:
I study the relativity of theory…
War is a convenient way to manage a growing distrust of government. A distrust that could potentially lead citizens to question the legitimacy of an established political order. A conflict is an expedient way to distract any resentment away from the ruling elite and re-direct it against an enemy abroad. The process enables the imposition of stricter control on the population, reinforcing the power of rulers at home. Typically, the bigger the conflict the greater the political disintegration and readjustment for the defeated party.
Self-righteous politicians who promote tough gun control laws see any problem spending gazillion dollars of taxpayers’ money on destructive weapons for war. For conflicts that benefit mostly corporations and their shareholders who in turn finance the political campaigns of warmonger. Candidates who don’t have a problem with destructive weapons that kill an obscene number of people. And who don’t send their children to the front but sends other people’s children to die in battle while they enjoy a cushy political career at home.
Based on my lifelong study and research on religion I realized that the Economy (with a big E) is humanity’s universal religion. Every human being on the planet accepts and believes in a system that will enhance his or her economic benefit and security. Conversely, the worship money, defined as greed, is the source of all evil. This is the intractable mysterious spectrum of good and evil that defines the human condition.
I read Lionel Rubinoff’s The Pornography of Power in the 1970s. I recently bought another copy of the book as I got rid of most of my books over the years. I was unaware the book is available for free on archive.org. I also found out that Robert Sheer wrote a book with the same title, also available on archive.org.
Lionel Rubinoff; The Pornography of Power
“The artist is not simply a reporter who takes evil for granted and uses his talent to profit from man’s inherent fascination for it. If a man as to be called an artist, it is because he has used his art not to exploit but to transcend evil. The way back to salvation is not to go mad and surrender oneself to evil, but to create. The creative act is the apotheosis of man; the destruction of creativity is therefore the greatest of all crimes. This is how the death of God comes about. It begins with man’s destruction of his own creativity.
But this is precisely what is happening today. The life of creativity is slowly being infected by the propaganda of irrationalism, and the imagination, no longer informed by the elan vital, has lost its capacity to transcend despair and has become instead an imagination of disaster. The success of the propaganda of irrationalism in stifling the imagination is due partly to our own fears. We are afraid to be creative today because we are afraid to be individuals, afraid to be active in a conformist society that encourages total passivity. To be an individual on a collective society is to suffer a kind of madness. But to be part of it, which is normal, is to live without purpose, to worship platitudes and empty truths, to be mediocre, and to exist without love, which hell. Hell is the suffering of being unable to love, and hell is the anomie and the powerlessness and living under the shadow of the apocalyptic vision…”
Debbie W., Richmond, CA
Extremely Interesting Read. Deeply researched account of the symbols om the US dollar.
I’ve always been curious about the symbols on the one dollar bill and the little book explains them well. Highly recommend this read.
Peter O., Santa Fe, NM
Good and entertaining… This book is full of historical facts about the symbols on the dollar. You won’t be bored reading it. The author keeps delivering relevant info till the end. And once you’re done reading the book, you’ll never look at the dollar the same way again.
L. K. M., Seattle, WA
Great read! Extremely well researched writing of the history, symbols and makeup of the US currency.
After reading the book you will love the tender you exchange everyday. Highly recommend.
R. S., Santa Monica, CA
Well researched book on the symbols of our currency. Very interesting and revealing aspects behind the history of our currency.
Joanne A., Novato, CA
Everything you ever wanted to know about the one dollar bill. This book explains all the symbols on the one dollar. Who knew it was so detailed? Very interesting!
M.J.B., San Diego, CA
Great Read! Well researched, packed with interesting facts about the US dollar. Quick read.
Highly recommend.
Carl L., San Francisco, CA
If you’re curious as to how the symbols found on the US dollar came to be, look no further than
Michael Rizzotti’s well researched book. In addition to providing the reader with the history and context, the author expands on related subjects such as the Federal Reserve and the dollar’ s evolution to becoming the reserve currency of the world. All in all, a good, well written read.
Ricky I., Palm Desert, CA
Interesting and Detailed. A unique and well researched explanation and interpretation of the symbols we have all seen on ou US dollar. Mr. Rizzotti vividly introduces us to the history of the symbols; and quite interesting interpretations on how and or why these symbols were included on the dollar.
