Once upon a time, people believed that without a sacrifice, the rains wouldn't come, the herds would never show up, the winter would never end, and the Sun wouldn't come back after an eclipse.
They believed these things because the witch doctors told them so. These beliefs were useful to the witch doctors. This was how they protected their power.
It was all a pack of lies.
Now, most people believe that without sacrificing to government through taxation, kids will not get educated, roads will crumble, property couldn't exist, planes wouldn't fly, and criminals would run rampant.
They believe these things because modern witch doctors- government "teachers", pundits, politicians, bureaucrats, and generic statists- tell them so. These beliefs are useful to the modern witch doctors. It's how they protect their power.
It is all a pack of lies. No more true than the lies told by the ancient witch doctors and priests to the gullible tribespeople.
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“For men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.”
ReplyDelete--- H.L. Mencken