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It Takes A Whole Lot of Obedience and Active Support to Sustain Plutocracy or Despotism
We propose NOT digging graves for our own children just to enrich or empower imbeciles.
Despots and plutocrats are simply human beings, not fearsome supervillains. While there are various organizations and rules and traditions that give them “power,” ultimately all of their power comes from the obedience of ordinary people.
Despots and plutocrats have people who do everything for them. They produce nothing. They enforce nothing. They do nothing—except issue orders. Every time a person refuses to comply with the orders, that power is reduced.
Because everything is done for them, often leaders and other top level authorities have stunted abilities and cannot do the simplest things. The underlings—us—are typically far more skilled and capable than the people in charge.
The only special skill of despotic leaders is swindling, deception and masquerading as being all-powerful and virtually invulnerable. But now, in the 21st century, the Wizard is hiding behind a flimsy curtain that conceals very little.
