Power beyond Reason

 Power beyond Reason

J.M. Rogers

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            Logic and reason, like compassion and empathy, are of little use to World Leaders. Idealism, rooted in personal passions, whether radical or calcitrant, holds sway in the court of leadership. Intellectuals, artists, laborers, and invalids, are mules of the teamster, teamsters who themselves labor under the demands of privileged landowners (old money). To claim the existence of established processes conducive to the amassing of power, whether derived from scholarly study, political campaigning, or fanatical complicity with established societal orders, is farcical and delusional. True power rests in the whims of those who reside in seats of Supreme Authority, Seats long filled and seldom vacated. Whether such Seats were attained as a result of heritage, political corruption, nepotism/cronyism or, as is typically the case, a combination of these factors deconstructs the notion that power is elected or achieved monetarily. Money and office alone are not enough to gain access to this domain of influence. To gain access to such theaters as Davos requires a deeper tie, such as a family connection or an endorsement from a sitting member. While modern democracies claim that bicameral institutions limit the capacity of the authoritarian domain, history reveals that such limitations are theoretical at best and outright deception at worst. Ultimately, those in the highest Seats of Power exercise a level of authority more closely resembling kings or viceroys than senators, governors, or even presidents. The claim that modern democracies are the final, supreme, form of political formulation is eroded by the existence of clandestine cabals of authority that dictate the choices and agendas of societal leaders.

Author’s Note:

This is not intended to sound conspiratorial or to cast aspersions about those responsible for societal change. Like all of my thoughts, this essay is about revealing the truth. Whether that truth is viewed as positive or negative by the individual is a representation of their ideology and does not reflect any intent of my own. As a student of history and anthropology, I find societal power structures to be fascinating. I will produce an elaborated version of this essay in the future with documented sources that confirm my claims here. The realizations concerning power structures in democracies that I have transcribed here today are informed by studies of Ancient Greece, the Ancient Persian Empire, Nautical History, The Crusades/ Middle Ages, The Civil War, J.P. Morgan, The Roosevelts, The Great Depression, The Dust Bowl, World War 1 and 2,  President Nixon, Globalization, Davos World Forum, and COVID-19.

 

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