Noblesse oblige. I’d think that describes the Dems better. Self righteous, messianic inheritance monkeys is good enough for the GOP….
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Monkeys aren’t that ordered. The GOP behaves more like an ant colony. You’re not wrong, but Noblesse oblige can be leveraged into actual decent behavior. There’s not really a lever to use against an ant colony.
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They are monkeys though. We are monkeys. We have just reverted to our animalistic nature. It is the levers the Right pull. Racism, antisemitism, homophobia, these are unthought instinctual hatreds that are primped by the church in the service of the rich since the year dot.
Noblesse oblige is about all we can wish for from 'capitalism’. Capitalism is inevitably fascistic because it must concentrate power in a person who is an inheritance monkey surrounded by houris, affirming every base, unthought, amd animalistic action.
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I will not argue that we, including the MAGA folks are not monkeys. But the uniformity of their behavior seems alien, it transcends mere tribalism. It often feels as though a different programming has been inserted and over-ridden their Savanah Chimp 2.0 programming. It would be interesting to consider the theological ramifications of their apparent lack of free will.
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I’m not enough of a theologian (nor do I care to put in enough effort to be one) to speak authoritatively on the subject, but I do think there’s a decent connection between Christian Election and predestination.
I can easily imagine how a belief that “God’s already decided about me” would wind up as “what I do doesn’t matter”.
The church has been leading people into their chains since the beginning. Interesting, our times, for what they reveal. The media has always been owned and controlled by the wealthy to their own ends, for instance. The Churches of the Confederacy are the most powerful voting bloc in the country.
This isn’t Right vs Left. It’s Rich vs Poor, and the inheritance class of monkeys are free to act out their animalistic behavior. It will kill us all.
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