Government as a Religion

[Koolay]

There are several and very clear parallels between Religion and Statism. This post will explore these. I will use Christianity as the comparison.

They are hierarchical: The hierarchy of both religion and statism is very similiar, you usually have the person ontop of the Church; The pope/Queen then regionally you would have archbishops and such. A democratic government has a president or prime minister, and then regionally you would have mayors and such. These figures have the power to infringe on their subjects rights and command violence upon the people.

They are always violent: Whether they be in the form of crusades or 'liberation wars', state and religion have always been killing people in the hundreds of millions. For lesser 'crimes' you can be thrown in a cage for several years.

They always want to take your money: Both religion and state are always desperate to manipulate you or violently take your money. To be seen as not paying your church/government tax is to be punished by social ostracism, by not complying to the coercion you are seen to be 'hurting your fellow citizen'. The ultimate punishment, is being thrown in a cage for not submitting your resources.

They are desperate for children: Both religion and government are desperate to get their hands on children, children for propaganda is the most valuable commodity in any violent monopoly, if you can propagandise the children, you own the people. Verbally or even physically abusive institutes teach children to obey the authority of the religion or government. For someone to disagree with the state/religion taking their children, they are seen as 'Anti-education' by their fellow livestock.

Abstraction and Avoidance of Principles: Priests and statesmen do not like talking about principles, because socratic principles reveal the state or religion for what it really is: A violent monopoly. Universal principles are terrifying and should never be talked about or acknowledged. If you ask a priest, "How could a God that says killing is wrong flood the entire world voluntarily?" or a statesman "How could a state that says stealing is wrong, put the unborn into tens of thousands of dollars in debt and take 50% of citizens money?". You understand, they hate those questions, and will not answer your question.

You are evil!: Religion claims children need to pay back for the original sin to be a good citizen. State claims children need to pay back for the fiscal debt (upwards of $50,000 per newborn) to be a good citizen.