The school of devolution

The School of Devolution

From ancient times there have been two schools of thought. One of these schools basically stands for the suppression of freedom over the masses whom are generally looked down upon by the followers and students of this school. Their teachings deny the principle of soul-evolution on the individual level. The high priests from this school of devolution consider the majority of humanity as being utterly incapable of self-governance.

The people of this school are generally highly intelligent but have a very selfish nature which eventually leads them to an overblown obsession for power. This, by extension, increases their thirst to rule and to govern. These people carry the greatest contempt for the masses. They believe that the highest good for the common people comes through centralized government which is in the hands of their ‘high priests.’ They thus view themselves as superior to humanity-at-large and feel themselves to be ordained by God to rule the earth.

 Following are some excerpts from a popular videogame that, to an extent, reveals the mindset of these people.

 

"The people never have the power, only the illusion of it. And here is the real secret: they don't want it. The responsibility is too great to bear. It's why they are so quick to fall in line as soon as someone else takes charge. They want to be told what to do. They yearn for it."

 

"Even when your kind appears to triumph, still we rise again. And do you know why? It

is because the Order is born of a realization. We require no creed. No indoctrination by

desperate old men. All we need is that the world be as it is."

 - From Assassins Creed III a videogame.

 

Following are examples from the real world of what is being touched upon in this expose. It is, as some say, “from the horse’s mouth.”

 

Leo Strauss

Mr. Strauss says that societies should be hierarchical & divided between an elite class who should lead, and the masses who should follow. He took many ideas from Plato but twisted them around as only a true master of this selfish art would do. For example, unlike Plato, he was not concerned with the moral character of political leaders.

Mr. Strauss had few qualms about using deception in politics. In fact, he saw deception as a necessity. This is how he twisted Plato’s idea of the so-called “noble lie:” Plato suggested that the creation of myths and parables were to be built upon truth and as such, conveyed in a made-up way for the benefit of people (hence, the “noble lie.”) Mr.Strauss twisted this noble lie idea to further the aim of pure deception where the sole purpose is to "dupe the multitude & secure power for the special elite".

 

Shadia Drury has written a book about Leo Strauss and his connection and affiliation with the Neocons in the USA. The title of her book is Leo Strauss and the American Right.

From her book come the following excerpts:

"Those who are fit to rule are those who realize there is no morality and that there is only one natural right – the right of the superior to rule over the inferior."

"The people are told what they need to know and no more."

While the elite few are capable of allowing for the absence of any moral truth, Mr. Strauss thought the masses could not cope with this. If exposed to the absence of absolute truth, they would quickly fall into nihilism or anarchy.

Strauss viewed religion as absolutely essential in order to impose moral law on the masses who would otherwise be out of control. Leo Strauss stressed that religion was for the masses alone and that rulers need not be bound by it. Indeed, it would be absurd if they were, since the truths proclaimed by religion were, according to Strauss, "a pious fraud."

Mr. Leo S. believed that the inherently aggressive nature of human beings could only be restrained by a powerful nationalistic state.

"Because mankind is intrinsically wicked, he has to be governed"

"Such governance can only be established, however, when men are united – and they can only be united against other people."

 

A source of inspiration that the followers from the school of devolution use in their work:

The Prince -- Niccolo Machiavelli

Following are some excerpts from Niccolo Machiavelli’s work called ‘The Prince.’ They are given here to show how these writings are, to this day, an inspiration to these followers of the school of devolution.

"Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage."

"It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both."

"When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence and both of these opinions generate hatred."

"Politics have no relation to morals."

 "It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver."

 "Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions."

 "If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared."

 "Men are so simple and yield so readily to the desires of the moment that he who will trick will always find another who will suffer to be tricked."

 "The wise man does at once what the fool does finally."

 

Finally, to conclude this expose...

 “The inferno of the living is not something that will be; if there is one, it is what is already here, the inferno where we live every day, that we form by being together. There are two ways to escape suffering it. The first is easy for many: accept the inferno and become such a part of it that you can no longer see it. The second is risky and demands constant vigilance and apprehension: seek and learn to recognize who and what, in the midst of inferno, are not in the inferno, then make them endure, give them space.”

--Italo Calvino