Buddy, that whole "Liberal democracy but with more racism" thing you're all about is a bridge to nowhere. One day you're gonna have to decide if your playboy lifestyle or your people are more important.https://twitter.com/RichardBSpencer/status/1054554111641710592 …
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If only the interweb were good enough for a rundown of this in fifteen minutes. Suppose I'll have to dig if I find the time. Which is lacking. May have to officially embrace my hedge wizard approach and bite the bullet when names get used as short-hand refs to collective works.
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Sounds excellent. On one hand, absolutism is a restatement of Christianity's view of humanity's relationship to God vis-a-vis sovereignty and first order principles of society and behavior. On the other, I hadn't quite grasped the full implications of such re modern dynamics.
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Will probably need to listen to again. On the interesting side, herein lies the reason God says that earthly Kings are a rejection of Himself. The earthly king stands in as avatar of the divine and so appropriates God's place in the natural order. The king may see himself as...
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beneath God, but the people see themselves as beneath a king in a fundamental and real sense. There's an appropriation of authority and power that can't be avoided in a monarchical system. In some sense, it's a failure to believe God is an active sovereign.
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I'd consider that a very old Testament view.
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Why yes, I would prefer an updated Judges model-Supreme Executive as agreement between God, God's people, and mantle barer that lasts as long as the barer remains fit to lead. Military Officer Corps, basically. Assumes a Christian Nation and is more complicated than hereditary..
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monarchy, but avoids the problem of hereditary monarchy's assumption of God's authority no matter how wicked and depraved the king or the king's descendants get.
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