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The early church fathers had a lot to say regarding the state. Here, I try to stick with the first generation church and what they said themselves about Statism. I also include accounts from historians on related aspects of the first Christians for a rounded view on their beliefs on the subject.    Our Foundations podcast:  - Website -  http://www.ourfoundations.podbean.com/ - Email -  ourfoundati...

This episode wraps up the look at technocracy frameworks. The Kingdom of God perspective is unique in that is is independent of the other 3 and very in line with agorism, anarcho capitalism, voluntaryism, and the like. I use the Old Testament, the New Testament, and modern examples to show how the Kingdom of God approaches the concepts from the definition of technocracy, namely societal management...

This is a break from our regularly scheduled program to insert an opportunity and request for listeners to help choose what the next season of the podcast will focus on. Will it be religious in nature, taking the statism out of Christianity and digging into the Sermon on the Mount with the cultural context of the Hebrews, the wisdom of the original church, and the practicality of living out the me...

There is much to look into in relation to the Christian and the State but the focus here is on a relatively technocratic view of governing society through Christian values. Augustine's City of God is looked at for both the differentiation of the city of god and city of man and the role of the Christian within the latter. Calvin instituted a governance model in Geneva that was effective but not wit...

The Foundation series by Isaac Asimov gives a very good picture of what soft technocracy looks like, and even how it compares with and pairs with more material and openly structured technocracy. As with the book covered in the previous episode, Brave New World, The Foundation has more recently been made into a TV series. These are not a replacement for the books and definitely skim over many of th...

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is the perfect sequel to Plato's Republic, as it really brings Plato's ideas into a technological setting and gets more firmly into the concept of a more immaterial technocracy.   Our Foundations podcast:  - Website -  http://www.ourfoundations.podbean.com/ - Email -  ourfoundations@protonmail.com - SubscribeStar to support/ donate - https://www.subscribestar.com/o...

Plato's Republic is the proto model for technocracy. He takes us from the more material and hierarchical perspective to something more all encompassing. His view is more philosophic and focused on societies as a whole vs Machiavelli, Orwell, and Bentham who focused more on smaller groups of people under a specific ruler or party. I get into eugenics, rule by experts, the role of children, and much...

It's time to bridge the gap between the first manifestation of technocracy and its evolution. The more material examples from the previous few episodes are expanded and taken to their logical evolutions to help show how this technocracy evolves in our time too. This is the bridge between two technocracies.    Our Foundations podcast:  - Website -  http://www.ourfoundations.podbean.com/ - Email - ...

The technocracy assessment continues as I use the Panopticon writings of Jeremy Bentham to get a better understanding of how the early stage, material technocracy manifests. I use modern examples, mostly with Big Tech, as parallels to Bentham's Panopticon.    Our Foundations podcast:  - Website -  http://www.ourfoundations.podbean.com/ - Email -  ourfoundations@protonmail.com - SubscribeStar to su...

This isn't a summary of 1984 or even on the general parallels of today's world. This is a look specifically at how 1984 and technocracy compare. Today's example is our current burgeoning technocracy, Big Tech, our general technological society, "the system", etc.  These are explored through the lens of a few specific examples out of 1984 the book.   Our Foundations podcast:  - Website -  http://ww...

Machiavelli's The Prince is focused on power and control for a ruler. The concepts and insights made are very potent when applied to a modern technocracy. This is what I do in this episode and there are many overlaps with current happenings in government, Big Tech, and other sectors.   Our Foundations podcast:  - Website -  http://www.ourfoundations.podbean.com/ - Email -  ourfoundations@protonmai...

This episode begins a short series on frameworks for viewing and understanding the coming technocracy by using allusions, mostly to well known books. This includes Machiavelli's The Prince, Bentham's Panopticon, Orwell's 1984, Plato's Republic, Huxley's Brave New World, and Asimov's Foundation among others. The second half of the episode uses the same framework to assess various strategies for pur...

This episode bounces around a bit between Technocracy and societal trends with a bit on transhumanism, Woke theology, and even PMAs (Private Membership Associations).     Our Foundations podcast:  - Website -  http://www.ourfoundations.podbean.com/ - Email -  ourfoundations@protonmail.com - SubscribeStar to support/ donate - https://www.subscribestar.com/ourfoundations - Patreon to support / donat...

There was more to cover related to scientism and more to introduce on the subject of technocracy. For Scientism, it is mostly the issue of the is-ought problem. Science provides knowledge but Scientism claims to provide wisdom through determining an ought from the is of scientific discovery. I also read many quotes to bring us into the concept of technocracy. These come from presidents, authors, a...

The writings of William Henry Smyth are explored as I continue to delve into the roots of Scientism. He is reportedly the first to use the term technocracy and his writings give a lot of insight into the rise of the secular religion of scientism. It's a mix of sociology, philosophy, and historical patterns. After this, I get into the religion of Scientism itself. The aspects that define it as a re...

Scientism as a secular religion is introduced in this episode but it quickly turns back to the roots of the movement. This brings us to Plato's Republic and specifically the aspects of how Plato generates the first known model for what is now technocracy. This is the foundation for Scientism and includes aspects such as eugenics, indoctrination through education, class theory, rule by "experts", c...

This episode focuses on the second secular religion to be explored in this series- The Church of Woke. I then tie it to the other main secular religions and assess how they are entwined. The concept of the Dark Kingdom is used to look at how the Church of Woke fits with the macro goals of the Dark side of the Natural Order. I wrap up with applying the milieu of the original Church  under the Roman...

Secular religion is alive and well in today's world. Gone are the days of near universal acceptance of the gods but other structures have taken their place for the modern man. Secular religion is defined and the religion of Statism is explored. There are quotes, verses, and parallels to the original Church.    Our Foundations podcast:  - Website -  http://www.ourfoundations.podbean.com/ - Email - ...

The Christian concept of discipleship is key to understanding how the early Church put their beliefs into action. It is also a concept that voluntaryists, agorists, and like minded groups should take note of. There are two components- both to be discipled and to disciple others. Both are based on relationships and both involve action. Strategy for which types of civil disobedience to partake in is...

This episode applies a Christian perspective to how to live under an immoral system without supporting it or attacking it. How does the Christian submit without support? Yeshua teaches that this world, its systems, and its rulers are all His enemies that He will eventually defeat. They also serve a purpose however and to fight them is to fight God's own tools. Our job is to submit when possible an...

There are many strategies for achieving more liberty in our lives and in society writ large that do not involve participating in immoral systems or means. The first discussed is agorism and the counter economy. Next is the Second Realm perspective with TAZ's (temporary autonomous zones), pseudonyms, crypto anarchy, and proxy merchants. Vonu is next (VOluntary Not vUlnerable) with a focus on self s...

This is part 2 of my interview with Pete Quinones. We continue discussing the two strategies that we respectively have been promoting. This is a great discussion and exploring these two perspectives is definitely worth while.   Pete Quinones info: -  https://freemanbeyondthewall.com/  -  @PeterRQuinones - By Any Memes Necessary, Substack - Our Foundations podcast:  - Website -  http://www.ourfound...

Pete Quinones from the Free Man Beyond the Wall podcast comes on the show to discuss strategy related to increasing liberty in our society. His view is focused mostly on a Machiavellian approach applied to local politics. My stance is that a community oriented agorist strategy would typically be the most effective method. We discuss some of the pros and cons of each and exchange differing opinions...

There is a definite difference between secular agorism and the kingdom of God. I some ways, they are opposites, as the kingdom of man is the opposite of the kingdom of God. In other ways, they are extremely similar such as in strategy and principle. There is also a way to combine the two into Christian Agorism. These topics are discussed as well as an example of an agorist group in real life, what...

This episode is all about the philosophy of agorism and how it ties in to the teachings of the original Church. Samuel Edward Konkin III is quoted and covered as well as some scripture as well as many other quotes from The Politics of Obedience, Larken Rose, Vernard Eller, and more.    Our Foundations podcast:  - Website -  http://www.ourfoundations.podbean.com/ - Email -  ourfoundations@protonmai...