I mentioned this in passing last week, but I will put a spotlight on it today.
This is the quote from A Man For All Seasons I referenced:
The idea expressed therein--that there are those other things (Moore likens laws to trees, acting as windbreaks and shelter from dangerous winds) exist to protect Man when he cannot protect himself by himself--is what I am referring to.
The Family is akin to those trees, as is the Church; they exist to provide the individual shelter from the force of the State, as he by himself is unlikely to withstand it.
The Thralls of Empire aim to use the State as its tool to compel the population into compliance. Destroying all rival power centers, which is what institutions are, is necessary to achieve that end.
The end result is a herd of human cattle, subject and dependent upon the State for all things. The Family directly removes physical dependence and cultural dependence; the Church removes intellectual and spiritual dependence.
The result is that the reality of human freedom is revealed: only when part of a tight-knit institution as a healthy family does can most people be free. Modernity is a lie. This meme, while originating in the context of critical thought, reveals why most people are better off being part of a tight-knit family or crew instead of on their own.
Most people, and all women, cannot be free unless they are under the direct rule of a Patriarch. This is what monarchs are poor stand-ins for, and what defines "a good king" (and why they are called "Father of the Nation").
This is why the Church has to be paternal because it must be Patriarchal.
This is going to freak people out because I'm saying several quiet parts out loud. So be it; I cannot be touched.
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