While democracy is sometimes sold as a means of changing the political balance of class forces, the intelligence apparatus is busy ensuring there is only the appearance of change. If people believe they have power then that is enough. For the great majority of people don’t think, they believe. So the feelings, desires and instincts of the masses are central forces that can let them happily consent to the delegation of their power, and so the manipulation of such forces are key to maintaining the illusion of personal power while binding the nation together. And this is quite easy as Man has evolved to fit into the organizational structure of Religion.
The advent of Reason eclipsed faith in heavenly bodies, and so the modern secular state was fashioned after a likeness to the religious government which preceded it. The secular designers used their religious hierarchy of power as a template. Western nation states were inspired by Rome. Islamic peoples have sympathy for dictatorship as Mohammed ruled by diktat. Today, we see religious peasants in Turkey celebrating the return of dictatorship.
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