Monday, August 06, 2007

The Devil's politics

The New Statesman website runs a weekly faith column, in which various believers talk about their faith and what it means to them.

This week: Satanism:

So what is Satanism? Satanism is a religion that accepts man as he most naturally is. Our philosophy is one of elitism, whereby the strong rule over the weak and the productive over the wastrel through a process of Social Darwinism that occurs as a consequence of stratification. The compounding effect of egalitarianism has provided a firm foundation for the abysmal propagation of the parasite. Counter measures are long over due. Satanism espouses justice. And that extends to upholding the principle that only a meritocracy can truly serve the human race. In nature there is a pecking order and higher resources must not be drained by the wilfully less effective who are happy to sit at the bottom of the ladder and drain everyone else like a bloodsucker. No one is suggesting greasing the rungs. The strong stratify themselves, pull themselves up by their own boot-straps and pick themselves up again when they get knocked down – they seek to attain the sweet fruits of indulgence found on the higher plateaus of human endeavour.

So... a bit like libertarianism then?

3 comments:

Lord Trafalgar Rock Pigeon said...

Justice? They forgot to mention child sacrifice, human slavery, Pol Pot, broken families, snuff movies, the porn industry and its exploitation of Eastern girls, mind control, Abu Ghraib, Al Qaeda, Joseph mengele, Temple of Set, Michael Aquino, child prostitution, the current moves towards the police state, the Bruderheist in Germany ... how many more do you need?

So not really like libertarianism at all. The opposite in fact.

Matt M said...

Apparently they've moved away from the whole chicken's blood and human sacrifice now - the guy writing for the New Statesman makes it sound like a bunch of Social Darwinists with a taste for the poetic.

pommygranate said...

oooeerr.

eerily like libertarianism!

Post a Comment