Monday, May 11, 2009
Say what you will about the tenents of National Socialism...
...at least the Pope had the good sense to walk out on an antisemitic diatribe. A happy Lag B'Omer to all- let's get those bonfires burning!
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Happy Birthday Machiavelli!
In honor of Niccolo Machiavelli's 540th birthday, we at B"ZAYON will share an article on Machiavelli and Samuelism (Judeo-Anarchism):
At first glance there would seem to be no possible lesson that Samuelism could learn from Niccolo Machiavelli, one of the most maligned, but ingenious, political theorists in history. Machiavelli, in his classic book “The Prince”, provided instructions for effective governance, based on the premise that in order to rule a society, a “prince”, as he put it, would necessarily have to act immorally. Although this position has earned him a position of notoriety throughout history (the adjective Machiavellian is synonymous with deceit and trickery), Samuelians may find that adopting Machiavelli’s opinion can actually bolster their ideals. If, as “The Prince” proposed, authority and morality can not coexist, Samuelians can take draw a different conclusion than Machiavelli and declare that not ethics, but rather government must be done away with! The truism that “The truth can be found everywhere” remains true even with regards to the prototypical “evil genius” that Machiavelli is conflated with.
At first glance there would seem to be no possible lesson that Samuelism could learn from Niccolo Machiavelli, one of the most maligned, but ingenious, political theorists in history. Machiavelli, in his classic book “The Prince”, provided instructions for effective governance, based on the premise that in order to rule a society, a “prince”, as he put it, would necessarily have to act immorally. Although this position has earned him a position of notoriety throughout history (the adjective Machiavellian is synonymous with deceit and trickery), Samuelians may find that adopting Machiavelli’s opinion can actually bolster their ideals. If, as “The Prince” proposed, authority and morality can not coexist, Samuelians can take draw a different conclusion than Machiavelli and declare that not ethics, but rather government must be done away with! The truism that “The truth can be found everywhere” remains true even with regards to the prototypical “evil genius” that Machiavelli is conflated with.
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