Democide: The State’s Monopoly on Guns + Violence

This argument has been repeated many times. Those who don't understand it by now never will. They are like cattle following their leaders into the chutes to the slaughter house...

Getting scary loss os everything

I've started to get beyond the "shock" of how much things have changed in such a short time...and begun asking, "why?". It's becoming increasingly obvious to me that the financial, social, and cultural impacts of a "global economy" are putting great strains on the concept of state sovereignty. In my completely unqualified opinion, this is why you see so few national and state leaders coming from more "traditional" backgrounds.

I've always suggested there are three basic "castes" in any society; the Warriors, the Priests, and the Merchants. Each has their upper, middle, and lower classes, and each have the ability to control that society. The "Warriors" probably build societies... because it takes force to consolidate power, capture/control, and defend territory. The "Priests" (which isn't by necessity a religious term...philosophers, artists, poets, doctors all fall into it) are who eventually wrest control from the "Warriors"...because it takes stability and predictability to keep a society together. The "Merchants" are the ones who ultimately capitalize on all of the above...and usually with very little "skin" in the making thereof. It's possible once they gain control, everything is on a downhill slope anyway.

The "Priests" always try to figure out how to control the "Warriors" through ideas, morals, etc....the "Merchants" simply buy them. Once they have the laws, enforcement, defense, and other protections they require, it's just "good business" to eliminate the competition.