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Only at some rare occasions has this respect for the spiritual identity of man, and man's worth and value, been realized by a society, and had been translated into corresponding actions. In these moments in history the decisive respect was founded on something that was regarded as sacred, such as freedom. One such example was the American Revolution. Freedom, sovereignty, independence, whatever the words were that defined the people's respect for themselves, was something they had begun to regard as inherently sacred and worth fighting for. The might of the British Empire stood helpless against this spiritual power. This shows the other side of the coin of oligarchism, namely its powerlessness, as it shows an example of that process that develops love.
It should be noted that oligarchism is not fundamentally a British phenomenon. It is a universal disease which happens to be more strongly pursued in Britain because of its long history as a world Empire which was unquestionable oligarchic in nature. It would be surprising if oligarchism was not strongly based in Britain. None the less, the world's oligarchism wouldn't spontaneously end if all of Britain were to sink into the sea tomorrow. 50% of it might end, but oligarchism, itself, would continue to operate. Its virus has infested all nations to varying degrees, just as Britain was infested by it through the migration of Venice to the North.
Oligarchism also found entrance into the minds of the common man, as it has done so throughout the ages. Adolf Hitler, for instance, found many a willing man who controlled other people destructively, and murdered at will for the glory of the Third Reich. Oligarchism will continue to murder and destroy human values and human life for various contrived reasons until, through mankind's scientific resources, something sacred becomes recognized about the nature of man. Then oligarchism will simply grind to a halt for the lack of willing victims. It becomes plain, therefore, that truth and love have the potential to become potent factors in the advance of human civilization.
Many Christian Science churches have a statement from the Christian Science textbook placed on their walls, which reads: "Divine Love always has met and always will meet every human need."*(Science and Health 494:10) This statement is interpreted by many to mean that God will liberally pour out the riches of his blessings to anyone in want. That this perception does not accord with reality is evident by the rising wave of poverty in the world. Still, the statement is correct. The reflection of divine Love, coming alive in man, founded on absolute Truth, is a potent force that has the potential to still every human need, for this love necessarily manifests itself in the protection and the development of mankind. The 'oil' and 'wine' that the Samaritan brought to the scene are potent instruments of protection and human development. In every epoch during which these two aspects were brought to the human scene, strong economic and cultural development took place which "met every human need."
Divine Love is not a far off thing. If brought to light, it is a potent factor in everyday living. All love, based on truth or reality, reflects the divine. Nor has there ever been a moment when the divine nature and it's manifest in love, if properly understood, did not express itself in social, scientific, and economic development, and in measures of protection, which together meet all human needs. Oligarchism has no place in this reality and is overpowered by the reflection of divine Love. Thus, mankind has the means at hand to prove the above statement to be true, and close the door on oligarchism.
Oligarchism, however, has still a more hidden face that may not be detected unless one knows what to look for. The controlling agent in this hidden type of oligarchism is religion itself, or philosophy, or mysticism, all of which may be summed up as oligarchic tools that some ruler or rulers have manipulated in order to impose certain types of public perception or doctrine on society, for people to live by. Even our moral codes, made up of ancient taboos, fall to some degree into this category. One of the hardest of these to deal with may be the moral codes concerning human sexuality and marriage. Here, the control appears to be benign. Therefore the question arises, is there a place in this world for a religion based benign oligarchism, where the aim is to genuinely protect society? The answer must be still, no, for even this type affords no profit for humanity, in real terms. All that truly profits humanity needs to unfold out of a scientific understanding of the boundless nature of man.
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