Commentary
Cult of Personality
 

I have an abiding suspicion of cults, cults meaning the extravagant admiration or attachment to a person or philosophy. Americans have always supported personalities as extensions of principle even when the principles were more diverse and better defined.

Every American claims a personal guiding philosophy and routinely project their beliefs into broad, general statements by crafty politicians. Why?

Today’s mainstream political landscape lacks real diversity. Politicians understand the public need for empathy, their desire to see their convictions reflected in their political choices. Specific pronouncements preclude easy projections, leading politicians into nebulous statements.

Protection of fundamental public concerns, such as national security, are taken for granted by a majority of voters, motivating them to cast their ballots on the basis of secondary issues with high emotional content. These issues are framed through opinion polls and focus groups. The results are incremental changes, easily reversed, while substantial public needs remain unresolved.

The government’s mandate is to protect liberty, not to obstruct life and the pursuit of happiness. All of the improvements in American life flow from the labor of the American people, not from charismatic politicians. Misplaced faith in public personalities turns public servants into public masters.

Public servants need detailed instructions in place of vague projections of fuzzy goals. NESARA provides such instructions in two major areas: in a taxpayer’s dealings with the government and in commercial dealings between the people and government created institutions.

Continuation of the cult of personalities allows the politicians and their supporters to profit from our ambivalence.

Esther