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October 26, 2010

I’m posting this as a PSA. This is Michael Voris, of Real Catholic TV, talking about what he thinks government should be.

The man is deluded. Even if, hypothetically, religion provides morality (an idea I disagree with fundamentally as I believe religion is a human construct, the primary purpose of which is not to provide morality), where institutionalised - as in the Catholic Church - the purpose of the institution inevitably turns from the provision of that which is moral to that which will perpetuate the instituion’s life and extend its power (often these are complementary goals). A perfect example of this is how the Catholic Church has dealt with (and may even continue to deal with) pedophile priests. The existence of pedophile priests is unlikely to be the Catholic Church’s fault and from recollection the incidence of pedophilia from people in similar positions is much the same (although I could be wrong about this). However, the way the Catholic Church has dealt with these pedophiles over the years by covering their actions up and moving them to different areas where they can reoffend is patently not in the best interests of those affected and those who would be affected, and I doubt anybody will argue the Church’s actions were moral. The institution acted in the interest of self-perpetuation rather than in the interest of what was right. As such, it seems Michael Voris is deluded and either has a fundamental misunderstanding as to the reasons for a limited, democratic and secular government; a fundamental misunderstanding of how a Catholic government would actually work, or both.

He was called out on this video in various places around the internet. This is his response:

The man may be batshit insane but he is still too gutless/not batshit insane enough to post links to where he was called out by atheists around the web. After all, not showing or refusing to link to actual evidence of the other side after deliberately misportraying them is a sure-fire hint that your case is strong, right? Not that the target audience is likely to have the inclination to check out the other side of the argument but this behaviour disincentivises them even further and that is a problem.

The initial video on Catholic government was removed from the Real Catholic TV page, and it may very well be subject to a takedown notice at some stage so here is a transcript:

The “Catholic” Vote
Vort-2010-08-12

Hello everyone .. and welcome to the Vortex .. where lies and falsehoods are trapped and exposed .. I’m Michael Voris.

There is an inherent problem with democracy. Actually .. it’s definitional .. it’s this.

Everyone gets to vote. That’s right. EVERYONE gets to vote. Consider for a moment ..

The informed get to vote. Those who have studied the candidates and issues and considered the impact on not only themselves .. but the society at large.

But in addition to the informed .. the ignorant get to vote as well. Those who have studied nothing and don’t care about anything except themselves and their own narrow interests.

Imagine the scene .. two voters .. walk into voting booths side by side .. one casts a vote with an eye to improving the society at large by rolling back abortion .. defending traditional marriage .. reducing government’s ability to rush families with heavy taxation etc.

Such a voter casts his vote with an eye to the “common good” – what’s best for the culture as a whole.

Right next to him is a voter who doesn’t give a hoot about society at large. All he cares about is his own selfish interest of ensuring abortion stays legal so he can have sex with no consequences .. or have his decision to have sex with another man celebrated as a right.

Such a voter exhibits little else than an adolescent pre-occupation with self-absorption.

And imagine .. he actually gets to vote! What a country! What a system!

And it is a system that will end in self-destruction. The nature of man is to be self absorbed.

That is because our nature is fallen. It no longer looks at God .. it looks
rather .. into a mirror.

In fact .. it STARES into the mirror .. totally absorbed .. and can think of little else. This is why .. if we are going to insist on a system where we elect leaders .. only virtuous people should be allowed to vote.

Ruthless men and women .. who .. knowing human nature very well and thereby the means to control and manipulate it .. wield great influence over the selfish masses.

They connive and scheme their way to power by appealing to the most base of level of human ignorance .. namely .. the appeal to a false sense of liberty.

They class everything in terms of “rights”. A “right” to marry your homosexual sex partner .. a “right” to kill your child .. a “right” to have others in society pay for your lack of effort .. your desire for contraception .. food .. housing .. medical services .. education .. clothes .. anything that be imagined.

Such societal parasites will cast their votes in such a way that will only hasten the destruction of the nation. It’s like a cancer destroying its host. It enjoys ravaging the body until the body is dead.

The cancer must be eliminated .. and the only way to prevent a democracy form committing suicide is to limit the vote to faithful Catholics.

Only a truly Catholic nation in fact will survive .. CAN survive .. because only a truly Catholic people will be the ones looking at God and NOT staring in the mirror.

When they cast their votes .. they cast them with an eye to what GOD desires .. not fallen human nature. But as the body politic continues to be ravaged by the cancer of ignorant self-centered voters .. it becomes more and more clear .. that a national euthanasia is occurring.

But in truth .. This is really why the whole idea of democracy is little else than an experiment doomed to failure from the outset. Eventually .. the evil in the heart of man overtakes him when he dismisses God.

No .. the only way to run a country is by benevolent dictatorship .. A Catholic monarch who protects his people from themselves and bestows on them what they need .. not necessarily what they want .. who protects their rights as human beings.

It was this political system that caused Europe to emerge from the morass of marauding barbarians and create Western Civilization .. A noble Catholic monarch advances the common good .. while loving and caring for his people.

If you think about it .. this is EXACTLY how the universe is governed .. isn’t it.

THY Kingdom Come .. on earth as it is in Heaven.

God Bless you.

I’m Michael Voris.