Many people are confused by today’s politics or are completely turned off by the current political system. In our natural social state, politics might not even exist or take on a fundamentally different character. Today, the nation and the world is dominated by nationalist-socialist ideology, and politics represents more of what we imagine to be a primitive, jungle warfare existence.
The concept of politics has undergone a profound transformation, evolving from an idealistic pursuit of community management into a tactical, modern struggle for systemic control. As rooted in the ancient Greek tradition, politics was fundamentally about defining how citizens chose to manage the affairs of their city, supposedly through the lenses of ethics and justice. By the 16th century, however, this classical definition shifted heavily toward the art of government.
This transition was permanently crystallized by the rise of the state and is dated by Niccolò Machiavelli’s 1513 treatise, The Prince. Machiavelli introduced the concept of Realpolitik, stripping away moral illusions to expose the raw mechanics of how power is actually gained, exercised, increased, and maintained. In this so-called pragmatic view, governance is not about achieving justice, but about practicing strategic ruthlessness, managing competing interests through calculating takeaways (taxes) and giveaways (welfare, subsidies, and privileges), and relentlessly expanding personal power, prestige, and financial influence. For some, it is easy to link The Prince with President Donald Trump.
This cynical framework heavily mirrors the landscape of modern American politics, which is increasingly defined by public fragmentation, disillusionment with the nation and especially the mainstream media, and rule by the deep state and the entrenched global power elites. Today, the general populace is divided into distinct types:
- Those most confused are typically hypnotized by the claims of one cable news channel or the other but increasingly confronted by a world not working or matching up with the broadcasts. By the way, the third group described below owns all the major news sources, has completely infested social and alternative media, and have rigged the whole information sector of the economy to promote their selfish interests and to purposefully divide the American people.
- Those that are “out of touch” and disgusted by the government. These are the busy, productive working people raising families who can’t afford to waste too much time and energy watching news or participating in the political process. A good society surely would put this group in an elevated policy status, take from them as little as possible, and make it possible for them to do their work and enjoy their lives without the burden of state and the insult of modern politics. These are the people who are pulling the wagon of society and paying the most in taxes out of their true productivity. This group dominates the two-thirds of those Americans polled that now oppose the President, the Congress, and believe government is working against their interests. More than half of the remaining one-third also do not like the government!
- The next group controls politicians and political parties and controls a vast propaganda network. The primary purpose of the AI-datacenters is to expand this group’s, including the Deep State in government, to spy on, propagandize, and control the population. At the highest level it represents the global power elites. The top levels are the people who show up at Davos and the World Economic Forum, but there are plenty of unknown and seldom seen members of this group. The controlling individuals and families come from the large multinational corporations, international banking and investment firms, political dynasties, a mass of propagandist-opinion makers, as well as leaders in higher education and “research,” and, of course, the militaries of the advanced economic nations.
The Subversion of Sovereignty: Realpolitik and the Machinery of Modern Governance
The conceptual baseline of politics has fundamentally shifted from ancient ideals of communal justice that emerged with the successful genesis of society into a clinical, transactional exercise in power maximization. Governance is not a pursuit of justice, but a system of calculated ruthlessness, strategic tradeoffs, and the continuous expansion of institutional power and individual prestige.
Sociologist C. Wright Mills famously identified this phenomenon in his 1956 work The Power Elite, arguing that the critical decisions of modern states are concentrated within an interlocking directorate of political, military, and corporate leaders. Consequently, ordinary voters find themselves functionally alienated, possessing virtually no influence over final policy outcomes and at odds with their fellow citizens.
The political party duopoly has very few items in the budget in dispute. Both parties also want to outlaw minor party competitors, independent candidates, and any reforms that might make the system more effectively competitive. Political campaigns are dominated by funding from special interest groups and the political parties themselves.
They have not made the traditional increases in the size of the House of Representatives since the Progressive-socialist takeover of government during the 1930s. This negatively impacts political competition and congressional representation of voter’s views. It also turns the old traditional campaigns in tiny districts into vast financial orgies dominated by consultant-driven TV ads.
There are other aspects to this consolidation of power. Elites systematically bypass the public will by “buying” elections and politicians through immense campaign contributions, dark money networks, and legalized bribery. This dynamic was significantly amplified by the US Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United v. FEC decision, which allowed unlimited independent political expenditures by corporations and unions. This devil’s brew of politics recently raised its ugly head in the recent defeat of Congressman Thomas Massey.
When direct financial capture is insufficient for buying elections or stealing elections at the ballot box, elements within this power structure pivot to more aggressive measures such as asserting their dominance through systemic intimidation, threats, and blackmail. I have even heard people suggest that the President is being threatened or being blackmailed in addition to the several attempts made on his life. Historically and structurally, when politicians resist elite agendas, the mechanisms of control escalate to devastating extremes—including character assassination, threats to family safety, and physical elimination. Physical elimination serves the dual purpose of removing an obstacle for the Deep State and intimidating others into compliance.
Not surprisingly, this new system has triggered a violent feedback loop. As citizens recognize that elected officials are acting on behalf of global elites and deep-state networks rather than the public interest, they have begun fighting back. This has resulted in a historic surge of threats and incidents directed “from below” against public officials above at all levels of government.
The power elites are the cause and are responsible for these desperate citizen responses. The modern political arena has thus deteriorated into a volatile battleground where elites utilize top-down coercion to maintain control, while a disillusioned, desperate populace responds with bottom-up hostility, threatening the fabric of society to maintain and expand their ill-gotten gains.
