Amos's River of Justice

Category: The Passing World

The continuing influence of Plato is a contradiction in democratic societies. Plato’s doctrine or Forms or Ideas never had a sound political basis. But today the impossible utopia he created is more real in our philosophy and religion than the world we live in, even though it offers no remedy for the supposed corruption which inspired it. And yet, people of all political persuasions applaud him. Will Plato remain the ruler of the new age? I hope not. I believe his ideas must be the first casualties of the passing world.

  • Popular Culture is Being Used to Manipulate the Public

    A neoconservative attempt at self-perpetuation can be seen in two of the Star Trek series. According to David Greven, the Enterprise series is the first Trek series to openly break with Trek’s core liberal values. Regardless of whether this was intended to manipulate, this is just one influence driving American culture to the right. It’s likely that popular culture is being used to manipulate the public.

    “Enterprise appears to be a Trek series for those who felt Trek had undergone an appallingly ‘sensitive’ makeover in its incarnations of the late-80s and 1990s… “

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  • Plato Has Ruled the World for 2500 Years

    Plato Has Ruled the World for 2500 Years

    Plato has ruled the world for 2500 years through his lasting influence on philosophy, politics, and religion. It’s time we paid attention to what he actually said. He is considered an authority on politics, even though in his lifetime, his writings were not compatible with the politics of his home country, Athens. Some of the worst attitudes of the modern world can be traced to him. He proposed a so-called link between societal ‘decay’ and race. He was also a misogynist. And yet he can’t be easily discarded. He is too much a part of us. Instead, I believe his influence has to be explored, discussed, and evaluated for its usefulness to contemporary society.

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  • Rosicrucians, Fallen Angels, and American Politics

    Rosicrucians, Fallen Angels, and American Politics

    Accusations of leftist magic leveled by right-wing members of Congress led me to research the question of whether magic is really a leftist thing. I have always understood the political right’s connection to magic to be more of a thing, and it wasn’t hard to find evidence of this association. This is the story of Rosicrucians, Fallen Angels, and American politics.

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