Word
A tyrant must put on the
appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less
apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider
god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily
move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.
- Aristotle
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With apologies to Aristotle...
So how does this work in an age of increasing atheism? Will there become some new "standard" of piety? What happens when there becomes no "God" to have on the tyrant's side?
Will science become the new litmus test of piety, even though science is rife with bias, pandering for money, conflicts of interest and corruption?
http://www.globalresearch.ca/editor-in-chief-of-worlds-best-known-medical-journal-half-of-all-the-literature-is-false/5451305
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