Principles

I’ve heard this comment several times now: how is society meant to be self-directed if it is expected to adopt the precepts and principles as outlined by a certain Mr. Jesse S. Smith?

The title is intended to contrast with the way, according to the book, society is presently directed: by a small, influential group of wealthy elites. As I argue in the book, our society is not self-directed, and has not been self-directed for thousands of years. Society has been shepherded, led by the nose in the direction decided for it by small groups of influential persons: the nobility and the religious leaders. The masses were told what they needed to be told to keep them in line. This model is changing far too slowly and in some ways we sometimes seem more deeply rooted in it now than ever before.
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