In the early days of the Roman Empire, the Imperial cult of ancient Rome identified emperors as having the divinely sanctioned authority of the Roman State. Monarchs and other heads of state were held in enormous reverence and imputed super-human qualities. Through the principle of the divine right of kings, in medieval Europe for example, rulers were said to hold office by the will of God. Ancient Egypt, Imperial Japan, the Inca, the Aztecs, Tibet and Thailand are also noted for designating their rulers as God kings.
The spread of democracy in Europe and North America in the 18th and 19th centuries brought about restrictions on and the abolition of many monarchies.
However, the subsequent development of mass media, has allowed political leaders to project a positive image of themselves onto the masses as never before and while we are on the topic of fake personalities I thought it neccesary to discuss Representative Jim Nash or as I prefer to call him "Dear Leader" whose opinions are to be taken as Gospel lest you have to answer to the praetorian Guard we all know as the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus but this past session I had to grovel before him and plead for his divine favor and he informed me and a member of the School Board that we were making him late for lunch.
When the head of Dear Leader can no longer fit in the doorway and Dear Leader's face can be found all over in a form that is larger than the content his image purports to endorse, then it's no longer about anything of substance. It's about Dear Leader. If you were to ask Jim Nash how many mistakes he has made since he was first elected, I am willing to bet that he'd pause only briefly before answering: none.
Take all of this and combine it with his record of achievement which despite his self proclaimed most effective legislator title, is dismal even by Carver County standards. He's a human, and humans are fallible. Do we need an elected leader whose primary interest is self-deification, or do we need an elected leader whose policies make a difference for ordinary citizens, like me and you?
And all that money from the same special interests like the Gun Owners caucus constantly flowing into his campaign account. How much money is enough for Nash and his clique? An even larger question How much money are ordinary citizens going to have to fork over in taxes before its enough? Maybe if Dear Leader listened to the educators in our community and worked to aid them in addressing funding issues we might have that answer but alas I am but a speck in our God Kings eternal gloriousness so what do I know
