AUTHORITARIANISM AND PROFESSIONALISM

One sign that you are living in a totalitarian / authoritarian society is the existence of professionals. The profession that most associated with totalitarianism is that of lawyer. In the ancient democratic state of Athens there were no lawyers. Every citizen had the responsibility of knowing the law. In totalitarian states the laws are purposefully Byzantine in order to repress the people. The lay citizen is ignorant of the majority of the laws, yet is expected to adhere to the law. The United States was founded on the constitution of Rome. There were some tweaks but this is more or less the truth. The Roman Constitution was instituted in order to protect the institution of slavery. It is a constitutional oligarchic system. It is the antithesis of freedom. More to come....