In another Rockwell article Tom DiLorenzo quotes from an Anne Norton book, these "tiny, round-shouldered men," the vast majority of whom have never served in the military, are almost insanely enthusiastic about war. They tell us that war - any war - will restore our "moral seriousness," "clear away the fog of unthinking relativism," enable us to see evil, restore virtue, heroism, valor, and a sense of sacrifice, allow us to die for our comrades, country and faith, avoid the "hazards of civilization," make us more thoughtful, force us to "consider our loyalties," make men "decisive," and "places greatness within the reach of ordinary men." She continues "Proof that this is all a bundle of propaganda aimed at duping the public into supporting imperialism is the fact that all of these glorious benefits are foregone by the Straussians themselves, who rarely, if ever, volunteer for military service. They also are quite conscientious about making sure that their children avoid the military like the plague."

The announced purpose of American declarations of war, including the one in Iraq, invariably involves the protection of our "freedom" while the real purpose is the consolidation of power in the hands of an elite cadre who would rather have you or your sons die than themselves or their sons.  

Even the freedom robbing legislation following 9/11 ostensibly designed to protect American citizens might have a clandestine purpose of initiating social controls that would allay any resistance to the imposition of world government.

In ancient Rome, the daily human slaughters in the Coliseum entertained the bloodthirsty populace but also diverted their attention while their rulers went about the business of empire.

According to David Gordon "Strauss believed that the great political philosophers faced a dilemma. They often held views at odds with prevailing orthodoxy; should they propagate their dissent openly, they faced persecution. In any case, their doctrines were meant for an elite group of disciples, not for an unlearned public unfit to judge them."

As countless public treaties and international agreements move America into esoteric world government the media only covers the event, keeping the real nature of the procedure hidden.

A Constitutionally proscribed government that is truly of the people, by the people, and for the people should have no need to distort reality, spin the facts or keep secrets. Government secrets not specifically involving national defense are tyrannical.

At the end of an article entitled Why Nazism was Socialism and Why Socialism is Totalitarian on "Mises Economic Blog" Professor George Reisman wrote:

"In the United States at the present time, we do not have socialism in any form. And we do not have a dictatorship, let alone a totalitarian dictatorship."

"We also do not yet have Fascism, though we are moving towards it. Among the essential elements that are still lacking are one-party rule and censorship. We still have freedom of speech and press and free elections, though both have been undermined and their continued existence cannot be guaranteed."

In an exoteric sense Professor Reisman is correct. However, in practice his analysis is dangerously false.

United States has an exoteric two party political system yet esoterically the election of either party makes little difference in our national direction; the nation continues to be raped and robbed regardless of which party is in power. Also, though speech and the press are not under exoteric government control there are esoteric restrictions that preclude the discussion of many important subjects and freeze out third party political candidates. This allows a covert manipulation of the election process that is tantamount to a single party system. Professor Reisman's analysis of the exoteric conduct of our government results in an inaccurate picture of what is actually happening.

Its controllability fuels the quest to impose "Democracy" on the world.

If Myles Kantor's example of Strauss's promotion of hidden meaning is accurate, it appears Strauss has merely defined a procedure used by tyrannical governments for centuries.

The debate on the need for an elite ruling class is rooted in humanism. When government is a result of the musings of men, reason dictates that those whose thoughts are used should be the most brilliant.

However, when government is based on God's Laws that are being passed on from father to son, they are known throughout the realm and there ceases to be a need for an elite class of rulers. Everyone including the soldiers and magistrates is individually subject to the same immutable and universal Laws.