Empire: A Family Business or an Egregore?

Joseph Atwill and Freeman had an interesting conversation about Freemasonry and the structures of control used by what Atwill terms "the oligarchy". Most of the conversation revolved around the concept of "lifetime actors", that is operatives who work toward the oligarch's goals who embody a media persona. Examples are Hillary Clinton, Ken Kesey, the Grateful Dead, and Donald Trump. I have a similar take on Trump and Clinton. These are people who portray archetypal characters and in a very real sense, have no independent existence of their own. What a sad, shallow, gross life!

One of the memes of the alt-media, especially conspiracy researchers like Atwill or Freeman is that there is a central will that directs the conspiracy. I think Atwill's take on it is thoughtful and sensible, in short, that there's a family, a large extended family or mafia type structure that's at the core of the so called "New World Order".

My interpretation is a little bit different. I think there's basically a mother concept, Empire, that calls her children to her cold, cold titty with her shrieking, weird-ass song. It's quite possible that genetics brings these human starlings to the centers of power around the world time and time again as empires rise and fall. However, I don't think Empire is a family business. It's a thing that arises from others, a third thing, a thoughtform or an egregore.

Certain families might occupy positions of power in any given era, however, if they fall, or die out, another family will take their place.