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owe obedience to the People instead of being looked upon as
Rulers who must be obeyed; secondly, the dogma that the vote
of the people makes or creates what is right and just, thus again
exalting man to the place of God.
In spite of the fact that this Rousseauist-Masonic democratism
has been frequently condemned by the Catholic Church, 1
the
functioning of legitimate democracy is deeply influenced by these
errors. Many Catholics proclaim that "the people can do no
wrong" and mat "all men are equal" without being aware of the
Rousseauist tinge of their thoughts. Many politicians seem to
think that a majority at an election puts them above the moral
law. These evils are intensified by the fact that behind the facade
of democracy, states and nations have come to be dominated by
private financial interests. "This domination is permanent, irrespective
of the party in office. All parties require money, and it
often becomes profitable to the Money Power to finance all alike.
. . . Party government has completely failed during recent years
to give the nation any real protection against the most dishonest
and unprincipled manipulations of the money system by private
interests which have turned legislatures into a marionette show
with puppets moved on wires from behind the scenes."? What
masquerades as Democracy throughout the world is, therefore, in
great part, government by certain financial groups more or less
inspired by Rousseauist-Masonic naturalistic theories.
1
Notably by Pope Pius X in his condemnation of the Sillon, August,
1910. Pius X there quotes Leo XIII. Cf. The Mystical Body of Christ in
the Modern World, pp. 42, 43.
2A N. Field in Examiner, May. 1939.
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