Caligula352 once said: “When the money slows, the crime flows.” This has two meanings, when a government runs out of money to combat crime, crime grows; and when the people in a city-state have no money, they resort to crime to feed and sustain themselves. Both 352 and the ONA has it’s own opinions about “crime:”
“” Crime is not an end, but a means. A criminal act is not done because it is criminal but because the act itself has a purpose or intent – the criminality of that act being irrelevant. This purpose is either to aid self-excellence (build Satanic character) or aid sinister strategy. “”
Basically, an act is judged not by whether it is illegal (and thus criminal) in a particular country, but rather by its purpose or intent. Or, expressed more simply, by whether that act can serve Satanism in general and self-development in particular. An example will best illustrate this.
A Satanic novice conceived the idea of gaining experience by burglary. The monetary benefits were useful, but incidental to the main purpose. As a Satanist, he of course planned carefully and chose wisely. First, the jobs themselves had to be difficult, challenging and thus interesting – they would require careful planning and delicate execution. So he chose Apartments, and entry mainly via windows and roofs – this needed some training and the acquisition of skills, plus daring and courage. Second, the people to be deprived of some of their belongings would choose themselves – they would be ‘tested’ to see if they were suitable victims. The selection would be by character – according to their nature. This required the novice to use his own judgement and instinct. He would select those who showed they lacked character, breeding, nobility – who lacked, in fact, the virtues of a Satanist.
The novice selected some Apartments in a city where the pickings would be rich. Then he observed the occupants for some time – watching them, their routines and so on. Next, he arranged for the execution of his tests. Two friends (who were actually Initiates of his Order – or rather the Order he had joined) were enlisted to aid him in this. They would appear, on his signal, and seem to rob him as he lingered near the entrance to the building when one of his chosen victims was near. On the first occasion, the victim ignored the ‘robbery’, and continued on his way. On the second, the next victim came to his aid and actually knocked one ‘robber’ unconscious with a punch, albeit for a short time. Thus, the first victim or mark became selected, or rather selected himself by his actions, and it was from his Apartment that the novice stole some things some days later. Of course, the planning and execution of such a test was difficult – requiring acting, timing, manipulation, daring, zest – in brief, experience in the real world. Following this success, he moved to another target and found some new victims for his test. It was interesting that these tests confirmed the novice’s instinctive assessment of the victim’s character – and thus aided his Satanic judgement.
In this example, the burglary was a ‘crime’, in Law – but, in fact, the illegal nature of the act was irrelevant. The act, and its planning etc., aided the self-excellence of the novice, and thus his magickal development, because it was a Satanic act, not because it was ‘criminal’ – that is, it involved danger, required skill, judgement, daring, and it was real. It was, in a sense, a practical ordeal and its Satanic character meant that its victims were victims of themselves: the act was akin to an act of `natural justice’. To some, it may seem a game – and so it was, but one played in earnest, in which losing meant capture and probable imprisonment (factors which made it interesting and worthwhile). And it was only a few incidents in a life crammed with such incidents – at different levels.
Furthermore, this ‘realness’ is important – genuine Satanists involve themselves with the real world, in real situations with real people and real danger. The imitation Satanists play mental and intellectual and ’safe’ games. The difference is that a real Satanist will actually be an assassin, for example, while the imitation Satanist will dream of being one and will probably obtain a moronic pleasure from watching some fictional story and ‘identifying’ with a fictionalised assassin – or, more likely, will `act out’ such a role in some pathetic pseudo-magickal ceremony and believe he/she has attained something.
Naturally, in the real world things can and do go wrong. But as always, the real Satanists survive and prosper, while the others go under, get caught, give up or are killed. Also, sometimes even the best get things a little wrong – but they learn from their mistakes, they grow in character, in insight, in skill. Genuine Satanists are survivors: they learn and prosper, and die at the right time.
This growth means that a Satanist moves on – there are always new challenges, new delights, new tests of skill, daring, endurance, courage; new insights. A `role’ is only a role – played, then discarded, transcended. Thus, even crime, sacrifice, tests of others, become left behind, given time – they have served the purpose for which they were intended – and a new being is given birth, one more joins the elect. This is simply another way of saying that a Satanist is never trapped by the act, the desires for and against that act, its consequences, or indeed anything to do with that act, whatever the nature of the act. An act, such as a sacrifice or a crime, is a means – to something beyond. All acts are experience. A Satanist is above and beyond acts – a master or mistress of them, rather than a slave to them.
So it is, so it has been and so it will be – for genuine Satanists. Meanwhile, the imitation Satanists will play their word-games, feast on self-delusions, and continue to claim that ‘Satanism’ never involves sacrifice, or criminal acts but is a rather pleasing philosophy which has had a rather ‘bad press’. But, henceforward, anyone who is taken in by these gutless, posturing charlatans will deserve the epithet ’stupid’.
-Order of Nine Angles-
Passage about Crime from Opus Vrilis:
And the issue of crime shall naturally be brought before us by the civilized urbanites. If we are beyond right and wrong or good and evil, what have we to opinionate about crime? To which we answer: crime is an urban phenomenon of the city-state, and it does not exists in the natural world. It might be a crime to steal something in the city, but in nature this act is no crime, otherwise many animals would be criminals. Killing may be a crime in the city, but this act is not a crime in nature, otherwise most animals would be criminals. Any act committed in nature which benefits you keeps you alive to replicate is productive. To the human, any act he commits which he can experience and learn from causes him to progress and become the wiser illuminates.
What is called “criminal intention” or “criminal thought” is mostly nothing more than millions of years of evolution as an opportunistic creature. The ancestral human animal, without muscular strength, or claws like other animals, had to rely on intelligent, and organized opportunistic behaviors to survive. Several thousand years of urban life cannot undo or rewrite millions of years of evolution. Disagreeing with criminal actions and behaviors is a civilized program ingrained in the Urbanite. It costs the city much of its money to fight and stop crime; because resisting and fighting something natural as the will to survive and the impulse of nature requires money; when that money stops, and the urban law machine stops, crime will continue. In a way, it is safe to say that crime is natural. It is one of few things besides God that the urbanite fears. What he fears he either submits to and worships, or hates.
If Satan means “Opposite” then we must learn to always think and do the opposite of what these Urbanite cattle think and do, no matter the title and label they wear. If we are to Liberate ourselves from captivity and slavery to their civilized machine, we must continually mentally and physically progress by pushing the limits of our capabilities. Always strive not only to think for yourself with an unshakable closed mind, never to allow anything into it without first examining what it is, and how it will affect you. But we must also strive to push our civilized limits. Go out and see what you can get away with in society. Any act which you benefit and learn from only makes you stronger. The laws of the city-state were, like the morals or their religions, are made for breaking. This is the path to Liberation. But always keep in mind that every action has a consequence. Learn to use intelligence in your progression. If the city catches you and condemns to prison, you have your own stupidity to blame. Think twice before acting. But act; to grow from the experience.
Criminal behavior and action taken to an extreme and collective level is no longer a crime. It becomes power, heroism, and empire. Think of Alexander The Great; The Great Vikings; The Golden Hoard of Genghis Khan; and virtually every empire and civilization on earth. This is their secret; not just divide and conquer, but: Might Without Limitation. Ruthless Might and terror, causes the bovine mass to submit,thus giving birth to states. Then they keep this secret of power, wealth, and domination, to themselves by condemning it from the average citizen. Nothing strikes fear in the system more than organized criminal organizations with defined intentions and objectives. Learn from the heroes of the past and embrace ruthless might without limitation. And who is the biggest criminal of all but God? Think of all the ruthless acts of murder, slaughter of women and children, theft, rape, and plunder he ordered and oversaw in the Old Testament. If we are to become gods ourselves, we must must be inspired by gods and great men; live the doctrine of might without limitation and boldly stand erect!
Chapter VIII OV
I guess the reason why I brought this up is because of the current geopolitical situation in Mexico. Something there worse than terrorism is happening from an Urbanite city-state perspective: rampant crime. Drug cartels have slaughtered about 4000 people so far, many have been government officials. The drug cartels are so strong now, there is not much the Mexican government can do, and the government itself is visibly spiralling into chaos as a failed state. This just shows the truth and reality of Caligula’s quote. Pretty soon, the drug cartels in Mexico will emerge as a new political-military power, just as the cocaine cartel in Colombia turned into the FARC owning half of Colombia.
I love to see stuff like this unravel, especially in current times, when we are leade to believe that the “State-Government” is invincible. There is a reason why modern first world nations fears “terrorism.’ This is an article about what’s going on in Mexico:
http://threatswatch.org/rapidrecon/2008/06/mexico-failed-statefaile…
Mexico – Failed State/Failed Policies?
It is a harsh, but probably true, reality. If Mexico is not yet a failed state, it could well be on its way to that end. Arguably, if a country cannot quell violence within its borders, it is on its way to failure; if a country has multiple gangs, in this case drug cartels operating seemingly freely within its borders, it is on its way to failure; if, despite increasing the deployment of troops to combat the drug cartels, the cartels continue to kill, the state is on its way to failure; finally, if thousands of its citizens are murdered by the unceasing drug violence and hundreds of its law enforcement officers are killed in the process, the state is on its way to failure. Yes, it is a harsh reality.
My position on the situation in Mexico has been clear since before I began writing on ThreatsWatch. The unrelenting drug violence south of the border represents a threat to our National Security.
Despite Felipe Calderón’s efforts to take on the drug cartels, he seems to be losing. Since taking office, 4000 people have been killed, with 450 law enforcement officers have died, including 4 of the top anti-drug officers being gunned down last month alone.
One of the problems is that the drug cartels and their militia are better trained and better equipped than the Mexican military. And perhaps even more problematic is that the drug cartels are often better equipped and armed than our own Border Patrol agents.
The United States has a clear interest and a clear obligation to help. This country is the main market for the methamphetamine cooked in Mexican labs and the cocaine moving through Mexico from the Andes. It is also the source of the traffickers’ weapons. And no fence will stop the gun battles from moving across the border.
Not only is the $1.4 billion dollar anti-drug package proposed by the Bush Administration paltry compared to the funds available to the drug cartels, but Congress (both the House and the Senate) have allocated less than the funds requested. This happens at a time when the drug cartel related violence has not only bled across the border, but is now occurring in places like New York and Florida cloned police cars are intercepting opposing cartel drug shipments. Often, the cartels are using extreme violence to extract information regarding drug shipments and locations of drug and arms caches.
So, in the final analysis, the question must be asked, who controls the country of Mexico? By some accounts, Calderón has committed 30,000 troops to the battle against the cartels, and yet, the violence continues and in many parts of the country, the cartels “influence” local politics. The battles and the bloodshed is both cartel against Calderón’s troops and the cartels against each other in an ongoing internecine war to control territory and the overall and lucrative drug transport to the United States.
According to the U.S. military, a civil war is a “war between factions of the same country; there are five criteria for international recognition of this status: The contestants must control territory, have a functioning government, enjoy some foreign recognition, have identifiable regular armed forces, and engage in major military operations.” Mexico’s drug cartels control, albeit unofficially, vast expanses of the country that are out of the range of government supervision. Even the U.S. government, which under the Merida Initiative plans to give $1.4 billion to Calderón to fight the cartels, seems to recognize that the criminal enterprises endanger the stability and sovereignty of the Mexican state. The hired guns of the Gulf cartel, known as the “Zetas,” are black-clad Army deserters and vets who engage in regular major military operations, often against their former peers.
Recently, there was a discussion of whether Mexico was experiencing an “insurgency.” At that time, I commented that I believed that the situation was beyond the point of an impending insurgency, especially since the drug wars involved multiple disparate players and was really a turf battle. As discussed in one of my earlier entries, Mexico is a country of great instability, widely separate economic classes, and corruption. We need to pay attention to what is happening South of the border. Be assured that this is a problem that will last past the next Presidential election.
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Poised for sudden and rapid fall:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/10-Countries-in-Deep-usnews-14971805.html?.&.pf=real-estate
Mexico. Thousands of would-be tourists from America and elsewhere had to cancel spring break trips to Mexico due to ongoing violence related to the drug trade. Mexico was the second country recently identified by the U.S. Joint Forces Command as possibly poised for a “rapid and sudden” collapse. Mexico’s “politicians, police, and judicial infrastructure are all under sustained assault and pressure by criminal gangs and drug cartels,” says the report.
The violence and tourism decline could not come at a worse time. Economists predict a 3.3 percent contraction of the Mexican economy this year. The poor economic growth means that the government is getting strapped for funds. In April, it asked the International Monetary Fund for a $47 billion loan. While credit-rating agencies don’t expect Mexico’s debt to grow riskier soon, and the risk of its sovereign derivatives has not skyrocketed like some other countries on this list, serious problems still remain for the Mexican economy. The country depends on the United States to consume its exports and pay Mexican immigrants who send money back home. If the U.S. recession deepens, Mexicans will feel the pain as much as Americans.
