1. The Devil's Advocate

Time Stamp: 8:20

* Are Satanists Elite, Professionally?* Satanism Celebrates Real World Achievement* How do we rate that achievement? * On other’s success in the industry?* On our own success?* How can you rate success outside of comparison?* If you are judging your success in the industry then you are judging against non-Satanists.* How can you be elite if your baseline is ‘the herd’s’ success over you?* When you are trying to measure up to a non Satanist, you are not elite.* Some prefer to not rate themselves against their industry, but rather against other satanists* This does two things. It creates a community which is antithetical to Satanism* It padds or protects you from having to achieve in your industry. * You aren’t elite, just lazy.* If your measure of success is a tip of the cap from other Satanists or the church of Satan’s Administrators, you have failed to live up to the expectation of a Satanist.* You are a badge collector, a fanboy, a suck up, at best.* Satanists can never be truly considered elite unless we achieve real world success, not dwell in pseudo or Satanic ecosystems of our own making.* What are my successes?* A fandom YouTube channel I started that is taking off.* A recent children's book I illustrated and produced for a client.* My professional career where we weathered the Pandemic when others in my industry fell apart due to our client relationships and we have every indication of doing more work than ever with upcoming developments.* Questions* Are we at risk of losing our ability to objectively be the elite we seek to be? * How is this dichotomy affecting the next generation of Satanists? * Does the fact that we rarely know when someone who does something spectacular in their field is a Satanist affect this? * Should the CoS (and us as members) be making more of an effort to tout the non-CoS related successes of members?

2. Infernal Informant

Time Stamp: 36:46

* Israel to swear in government, ending Netanyahu's long rule* https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/13/israel-benjamin-netanyahu-493914* Israel is set to swear in a new government on Sunday that will send Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into the opposition after a record 12 years in office and a political crisis that sparked four elections in two years.* Naftali Bennett, the head of a small ultranationalist party, will take over as prime minister. But if he wants to keep the job, he will have to maintain an unwieldy coalition of parties from the political right, left and center.* The eight parties, including a small Arab faction that is making history by sitting in the ruling coalition, are united in their opposition to Netanyahu and new elections but agree on little else. They are likely to pursue a modest agenda that seeks to reduce tensions with the Palestinians and maintain good relations with the U.S. without launching any major initiatives.* Netanyahu, who is on trial for corruption, remains the head of the largest party in parliament and is expected to vigorously oppose the new government. If just one faction bolts, it could lose its majority and would be at risk of collapse, giving him an opening to return to power.* The new government is promising a return to normalcy after a tumultuous two years that saw four elections, an 11-day Gaza war last month and a coronavirus outbreak that deva...