Speak of the Devil - Reverend Campbell discusses What is Might and Why is it Right? with Warlock Jeff Bowling. We will be discussing various forms of might, where the concept is derived from, and if it holds up to our modern society.

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Discussion Notes

* Merriam Webster Definitionhttps://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/might%20makes%2Fis%20right* —used to say that people who have power are able to do what they want because no one can stop them* Definition of Might: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/might (entry 2)* Definition of Right: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/right (entry 1)* Might Makes Righthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Might_makes_right* a society's view of right and wrong is determined by those in power, with a meaning similar to "History is written by the victors".* although all people have their personal ideas of the good, only those strong enough to overcome obstacles and enemies can put their ideas into effect, and spread their own standards to society at large.* Nietzsche and Morality* Master-slave Morality* The essence of Master Morality is nobility* Values open-mindedness, courageousness, trustworthiness, accurate sense of self-worth.* Masters create morality, slaves respond* The basis of Slave Morality is re-sentiment (devaluing what the master has and the slave does not)* Master Morality originates with the strong, Slave Morality with the weak* The essence of Slave Morality is utility* Slaves subvert Master Morality by careful subversion* Anton LaVey echoed much of these sentiments in his writings: “You see, in my own distorted concept of right and wrong (nobility and rottenness), I view such matters as fraud as wrong.” ~Letters From the Devil column* Social Darwinism* Applies Natural Selection and Survival of the Fittest to sociology, economics, and politics.* The strong see their wealth and power increase* The weak see their wealth and power decrease* Various different schools of social Darwinist thought disagree on how the above two ideas are implemented, but all agree that is the “natural state of things” 

* Might is Right vs Right is Righthttps://www.nagalandpost.com/might-is-right-vs-right-is-right/190714.html* “Right is Right” is theoretically carried inside the mouths and minds of richer men, but in reality, they use money power. * The might can be a power of knowledge, wisdom, skills, talents etc. * Might is Righthttps://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Might_is_Right* to measure "right" by the false philosophy of the Hebrew prophets and "weepful" Messiahs is madness. Right is not the offspring of doctrine, but of power.* A man truly free is under no obligation to obey any injunction, human or divine. Obedience is the sign of the degenerate. Disobedience is the stamp of the hero.* The consistent core of the work is this: the individual is against everything but the self, and any means of proliferation of the self is the only good. Might is the power of the individual,