Reddit reviews Dictatorship

> I mean I don't get it ? Who said it was a conspiracy theory ?

I've rust read some stuff yesterday related to arcana imperii, which literally means secrets of those in power/governing the State, in a book called Dictatorship, written by a (pretty smart) guy who was thought to be the Nazis' jurist:

> The most important example of the arcana literature is the book by Arnold Clapmar [1574-1604], which has been cited in seventeenth century as the standard work. In it the issue is analyzed with care and in detail, by its methodological aspects. With reference to the phrase arcana imperii ['secrets of power/secrets of the state'], which Tacitus uses in Annales (1.2) to describe the clever politics of Tiberius, this authority says, to begin with, that every scientific discipline - theology, jurisprudence, business, fine art, the art of war, or medicine - has its arcane. In all these disciplines we find certain tricks; they employ even cunning and betrayal in order to achieve their goal. But in the state certain events are always necessary that conjure the impression of freedom, simulacra or decorative occasions designed to pacify the population.

> Arcana republicae (secrets of the republic) are, in contrast to the obvious motives that appear from the outside, the inner forces of the state. According to the understanding that was common at the time, these are not some social and economic forces above the person; no, the motor of global history is the interest of the prince and of his secret council, a carefully prepared plan of those who govern and seek to maintain both themselves and the state - a plan whereby the power of the governors, the common good, and public order and security are one and the same, in a natural way.

(some of the italics added by me)

At least we can rest assured that the guys (they're mostly guys) governing us today are doing it based on centuries-old theories, not some made-up, modern stuff. And the simulacra and the decorative occasions designed to pacify us have also got a lot more interesting compared to what one could find in 17-th century Europe, I'm sure of that.