The unequal clash between Big Power and the little man sounds daunting, but empires come and go. Goliaths are slain. Or more often they kill themselves through their own inherent unsustainability. All that we need to do is resist evil by living virtuously.
This last election has been about Goliath versus the People, and Goliath has done everything possible, including a great deal that is illegal and immoral, to bring down the people.
Goliath is the collective name for the conglomeration of giants that are seeking to force a globalitarian future on the peoples of the world: Global Corporations, International Financial Institutions (the IMF, the World Bank, etc.), the Chinese Communist Party, Social Media Giants (Google, Facebook, Twitter, etc.), Big, i.e. Fake, Media (CNN, MSNBC, etc). On the other side is the populist will of the people.
Goliath is built on systemic Pride and systemic infanticide. The former is dependent on the latter. In worshipping the self as a narcissistic god, Pride sacrifices its own children on the altar it has erected to itself. In the United States, Pride has insisted that everyone must pay taxes to pay for infanticide on demand. Even those who think that killing babies is abhorrent are made to pay for this infanticide. There is no freedom to choose otherwise. This is why Joe Biden called Poland a “totalitarian” regime when Poland’s democratically elected government chose to prevent the systemic culling of disabled infants. In stark contrast, we are unlikely to see Mr. Biden call China a totalitarian regime, even though the Chinese Communist Party has killed tens of millions of its own adults and countless millions of its own children through forced abortions. For Mr. Biden, a loyal servant of Goliath, China is an indispensable ally in the quest for One World globalitarianism.
If this unequal clash between Big Power and the little man sounds daunting, so did the Soviet Empire to Solzhenitsyn. Empires come and go. Goliaths are slain. Or more often they kill themselves through their own inherent unsustainability. But they are always replaced with other empires and other Goliaths. The people are always trodden under the feet of the powerful. It has ever been thus.
All that we need to do is resist evil by living virtuously. We can do this with every dollar we spend. We need to starve Goliath by spending our money, whenever possible, in a way that weakens the giant and does not nourish him. We need to know that every dollar is a vote and that we are casting these votes every day. We need to know that spending money is a moral act which makes the world a better or a worse place. In this way, we can be making the world a better place with every penny we spend. In this way, we can be helping to fight Goliath every day of our lives and loving our neighbours by doing so.
So let’s not believe that this latest rearing of Goliath’s ugly head signals the end of the world. The only end of the world any of us ever need to worry about is the end of the world that happens when we die. It is then that the world will fall away as so much dross and we will be judged by the other-worldly principles that worldly princes despise.
We need to keep our eyes on the finishing line. We need to keep our treasure stored in heaven where it will not perish, and not invest it in the vanity of the world and its temporal, i.e. temporary, power. We need to remember that we are soldiers of Christ in the Church Militant (the Church at War). We also need to remind ourselves and others that the final victory has already been won by the Church Triumphant, the Church in Heaven. If we fight well and courageously in this temporary fight against the temporal power of Goliath, we have nothing to worry about and nothing to lose but our chains!
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The featured image is “David versus Goliath” by Gebhard Fugel (1863–1939) and is in the public domain, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. It has been brightened for clarity.
Another really good piece. i might add one more thought. Goliath is built upon lies and because of that, it will eventually fall. As Christians, we must dedicate ourselves fully to the truth. It is Truth that has allowed Christianity to persevere far beyond many other Goliaths. Thank you for the encouragement!
Mr Pearce,
Thank you for the encouragement and reminder that if we are virtuous we win. In these difficult times it is an important reminder. One other aspect of the leviathan that will bring it down is greed. Greed for wealth and power. Empires do come and go, as do wealth and power. Throughout the history of man it has been so. Detachment from all that is earthly allows one to focus on the real purpose for our being, and He will be with us till the end of time.
Dear Mr Pearce.
Thank you for an excellent article. I especially like the way you suggest we spent our money carefully, wisely and with knowledge. I discontinued my Amazon account a couple years ago although it means spending a little more. It was well worth it and perhaps curbs one’s appetite as well!
The people can also be Goliath if it’s a mob.
Thank you for the wise essay that provides perspective and encouragement! I would add that we can fight Goliath through our parenting. We can raise our children to recognize truth, beauty, and goodness, and protect their minds and eyes from filth and lies. I see my mothering as an act of resistance.
This essay reminds me of my first thoughts as I stood in front of the Colosseum in Rome. As it was the writing of St Ignatius of Antioch that was instrumental in my return to the Church I wanted to see where he was martyred.
As I stood in front of this massive monument to the power of the Roman Empire I imagined how it must have looked invincible to the victims who were entering that place. I thought how time passes and once glorious citadels because heaps of crumbling dust.
I thought of how the Empire tried to destroy the Church and how the Church stands today while the Colosseum became as a mausoleum of a fallen power. Of how a man’s faithful witness from 19 centuries ago would echo through the centuries and convert a man who saw men landing on the moon.
It is easy for me to be trapped by my own subjective here and now so it is good to review history where it is easier to see the hand of God working through time and space.