{"id":46753,"date":"2013-08-20T00:46:34","date_gmt":"2013-08-20T07:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?p=46753"},"modified":"2014-12-29T22:17:14","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T05:17:14","slug":"the-infrastructure-of-tyranny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2013\/08\/the-infrastructure-of-tyranny.html","title":{"rendered":"The Infrastructure of Tyranny"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Reader Chris Sparks writes:<\/p>\n

Inspired by\u00a0Conor Friedersdorf\u2019s list in The Atlantic<\/a>, I thought I\u2019d do a series of posts giving a run down of the different elements of the infrastructure of tyranny operating under the aegis of the United States today. I thought this might be of interest to you and your readers.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/attheturnofthetide.blogspot.com\/2013\/07\/infrastructure-of-tyranny-introduction.html<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Wanna know what the first step is toward recovering freedom is?<\/p>\n

Believing the truth that you are free in Christ and not the property of the state.\u00a0 It starts there.\u00a0As long as you believe you are helpless before Leviathan, you will be.\u00a0 The moment you say, \u201cI belong to God, not Caesar or Mammon\u201d you start to make it a reality.\u00a0 Believe the truth, not the lies of Caesar and Mammon.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reader Chris Sparks writes: Inspired by\u00a0Conor Friedersdorf\u2019s list in The Atlantic, I thought I\u2019d do a series of posts giving a run down of the different elements of the infrastructure of tyranny operating under the aegis of the United States today. I thought this might be of interest to you and your readers. http:\/\/attheturnofthetide.blogspot.com\/2013\/07\/infrastructure-of-tyranny-introduction.html Wanna […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[453],"class_list":["post-46753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-you-belong-to-christ-not-caesar-and-mammon"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Infrastructure of Tyranny<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Reader Chris Sparks writes: Inspired by\u00a0Conor Friedersdorf's list in The Atlantic, I thought I'd do a series of posts giving a run down of the different\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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