PENTAGONAL
REVISIONISM:
A
FIVE-POINT PROGRAM
by
Anton Szandor LaVey ©1988
In recent years, we've wasted far too much
time explaining that Satanism has
nothing to do with kidnapping, drug abuse, child molestation, animal or
child
sacrifice, or any number of other acts that idiots, hysterics or opportunists
would like to credit us with. Satanism is a life-loving, rational philosophy
that
millions of people adhere to. Now we're ready for something that goes quite
a
few steps beyond just explaining our principles. Every revisionist movement
needs a set of goals/guidelines that are clear, concrete, and that will
effect
significant changes.
The following Five-Point Program reflects attitudes which allow others
to
decide whether they wish to align themselves with Satanism or not. Each
is
necessary for Satanic change to take place. When asked what we're "doing,"
here's the answer:
1. Stratification
- The point on which all the others ultimately rest. There can
be no more myth of "equality" for all - it only translates to "mediocrity"
and
supports the weak at the expense of the strong. Water must be allowed to
seek
its own level without interference from apologists for incompetence. No
one
should be protected from the effects of his own stupidity.
2. Strict
taxation of all churches - If churches were taxed for all their
income and property, they'd crumble overnight of their own obsolescence,
and
the National Debt would be wiped out as quickly. The productive, the
creative, the resourceful should be subsidized. So long as the useless
and
incompetent are getting paid, they should be heavily taxed.
3. No
tolerance for religious beliefs secularized and incorporated into law
and order issues
- to re-establish "Lex Talionis" would require a complete
overturning of the present in-justice system based on Judeo-Christian ideals,
where the victim/defender has been made the criminal. Amnesty should be
considered for anyone in prison because of his alleged "influence" upon
the
actual perpetrator of the crime. Everyone is influenced in what he or she
does.
Scapegoating has become a way of life, a means of survival for the unfit.
As
an extension of the Judeo-Christian cop-out of blaming the Devil for
everything, criminals can gain leniency, even praise, by placing the blame
on a
convenient villain. Following the Satanic creed of "Responsibility to the
responsible," in a Satanic society, everyone must experience the consequences
of his own actions - for good or ill.
4. Development
and production of artificial human companions - The
forbidden industry. An economic "godsend" which will allow everyone
"power" over someone else. Polite, sophisticated, technologically feasible
slavery. And the most profitable industry since T.V. and the computer.
5. The
opportunity for anyone to live within a total environment of his
or her choice, with mandatory
adherence to the aesthetic and behavioral
standards of same
- Privately owned, operated and controlled environments
as an alternative to homogenized and polyglot ones. The freedom to insularize
oneself within a social milieu of personal well-being. An opportunity to
feel,
see, and hear that which is most aesthetically pleasing, without interference
from those who would pollute or detract from that option.
This is the encapsulated version of the current
thrust of Satanic advocacy. So
when someone asks you, "Well, what do Satanists do?", you will be qualified
to tell him.