Satan, Banking, and Media: The Prophecy That Never Arrives

The Victory of Satan That's Been Over a Decade in the Making

What would it take for Satan to win the game? According to a school of thought that's been pondering this since 2012, the answer is simple: he's practically already won. The thesis, repeated with variations, argues that Satanic forces control most governments, who don't even bother to hide it anymore and manipulate major media outlets to defame any resistance. More than a decade later, total victory is still announced as imminent. And there have been quite a few warnings.

Who's in Charge, According to This Theory

The scheme is Manichean and doesn't hide it: light and darkness, up and down. It's claimed that a demonically inspired financial oligarchy needs to be rescued at all costs, that governments and boards of directors are captured, and that media bombardment drives rampant consumerism and the degradation of dignity. None of these claims are backed by a single verifiable piece of evidence. They function, however, as a lens for economic discontent: a narrative that explains everything without needing to explain anything.

There's an intuition that resists the flip side of the argument. "There's no left or right, there's up and down, and you and I are down," summarizes one of the participants. It's the only phrase in the whole discourse that could fit into an economics textbook without embarrassment.

The Suspects and the infallible Criterion Trick

Things get complicated when pointing fingers. The criterion for detecting the most influential servants of evil is that the media call them philanthropists. What the system praises, the reasoning goes, is suspicious; what it demonizes, honest. With this rule, any data serves to confirm the suspicion and none to refute it. It's the classic conspiracy trick: lack of evidence is interpreted precisely as proof of concealment.

Along the way, the old specter of an omnipotent financial oligarchy reappears, a recurring theme in classic conspiracism that evidence does not support. And a phrase that summarizes the ethics expressed by another participant: evil is fought by eradicating it, not with hugs. Simple. Too simple.

Are God and Satan the Same? The Religious Schism

Halfway through, the issue shifts from geopolitical to theological. One faction defends the Catholic Church as the last bulwark against the conspiracy; another considers identifying the institution with salvation to be an abuse. Some even take irony to the extreme, suggesting that the greatest success of all time has been making us believe that Yahweh and Satan are not the same. The discussion about power shifts, without warning, towards the text of the Gospels and the authorship of Paul's epistles.

From Darwin to the Ballot Box

There's also room for science. DNA, abiogenesis, and the second law of thermodynamics are discussed, with one sector arguing that complexity could not have arisen by chance and another reminding that evolution is not in question within the scientific community. The exchange, at times, exhibits more vehemence than erudition.

Over the years, the apocalyptic framework mutates into politics. VOX appears with its promise of change; the more seasoned participants retort that no party reaches the top without the system's permission and that the moment has simply passed. "The total victory of the forces of evil is closer every day," maintained the person who peine the thread. It's been announced since 2012. At this rate, the prophecy has more staying power than its prophets.