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The devil has learned to appeal to justice as a defense of his own injustice. The church father Irenaeus, who lived between 125 and 200, predicts that "Antichrist will pretend to defend the oppressed" (Adv. Har. 5.30.3). . Imitating Christ, the devil today pretends to defend the suffering and the oppressed. By creating the illusion of defending the underprivileged, the discriminated and the oppressed, a more twisted and malicious form of totalitarianism is created. This creates the illusion that the concentration of power in the hands of a small elite serves the underprivileged, when in reality it increases the opportunities for the ruthless elite to act arbitrarily.