asyncmind on Nostr: In the ancient days, when civilizations reached their peak, they'd gather crowds for ...
In the ancient days, when civilizations reached their peak, they'd gather crowds for grand sacrifices to appease the gods. Priests in elaborate robes would perform the sacred rites, offering the blood of the unfortunate in exchange for prosperity, rain, or just a little less smiting. How quaint. Today, we've upgraded the ritual to something far more civilized: fiat economics.
No longer do we need elaborate temples—just sleek government buildings and central banks. The volatility gods still demand their sacrifices, but instead of priests wielding knives, we have financial elites pulling the strings, keeping markets "healthy." The loose ends of the system, the poor, the disenfranchised, the nations crushed under debt? They are today's sacrificial lambs.
Wars don’t start for power anymore—oh no, that would be too obvious. They start for "stability" or to "correct market imbalances." Global financial systems sway like ancient altars, teetering on the edge, while whole countries plunge into chaos. The blood spilled isn't in temple courtyards, but on battlefields, in bankrupt cities, and in the despair of the jobless. And still, we pretend this is progress.
The rich are the new priests, ensuring that the rest of us offer up our livelihoods, our homes, our futures to the gods of volatility, because, after all, the system must survive. If it fails? Well, just like in the old days, there's always another war to restore balance. The ritual remains—only the altar and the costumes have changed.
#BloodRitual #FilthyFiat
No longer do we need elaborate temples—just sleek government buildings and central banks. The volatility gods still demand their sacrifices, but instead of priests wielding knives, we have financial elites pulling the strings, keeping markets "healthy." The loose ends of the system, the poor, the disenfranchised, the nations crushed under debt? They are today's sacrificial lambs.
Wars don’t start for power anymore—oh no, that would be too obvious. They start for "stability" or to "correct market imbalances." Global financial systems sway like ancient altars, teetering on the edge, while whole countries plunge into chaos. The blood spilled isn't in temple courtyards, but on battlefields, in bankrupt cities, and in the despair of the jobless. And still, we pretend this is progress.
The rich are the new priests, ensuring that the rest of us offer up our livelihoods, our homes, our futures to the gods of volatility, because, after all, the system must survive. If it fails? Well, just like in the old days, there's always another war to restore balance. The ritual remains—only the altar and the costumes have changed.
#BloodRitual #FilthyFiat