Hi Max,

Amazing stuff eh!

Marc




As the emperor discovered, the mob is fickle and its base tastes revolve =
around not honor but on who can best entertain it. Though the mob has great=
size, its lack of ideology and honor also means that it lacks value and th=
e ability to achieve anything substantial. It is surely large, but remains =
powerless in all meaningful ways. That idea is contrasted in the movie by a=
n army of men who believe in their leader because of his honor and vision. =
Though their numbers are far smaller than the mass, their unified values ar=
e able to achieve a positive result. No one in the mob cares for anything a=
nd none would risk their life or anything at all because they desire only t=
he safe path of nothingness. Aspiration is not in them - only the noble dre=
am and seek to make dreams come true, for dreams and value are every time w=
orth risking the whole of one's existence. If one is! victorious, he has wo=
n great value, or if he has lost, he at least has the respect of those who =
understand that the pursuit of value was worth dying for. Life without hono=
r and value, as symbolized by the mob and their approach, is meaningless. V=
aliant struggle to preserve the value of nobility will always be glorious b=
ecause it continues to keep alive the possibility of meaning in this world,=
against all of those who would so quickly forsake it.

http://www.jesus.com/sermons/sermon1.html


I like how this guy uses messianic talk about money and hierarchy and all=
. I think Jesus was in fact talking a good part of the time about Empire a=
nd Capital. So he beat Marx and Negri to the combo? I wouldn't be surpris=
ed.

God that Gilder article was good. Morbid and solipsist reading but sorta=
vivid.

And yes, Jesus does talk about bread and circuses! Labor and entertainme=
nt. What a weird site.

Max