SEDUCTION BY INSANITY.
Crazy people get locked up. His madness is easy to spot. They have drastically disordered thoughts. It's as if the contents of your dreams are leaking into daytime reality. They don't make sense. They can't be together. They are incoherent. They cannot interact meaningfully with others. They have lost touch with reality. But what if there is a second kind of madness, a much more subtle and dangerous kind that goes unnoticed? In this version of madness, people have ordered thoughts, often highly ordered ones indeed. They make sense. They keep it together. They can interact meaningfully with others, often brilliantly, and seem completely in touch with reality. What's not to like? None of them are locked. Far from it. In fact, some of them are running our world. The problem is that these people believe and repeat stories that cannot be true... above all, the lying stories about man and the world, and, the stories of religion. They base their entire lives on clearly wrong ideas. Humanity is shaped by falsehood, by absurdity, and that is why humanity has so many difficulties and so many people are so discontented and dissatisfied with their lives.
- Mark Romel - Mad World.
Crazy people get locked up. His madness is easy to spot. They have drastically disordered thoughts. It's as if the contents of your dreams are leaking into daytime reality. They don't make sense. They can't be together. They are incoherent. They cannot interact meaningfully with others. They have lost touch with reality. But what if there is a second kind of madness, a much more subtle and dangerous kind that goes unnoticed? In this version of madness, people have ordered thoughts, often highly ordered ones indeed. They make sense. They keep it together. They can interact meaningfully with others, often brilliantly, and seem completely in touch with reality. What's not to like? None of them are locked. Far from it. In fact, some of them are running our world. The problem is that these people believe and repeat stories that cannot be true... above all, the lying stories about man and the world, and, the stories of religion. They base their entire lives on clearly wrong ideas. Humanity is shaped by falsehood, by absurdity, and that is why humanity has so many difficulties and so many people are so discontented and dissatisfied with their lives.
- Mark Romel - Mad World.
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Statue of Maat, adorned with the ostrich feather of truth
A passage in the Instruction of Ptahhotep presents Maat as follows:
Maat is good and its worth is lasting.
It has not been disturbed since the day of its creator,
whereas he who transgresses its ordinances is punished.
It lies as a path in front even of him who knows nothing.
Wrongdoing has never yet brought its venture to port.
It is true that evil may gain wealth but the strength of truth is that it lasts;
a man can say: "It was the property of my father."
After her role in creation and continuously preventing the universe from returning to chaos, her primary role in ancient Egyptian religion dealt with the Weighing of the Heart that took place in the Duat.
A passage in the Instruction of Ptahhotep presents Maat as follows:
Maat is good and its worth is lasting.
It has not been disturbed since the day of its creator,
whereas he who transgresses its ordinances is punished.
It lies as a path in front even of him who knows nothing.
Wrongdoing has never yet brought its venture to port.
It is true that evil may gain wealth but the strength of truth is that it lasts;
a man can say: "It was the property of my father."
After her role in creation and continuously preventing the universe from returning to chaos, her primary role in ancient Egyptian religion dealt with the Weighing of the Heart that took place in the Duat.
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Maat represents the ethical and moral principle that all Egyptian citizens were expected to follow throughout their daily lives. They were expected to act with honor and truth in matters that involve family, the community, the nation, the environment, and the gods.
Maat as a principle was formed to meet the complex needs of the emergent Egyptian state that embraced diverse peoples with conflicting interests. The development of such rules sought to avert chaos and it became the basis of Egyptian law. From an early period the king would describe himself as the "Lord of Maat" who decreed with his mouth the Maat he conceived in his heart.
The significance of Maat developed to the point that it embraced all aspects of existence, including the basic equilibrium of the universe, the relationship between constituent parts, the cycle of the seasons, heavenly movements, religious observations and good faith, honesty, and truthfulness in social interactions.
Maat as a principle was formed to meet the complex needs of the emergent Egyptian state that embraced diverse peoples with conflicting interests. The development of such rules sought to avert chaos and it became the basis of Egyptian law. From an early period the king would describe himself as the "Lord of Maat" who decreed with his mouth the Maat he conceived in his heart.
The significance of Maat developed to the point that it embraced all aspects of existence, including the basic equilibrium of the universe, the relationship between constituent parts, the cycle of the seasons, heavenly movements, religious observations and good faith, honesty, and truthfulness in social interactions.
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Forwarded from Vault of Secrets - Unpopular History (Pooinloo404)
Jean-Marc Côté (1899): Vision of France in 2000s
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Sina 🗝️⚡ 21st Capital no X: "Jiangxi Bank of China goes under China's banking sector is facing a full-scale crisis. In just one week, 40 banks disappeared, absorbed into larger institutions. Today, Jiangxi Bank of China went under, further escalating the crisis.
https://t.co/snhGqg1DCN" / X
https://x.com/Sina_21st/status/1810411197264478286
https://t.co/snhGqg1DCN" / X
https://x.com/Sina_21st/status/1810411197264478286
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Jan Usmovec stops an enraged bull. 1849.
Eugraf Semyonovich Sorokin.
"People will forget what you said, forget what you did, but they will never
"they will never forget what you made them to feel." Maya Angelou.
Eugraf Semyonovich Sorokin.
"People will forget what you said, forget what you did, but they will never
"they will never forget what you made them to feel." Maya Angelou.
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https://www.economist.com/culture/2024/05/21/the-controversial-cult-of-the-host-club-in-japan
Host clubs are booming in Japan. Some 21,000 hosts—well-dressed young men, often wearing make-up like k-pop stars—work at 900 such establishments. They pamper and flatter their female clients. Sex is not part of the bargain but could happen, somewhere else. Clients usually seek psychological rather than physical intimacy and a break from reality.
Host clubs are booming in Japan. Some 21,000 hosts—well-dressed young men, often wearing make-up like k-pop stars—work at 900 such establishments. They pamper and flatter their female clients. Sex is not part of the bargain but could happen, somewhere else. Clients usually seek psychological rather than physical intimacy and a break from reality.
The Economist
The controversial cult of the host club in Japan
Why women pay men in make-up to flatter them