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.

I wouldn’t announce I’d won the lottery, but there would be signs

Jean-Marc Côté (1899): Vision of France in 2000s

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.
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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.

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.