"God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? What was holiest and mightiest of all that the world has yet owned has bled to death under our knives: who will wipe this blood off us? What water is there for us to clean ourselves? What festivals of atonement, what sacred games shall we have to invent?" - Friedrich Nietzsche
Some scientists propose that ancient sea life's ability to extract calcium carbonate from the atmosphere to create shells and coral reefs led to a steep decline in carbon dioxide, which the Industrial Revolution reversed, effectively saving Humanity. It's an interesting theory but we can't have that discussion.
In a recent Supreme Court confirmation hearing, Senator Marsha Blackburn asked Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for a definition of "woman." Jackson declined to answer, why? Because we can't have that discussion.
Over 3500 Architects have signed a petition which raised questions about the collapse of the World Trade Center, sighting all three towers not just Building 7 fell into it's footprint, suggesting a controlled demolitions but we can't have that discussion.
Amidst statistical data on mortality, spikes in myocarditis cases, and 1000s of pages Pfizer documents there's mounting evidence there were horrific shenanigans going on with COVID at the highest levels of government but we can't have that discussion.
There's another debate surrounding gender identity. Many feel that subjecting children to medical interventions like puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transitioning is an extreme form of child abuse but we can't have that discussion.
Some term this phenomenon "Cancel Culture" or "Wokeism." It's more complex.
Together, we find ourselves immersed, in the 'Festivals of Attornment,' bearing witness to the very 'Sacred Games' that Nietzsche envisioned.
"God is dead," and in the vacuum left behind, the world has taken on the form we behold today .
The sacred has collapsed into the political and that means there are now sacred cows in the political which is why we can't discuss certain things.
Just as refusing baptism risked dire consequences in the Middle Ages, today, vaccine hesitancy can cost one's job.
With the loss of traditional guiding principles, our society has regressed and the voices that once championed liberty and equality now echo with discontent.
Who will wipe this blood off us? What water is there for us to clean ourselves? What festivals of atonement, what sacred games shall we have to invent?
One of the sacred games that we invented was promoting Abstract Expressionism as the highest all of Art Forms.
It isn't.
It's been widely reported that the CIA secretly funded Modern Art during the Cold War.
Just as the Church commissioned dramatic Biblical scenes as a propaganda tool for the Catholic Reformation, the CIA funded Modern Art to fill the void.
Piss Christ is a 1987 photograph which depicts a small plastic crucifix submerged in a small glass tank of the artist's urine. The piece was a winner of the "Awards in the Visual Arts".
Of course it won. The mortal enemy of the State is Religion. The competition was sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, a United States Government agency.
The art you embrace can speak volumes about the future you envision and the heritage you offer.
So are you a willing participant in Nietzsche's 'sacred games,'?
Do you relish bathing in the blood of the holiest and mightiest of all that the world has yet owned?
Or will your legacy echo with an aspiration for openness, thoughtful discourse and a love of Humanity?
If your investment portfolio is filled to the gills with Modern Art offerings celebrating the 'Festivals of Attornment,' guess what?
You need to diversify your portfolio.
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