Unravelling one of the robber barons -- this one from Uzbekistan. Such stories of the rich and powerful everywhere are so commonplace and their behaviour as predictable of human nature ! I have put it up here not to rouse the equally predictable ire against mere individuals, on the instant emotional carriage of the proletariat or bourgeoisie who wear their righteousness on the sleeve. The purpose is to introduce the universal nature of human beings -- without making the mistake of excluding ourselves, you and I, from its inevitable presence within each one of us. Man is a futile passion, concludes Jean Paul Sartre. Not I, not the illustrious teachers I discovered among those who preceded, back to beginningless time. Man is the only hope ... by the potential within each to evolve beyond this natural urge to cheat, lie, accumulate, slave and enslave, covet and hoard. Its actually easy, the easiest thing to do... by reason. But the heart is preoccupied with its will to power and the drive to possess. But didnt the Vatican and the Caliphate collude to eliminate the illuminati ? And right through the times in every era ? eurasianet.org/node/67904
Posted on: Sat, 01 Feb 2014 07:33:57 +0000
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