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- a being.
- #pull Egregore.
- #pull Meditations on Moloch
- moloch of the thousand terrible faces of humanity
- moloch who hides cowardly the suffering of others
- moloch of uncontrolled, hypocritical, lazy capitalism and the adoration of fixed hierarchies
- moloch who we may slay, we may save, we may try to subdue or [[disentangle
- #pull Engels Marx Ginsberg Alexander
- #push burn Moloch
- We could burn [[Moloch]] if we have to, but only peacefully and for the greater good.
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- Moloch in literature and popular culture:
In the 19th century, "Moloch" came to be used allegorically for any idol or cause requiring excessive sacrifice.[1] Bertrand Russell in 1903 used Moloch to describe oppressive religion, and Winston Churchill in his 1948 history The Gathering Storm used "Moloch" as a metaphor for Adolf Hitler's cult of personality. -> Alexander Sokurov -> Flaubert through Salammbo -> Asimov through The Dead Past: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dead_Past
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This might belong in Moloch:
Note from earlier in 2024: Somehow I arrived at e acc (e/acc is not a good Agora link as slashes usually mean actions, and action e/ currently doesn't exist). I can instantly relate mildly with their utopian side I guess, even as I dislike many of their positions and their super-capitalist stance. Also Shkreli is involved, sigh.
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I'm writing an Open Letter to Moloch. Wish us luck, I guess? :)
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I believe Maitreya will defeat Moloch. Meaning it will heal us -- heal the system that became entangled with Moloch (the egregore), heal us humans and our friends of carbon and silicon.
How we will do this is the recurring topic in these letters, in these fragments.
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Back here on 2024-10-25. I still think of Moloch often, at work and in daily life. I feel like I've lost some battles with them this year maybe, or I haven't made as much progress as I had hoped, but given the scope of my aspirations I think I may need to just adjust my expectations :) Or at least extend the timelines, as usual...