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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.