A Financial Crisis arises when ‘Not By Bread Alone’ is Forgotten: Part I

We live in a civilization where overwhelmingly, persons have been conditioned to see living as being comprised of operations and processes, into which they enter, in order to acquire the wherewithal that allows them to materially survive at sought levels of output consumption. Therefore, to point out that the background out of which such a perspective on living developed, is the route to human existential enslavement and destruction, will not garner much either attention or praise. As a result, trying to point out those background pitfalls, appears to be tantamount to throwing stones at the wind. However, one ought not to be distressed at the high potential for frustration, will be involved in asking people to recognize that, under the influence of a hideous alien consciousness, capitalist economics is manipulating humanity toward its own destruction. The aim herein, is therefore to invite some needed reflection.

The matter ‘bread’, as the root feature of this title, is a borrowed focus. It comes from a biblical source with which many people are familiar. It comes from the “temptations” to which Jesus Christ was reported to have been subjected, prior to the beginning of his active ministry. At that time, the other protagonist, Satan, out there in the Judean desert, was reported to have communicated to Jesus something in the matter of the following: “If you are the ‘big kahoona’; the ‘big cheese’; this ‘hot shot’ that you say that you are; Why don’t you go ahead and ‘make a splash’? Seeing how people are, in terms of what they want, Why don’t you show them that you can turn all

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