We read in the Bible, in its book of Exodus 32: 19-20: “When Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, his anger burned and he threw the tablets out of his hands, breaking them to pieces at the foot of the mountain. And he took the calf the people had made and burned it in the fire; then he ground it to powder, scattered it on the water and made the Israelites drink it.”
Modern capitalism continues the old Jewish weakness for adoring art. Those involved in the cult had forgotten the Lord who had brought the people out of the slavery, quenching their thirst and hunger, protecting them against the anger of Pharaoh. The leaders who got Aaron to put together the gold ornaments of the people to melt them into an idol had anticipated the modern capitalist tendencies of looting the people to promote activities that can fill their pockets.
We read in the Bible, in its book of Exodus 32: 19-20: “When Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, his anger burned and he threw the tablets out of his hands, breaking them to pieces at the foot of the mountain. And he took the calf the people had made and burned it in the fire; then he ground it to powder, scattered it on the water and made the Israelites drink it.”
Modern capitalism continues the old Jewish weakness for adoring art. Those involved in the cult had forgotten the Lord who had brought the people out of the slavery, quenching their thirst and hunger, protecting them against the anger of Pharaoh. The leaders who got Aaron to put together the gold ornaments of the people to melt them into an idol had anticipated the modern capitalist tendencies of looting the people to promote activities that can fill their pockets.
We read in the Bible, in its book of Exodus 32: 19-20: “When Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, his anger burned and he threw the tablets out of his hands, breaking them to pieces at the foot of the mountain. And he took the calf the people had made and burned it in the fire; then he ground it to powder, scattered it on the water and made the Israelites drink it.”
Modern capitalism continues the old Jewish weakness for adoring art. Those involved in the cult had forgotten the Lord who had brought the people out of the slavery, quenching their thirst and hunger, protecting them against the anger of Pharaoh. The leaders who got Aaron to put together the gold ornaments of the people to melt them into an idol had anticipated the modern capitalist tendencies of looting the people to promote activities that can fill their pockets.
Golden calves and art of farting
red inthe Bb, nts book of
Trodus 3: 19-20 “When Moses
approached the camp and saw
the calfand te dancing, hisanger burned
and he Uwe te ables out otis hands,
. breaking them to pieces atthe foot ofthe
X ‘mountain. Arde took the cal the people
had made and oumed it ne fre: then
he round to powder, scateres it on
theqttr and made te rates ck
ode captalim contnucs the old
Jewish wears fr adoring a. Those
invlved'n the cut hedorgaten he ord
tho ad brought the people out of tre
slvr, quenching ters 2nd hunger,
protectin them against the anger of
Pharaoh Te leases who ga Baron to
put together te gold ornaments of the
ope to melt the into an ol ha an
{cpt the moder capa tenders
atloaing he peopl to romete ates
tratcan fl te pockets
le of _ntewakeatte econ eporingok
. bow the agents ofthe New Caliphate in
traqin ‘Of art Spa rates bunched acareign cts
atthis moment, or ithe at psn musa he
immed of basic fie ben of hoor and deuncaton |
‘aNd ——_ wonder the reactions after the event de-
Sebadin he book feds were mie,
means Of The specu at and clue ndsty
livelihood? haventyetbeen made to dankthe powder
ofthe images cestoyein Mesut
“team mets Deal at HS SH
Following the US assault on Saddam
vita cruise misles and confusion that
ensued since then, esgnicant porton of
art of the Mesopotamian cilzaton had
varished and as party been recovered
and splayed jut last week at a areat
‘ost The getest oF most imaluable cost
i thes of motallues wich or Francia
captalsm donot go beyond the bank ac-
counts. xe the people of rag in ned of
art at this moment, orn need of basics
curity and means of ieihood?
Demonizing Ss trough Westen media
and West-controled inteational inst
‘ions is the latest end. Iwas so when
Saddam, Gadhaf and Osama were hunted
and eliminated. Now the target is Put,
Dcausee nas overurnedin Uzaine tet
NATO scheme of encieling Russa. The
Westcenred nancial capitalism has the
‘media, drones and other weapons 0 exe
‘ue heir tas witha fesse and cassty
‘homastaoisof democratic performance
In1916jus.aste Americans were pre
senting themseves asa new world power
byinterveing in Word War proling
Sel-determination of rations, back home
‘they were buring Jesse Washington at
Waco {Teas ina gruesome fashion that
preceded by neaty a century the recent
baring by oftheir captive Jecanian
pilot. IS ci not go so far as to distibte
the boy peces fthevcim as souvenirs.
The detals canbe consulted
athitpbtiy/ BVI by thse wo only
follow the peppered versions of curent
western media channels
“The conceptotarasatorm of capttst
modernity is wel presented by Stewart
arin at ip Pity /17GHIAD, He rases
‘the fssue about ata valuable in ts ov
terms, while itis creasingly inked to 2
proces of ccmmodfcaonin de dominant
‘mode of soc relations As te retectons
of Joshua Simon at hpi eK g5
can help this debe
Tkmay appear that commodification of
ats avery modern phenomenon. isas
‘lathe process ffoaton cf Pllc
human communes with specific cultures
and iets This ety shaping process
as used forthe buling ofthe raion
sates, which the bourgeois mercantiit
policies ofthe modern age inthe West
sed for promoting international ade,
Undercotnal formation to sar with, and
continued as pat ofthe world rade that
‘sustans ie nancial captasm sanjone
suptsed ithe ex aq gouernor of Mosul
‘ow els us thatthe “ae” artefacts ven-
aed by 1S ee jst copies? We wl not
De surprises eherifwe get to row that
the renovated museum of Baghdad has
aso dummies on display, and that the
‘tights are stem the vais banks in
‘US morigaged to ensure repayments for
lence ofa,
During centuries that followed the so
called Discovers, and centuries of colo
ria-impetil domination ofthe pon-Eu-
ropean cominen, precious a productions
by pre-Columbian Ameringian and non
European Creal cultures became a le-
agitate loot fr privateers and colniat
officals to dsl ther ponerin their na
tional museums. much of that lot was
retumed to the produce-onner counties,
‘many Western powers wou tare tet
cull poverty Partcualysointhecase
(of USA, a outgrown child bully in the
community of rations.
To conclude, Pope Francis has chosen
{0 denounce in hg Lenten mescage the
“throwaway cuture He does not sayin
many words, but imple tat rancid
‘apts has cst the economes of coun
‘ues afecting mons of poor worldnide
Into dustin ofthe rang agencies. The
leading economesare engagein checking
‘atulerce of thir overfited belies and
erecting te at of arin!
(Teotonio R. de Souzais the founder-t-
‘ecto, Xavier Centre ofHistorcal Re
‘search, Goa (1973-1994),