“They saw their injured country's woe;
The flaming town, the wasted field;
Then rushed to meet the insulting foe;
They took the spear, - but left the shield.”
―Philip Freneau
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And by a prudent flight and cunning save A life which valour could not, from the grave. A better buckler I can soon regain, But who can get another life again?
Archilochus
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
May I Direct Your Attention to...
Money Follows Attention. Those Who Direct that Attention Always Take a Cut.
Eris (Ancient Greek: Ἔρις, romanized: Eris, lit. 'Strife') is the goddess and personification of strife and discord, particularly in war, and in the Iliad (where she is the "sister" of Ares the god of war).
Time to return to a thymotic economy... Timocracy.
timocracy is a form of government closely linked to the concept of honor (timē in Ancient Greek). It operates in two main ways depending on the philosopher: • Plato's View (Rule by Honor and Spirit): In The Republic, Plato described a timocracy as a state where the rulers are driven primarily by a love of honor, fame, military glory, and prestige rather than pure wisdom or philosophy. Leaders are spirited, brave, and ambitious, often valuing martial virtue and war over intellectual pursuits. He famously pointed to ancient Sparta as a classic example of a timocratic society.
11 comments:
Like shamans among caveman tribe?
Like a titty babe over disturbed youth?
Like a crying toddler among... everyone(?)
A dollar in a Strippers G-String?
Stone dollar? Yawn.
Like in Flinstones? %^))))
Like a knuckle dragging Neanderthal.
...in an Eris-tocracy
Eris (Ancient Greek: Ἔρις, romanized: Eris, lit. 'Strife') is the goddess and personification of strife and discord, particularly in war, and in the Iliad (where she is the "sister" of Ares the god of war).
To make the g-string hit the floor (gravity)? Those are some smart cavemen. Spartans did have "iron" money....
Protego ergo Obligo!
At least oligarchs have traded direct force for a money proxy to "strife" over.
...creating "order" from the chaos
Time to return to a thymotic economy... Timocracy.
timocracy is a form of government closely linked to the concept of honor (timē in Ancient Greek). It operates in two main ways depending on the philosopher:
• Plato's View (Rule by Honor and Spirit): In The Republic, Plato described a timocracy as a state where the rulers are driven primarily by a love of honor, fame, military glory, and prestige rather than pure wisdom or philosophy. Leaders are spirited, brave, and ambitious, often valuing martial virtue and war over intellectual pursuits. He famously pointed to ancient Sparta as a classic example of a timocratic society.
But Mass Man is too resentful for that. In many ways, Mass Man is the emotional knuckle-dragging Neaderthal.
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