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The main question here is:
who are the holy ones? Or What does it mean to be holy? This is a social
piece and when I refer to the ‘holy ones’ I am referring to those individuals that
embody the ideal of a particular system, activity or thing. These individuals
are sacred within that particular sphere because they are the figureheads that symbolize
all the virtues of the system, activity or thing. The holy ones emerge from an
orgy of secular profanity to claim their place in the lights or on the throne
of high judgement in that particular field or area. They are exalted in death
and are given various honorific titles that lay claim to their original
profanity or existence in the profane world from which they emerged. It is in
the profane secular area that they earned their mettle because they were
originally striving towards some ideal which is their own or that of their
system. Criticism affects them little. They
can be criticized but it will not alter their exalted position. Those
individuals tied to another system will not see the virtue in these holy ones
and will seek to profane them in any fashion imaginable but it will not alter
what these holy ones represent for their followers: the embodiment of an ideal.
Holy=Sacred in my eyes. For instance the
monetarists embody the sacred values of capitalism. The warped idealist John
Maynard Keynes embodies these values like no other. Their belief that money can
be created out of thin air comes from the basis that capitalism is a system
that generates a lot of wealth in the form of commodities. They preach that
debt is the best thing because somewhere or somehow it can be repaid. Debt is a
sacred thing for them. Capital in its developed form is simply an interest bearing
item so let’s create some items like derivatives which can bear interest
regardless of the state of production. In reality the heart of capital is the
industrial heartland where all the profanity occurs however the holy
monetarists assume control based on the wealth of commodities produced by the
industrialists. The monetarists are also represented by the large shareholders
who become billionaires having done little or no work. If they did work it was
at the beginning but eventually removed themselves from the profane sphere of
having to work and so allow others to do it. They simply push numbers because
of faith in production or the profane sphere. Great capitalist nations such as
the US, the UK, France, Japan and Germany will have the great
capitalists with large cash reserves. In order for these cash reserves to
become capital they must be invested in productive outlets but with capital
being so readily accessible in the form of credit/debt the extent of production
in their own territories is insufficient to absorb these large reserves because of high rates of consumption. They
must look outside to the profane world that is actually growing on the basis of
industrial production not merely interest bearing capital. This is why when a
revolution of the capitalist system occurs their wealth will be targeted and be
utilized and so they will be absorbed by the new system.
Another
example is what great sportsmen and women and entertainers represent for their
particular fields. They get old and expire but their achievements live on to
inspire the next generation. When Usain Bolt retires, for instance, he will be
able to command an appearance fee without having to run i.e. to do the dirty
work. These great individuals eventually do a lot of talking and engage in
criticism of the next generation because their opinions matter as a result of their achievements
in the profane world.
The
holy ones can emerge from decadence and decline hence still the profane world. Their
emergence from decline suggests that they are descendants of a once mighty
system and they embody its ideals because it was that system that made them
what they are in the new system that would have emerged from the ashes of the
former system. In the new system they are paid their due respects as
representatives of a once great empire or object. This is why it is hard to
dismiss former empires because the holy ones have become entrenched in the new
system that is fully engaged in profanity until it too will produce its own
holy ones. In the midst of decline therefore there is a holy aspect of the
system that will endure although it has no bearing on the new system apart from
its moral character hence why it is subject to ridicule in the new, more
advanced system. For instance the Roman Catholic Church emerged as holy from the ashes
of the Roman Empire. The monarchy and the aristocracy of Europe emerged as holy from
the downfall of the feudal classes after World War 1. The emperor of Japan also
emerged from the end of the feudal system of economy that dominated for
centuries. The emperor Pu Yi (See the film The
Last Emperor or read his autobiography) came at a time when the Qing
dynasty only ruled nominally as the Europeans reduced China to a semi colonial state. The Qing dynasty can only be recalled from legend but it is still
symbolic of china’s deep cultural heritage. In Africa the once great kingdoms,
which are seen by some as tribal, have been subsumed within the framework of
the modern bourgeois society but the cultural practices are still revered.
