" Money is, by its inherent design, anthropocentric. "
That a good way of putting it. The bottom line rules and we like our views simple.
The real question is when does humanity really begin to explore some of the more basic assumptions, such as that top down father figure. As I've tried pointing out, a spiritual absolute would be the essence of sentience, from which we rise, not an ideal of wisdom and judgement, from which we fell.
The light shining through the film, than the images on it.
For those who prefer history over philosophy, democracy and republicanism originated in pantheistic cultures and the Romans only adopted a monotheistic sect as state region, as the Empire was solidifying out of the ashes of the Republic. The Big Guy Rules.
What I do see is the current powers that be are on such an ego trip, that they think they can crash the current culture, yet remain on top. So for those of us who do think serious questions need to be asked, but know most people would never imagine looking too deeply, the current chaos might be just the ticket to pull away the curtain on a lot of these deeper issues.
A feral cat had a litter at the farm and this one was left behind. She's doing very well, so I thought if it as a picture of hope.