Thanks.

I definitely could have wandered around a bit more, but, you might say, the focus was on the "the Western Mind," both as audience and as object of consideration.

A previous essay did go into some more of the financial aspects;

https://johnbrodixmerrymanjr.medium.com/why-culture-is-not-reality-7cb4f0867a4d

I'm not really a writer, so much as a feral philosopher and am hoping just to get some ideas out into circulation, whether I'm sourced, or not. I've been blocked on Substack, since posting this one;

https://johnbrodixmerrymanjr.medium.com/gods-problems-cdab66ed5f04

So I realize some of this can push the wrong buttons for a lot of people.