When the powers that be are intent on destroying their system, who are we to stop them?

Ask yourself, would a spiritual absolute be the essence of sentience, from which we rise, or an ideal of wisdom and judgment, from which we fell.

The Ancients were not ignorant of monotheism, but as there was no distinction between culture and civics, it equated with monoculture. One people, one rule, one god.

Democracy and republicanism originated in pantheistic societies, as that was how a multiculture was conceived. Gods and goddesses, etc.

Rome adopted Christianity as the Empire solidified and any remnants of the Republic were shed. Though the original message, "Forgive them their debts," was changed to, "Forgive them their sins." It's gaslighting all the way down. (turning the other cheek doesn't apply to moneychangers)

When the West went back to more populist forms of government, it required the separation of church and state, culture and civics.

Is money a social contract, enabling mass societies to function, or a commodity to mine from society. Both rich and poor assume the latter, though it functions as the former.

The nice thing about the coming crash, is that so much of the crap will collapse. Hopefully what grows up in the ashes will be a little wiser.