Unchained Bullshit

I think we've had a dysfunctional, parasitic society since day one. Once people centralized power and economic resources in the first crude city, they were fucked.

Once they bowed to some priest or some king, they were fucked.

Think about all the advertising, propaganda, and lies of all kinds that go into supporting kings and priests. There's been monumental architecture festooned with magic signs and symbols for thousands of years.

Think about all the resources tied up in cathedrals and palaces and "public" buildings. Sure, at the local level some of those buildings are very utilitarian and prosaic, but even at the county level in some places in the US grandiose architecture absorbed significant resources to build a monument to the government.

It's actually pretty amazing that it all continues unabated.