[UA] Banking Conspiracies

[Royal Minister of Stuff]

Well, it makes perfect sense.  If you owe someone
money, the have a kind of power over you.  Plutomancy
and the domain of ownership reflect that pretty well.

It seems like there's a limit to how many people any
one organization can handle at any one time.  If times
get tough and you have too many debtors, they'll turn
on you in a hail of blood and fire.

The illusion of freedom is an important one and
nothing belies that illusion like debt. I think that
makes the Plutomancers the most enslaved-to-magic of
all the adepts. A dipsomancer is always going to be an
alcoholic, but alcoholism can be fought.  A
pornomancer could fall in love and a epideromancer
could give up and go to a hospital.  But the
plutomancer is caught in a cycle of debt and gains
that will not go away.

"Fight Club" reflects that resentment of debt pretty
clearly.  I think "The Space Merchants" is also a
great reflection on debt and consumerism.

Man, I can't seem to write coherently at all tonight. 
I'm going to bed and argue with my wife about which
credit card to blow our tax refund on this year.


--- Tim Toner <thanatos at interaccess.com> wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Royal Minister of Stuff <yokeltania at yahoo.com>
> To: <ua at lists.uchicago.edu>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 9:20 AM
> Subject: Re: [UA] Banking Conspiracies
> 
> 
> > Banking conspiracies are actually one of the more
> > prevalent types out there and they certain
> pre-date
> > most modern theories.  The Medicis, Jews and
> anyone
> > lending money at interest has been the target of
> fear,
> > paranoia and resentment for over 500 years.
> 
> Don't forget that the "greatest conspiracy" -- the
> Knights Templar -- was
> essentially about banking concerns.
> 
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