random topic: the other day I happened to watch a YouTube video of Otto von Habsburg's funeral procession through Vienna and it made me think a lot. First of all, how strange that a person's circumstances can change so dramatically in their lifetime.
One of the big problems with the fetishization of purely material constructs and institutions is that it doesn't really do much for the people who are not seeing any material benefit from them. It's not a coincidence that this material worship is most pronounced among the rich