Is Capitalism Moral? The full unedited inaugural Macquarie University Vice-Chancellor's debate on Capitalism and the Soul
DIVINE RIGHT OF KINGS
In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the character Malcolm describes the magical healing powers of the king:
“How he solicits heaven,
Himself best knows; but strangely-visited people,
All swoln and ulcerous, pitiful to the eye,
The mere despair of surgery, he cures;
Hanging a golden stamp about their necks,
Put on with holy prayers...”
The idea that a monarch could heal with his touch flowed from the idea that a king was sacred, appointed by God and above the judgement of earthly powers. It was called the Divine Right of Kings and it entered so powerfully into British culture during the 17th century that it shaped the pomp and circumstance of the Stuart monarchs, imbued the writing of Shakespeare and provoked the political thinking of Milton and Locke.
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“The natural instinct is to think that innovation has to do with invention. That's the smallest part...the real essence of innovation is fresh thinking that connects with value creation.”
1 comment:
"What makes an educated person from a good family join extremist groups and volunteer to become a suicide bomber? Al-Qaeda expert, Abdel Bari Atwan, explains it as desperation and indoctrination into a culture of death, while cult expert Steve Hassan, describes the mind-control techniques methods used to turn vulnerable people into new recruits."
Oh give me a freaking break. If I want to read mindless propaganda I can go hang out at LGF.
How about, next, you tell us what makes an educated person from a good family decide it would be a great idea to go to some place half way around the world and kill a bunch of people who never did a damn thing to him?
If you want to learn something rational about what is going on, rather than listening to these self-proclaimed experts, go listen to something by Robert Pape, or read Mike Davis' latest book, _Buda's Wagon_.
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