Every American is implicated in the environmental crisis — there are plenty
of other
indulgences we could point at in our own lives, from living in oversized houses to boarding jets on a
whim.
In any case, ease, luxury, and wealth that in Solomon's days attained a relatively fabulous level, public respect that became adulation, full opportunity to indulge his
whims such as easily descends into self -
indulgence, and not least the position
of king per se all combined to set the king apart from the simple state
of the nation's leaders
of only a little before.