All of this gave the Templars
vast wealth and power; it had nothing to do with Mary Magdalene!
Not exact matches
That is a
vast concentration of earning
power and, in some cases, actual
wealth.
The culture of consumerism
and the chase for material symbols of
wealth and security have sometimes come to be dominant; the pursuit of spiritual fulfillment in many has slowly begun to degenerate into empty
and sterile ritualism; the legitimate thirst for education has often become perverted into an obsessive drive to acquire with the greatest speed the formal diplomas necessary to gain entry to jobs offering the easiest opportunities to make the quickest rupees; political statesmanship in some areas has begun to depreciate into an opportunities race for
power and position; the spirit of SEVA (Service) to the nation has intermittently begun to be suffocated in many, by the abuse of discretions, sometimes mediated by a bloated bureaucracy itself enmeshed in a
vast network of multiplying paper
and self - proliferating regulations; menacingly many good
and decent people even in public life, have come to be corroded by a culture of demanding corruption;
and some potentially creative lawyers, have begun to take perverted pride in mere «cleverness», rendering themselves vulnerable to the prejudice that they are a parasitic obstruction in the pursuit of substantive justice.
Vast stores of hidden
wealth, gained by committing every crime in the book,
and millions of fear - driven, deluded «slaves» who have been trained to give their very souls if need be... all under the thumbs of mere humans who use their
power for every vice imaginable.
As Mrs. Grey, Ana now has the ability
and power to do anything she pleases, but as a person who's married into
vast wealth, she must learn its restrictions
and limitations.
In this figure Shonibare re-imagines a reconstruction of the trappings of
power, bringing into sharp focus the contradiction faced by all societies which aspire to do well
and «get rich»; where the process of creating
vast amounts of
wealth relies on the hardships of a labour class.
The scientists are merely useful tools to them, used to get control of the public so they
and their friends can enrich themselves via carbon taxes
and carbon trading schemes
and redistribute your
wealth to the poorer countries under the guise of saving the planet (where I'd venture a guess the
vast majority will disappear into a numbered bank accounts someplace), all while enriching themselves
and attempting what I feel could be a part of an attempt to gain dictatorial
power over an entire planet.