# ![@nateatwork Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:reddit::t2_571jz.png) @nateatwork nateatwork

nateatwork posts on Reddit about debt, rome, history, hubert the most. They currently have [------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [---] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[finance](/list/finance)  [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  [countries](/list/countries)  [celebrities](/list/celebrities)  [stocks](/list/stocks)  [gaming](/list/gaming)  [social networks](/list/social-networks) 

**Social topic influence**
[debt](/topic/debt), [rome](/topic/rome), [history](/topic/history), [hubert](/topic/hubert), [secret](/topic/secret), [the great](/topic/the-great), [money](/topic/money), [the first](/topic/the-first), [doom](/topic/doom), [the new](/topic/the-new)
### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"Monopoly Power: How Banks Replaced Popes Atop Europe's Political Hierarchy systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1e3ebcg)  2024-07-14T22:07Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Infernal Contracts: On The Deeply Unsettling History of Science systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1e9ebvz)  2024-07-22T13:29Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"The Sacred Feminine: On Ego Death Secret Societies and the Holy Grail systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1fi8ige)  2024-09-16T16:08Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Secret Societies: How Banking Dominates Politics in an Era of Democracy systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1fog0vi)  2025-02-03T11:18Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"The Myth of Barter: A Commonly-Believed Economic Origin Story systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1harwtj)  2024-12-10T02:59Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"The Meaning of Forgiveness: Debt Forgiveness in the New Testament systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1i67dwp)  2025-01-21T01:44Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"The Clothing of the Gods: How Egyptian Resurrection Shaped Christianity https://preview.redd.it/d4r6fif1y3le1.pngwidth=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=577ede43bf889b7845c51b5e00830d272d736ab9 Death and rebirth are central themes of Christianity both in its mythologythe story of Jesus is about coming back from the deadand in its actual history. Christianity*resurrected*dead and dying older traditions and carried them forward into the Middle Ages and beyond. Three major examplesall readily allegorized by death and rebirthare**debt forgiveness****astronomical cycles** and**ego death**. These are the"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1ix522f)  2025-02-24T15:45Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The Feminine Trinity: How the Mysteries of Eleusis Shaped Christianity systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1jjp0e6)  2025-03-25T17:31Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"The Alchemical Journey: How Magic Figured into the Italian Renaissance systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1kkqot9)  2025-05-12T12:01Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Klaus Schwab Is In Hot Water systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1kme9q4)  2025-05-14T12:51Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Christmas Coronation Why the Pope Ambushed Charlemagne with the Imperial Crown systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1lcu8nx)  2025-06-16T14:45Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Temples of Jerusalem: Legends of Holy Relics Coincide with the Real History of Debt systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1n6mvqv)  2025-09-02T15:39Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Peasants Revolt: Secret Societies & The First Stirrings of The Reformation systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1niig9q)  2025-09-16T14:17Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Peasants Revolt: Secret Societies & The First Stirrings of The Reformation conspiracy conspiracy"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1nk79e5)  2025-09-18T12:51Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Fatal Flaw: How Wealth Addiction Creates Authoritys Lifecycles systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1nugygu)  2025-09-30T16:45Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Plague in Rome: How Pandemics Figured Into the Roman Apocalypse systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1o6d8id)  2025-10-17T02:23Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Controversial On The Economics of Feminism systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1ocdb1n)  2025-10-21T14:26Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"The Incredible Codex: How the Bound Book Profoundly Impacted the Fall of Rome systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1oe1o2l)  2025-10-23T12:20Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Poisoned Food: At The Dubious Intersection of "Ass Rodeos" & Economics systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1oiaa1l)  2025-10-28T14:17Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"The Black Death: How Pandemics Coincide With Economic Collapse systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1oiadza)  2025-10-28T14:15Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"The Black Death: How Pandemics Coincide With Economic Collapse systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1ok1a36)  2025-10-30T14:33Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Falling Dominos: The Marxian Prophecy Doom is Coming True Now systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1oo64jn)  2025-11-04T13:13Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"The Fabric of Reality: Paradigms Shifts that Ended the Middle Ages systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1oo67k5)  2025-11-04T12:53Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"The Fabric of Reality: Paradigms Shifts that Ended the Middle Ages systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1oq12od)  2025-11-06T15:02Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Debating Libertarianism: Charting A Course for the 21st Century systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1ou9xch)  2025-11-11T13:51Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"The Industrial Revolution and the Death Throes of Feudalism systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1ou9yr1)  2025-11-11T13:53Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"The Industrial Revolution and the Death Throes of Feudalism systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1ow4kto)  2025-11-14T13:32Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Taking Stock Post-Election: The Chipotle Collapse & Prophecies of Doom systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1p0k51a)  2025-11-18T18:46Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Prophecies of Doom: Seeds of Self-Destruction are Baked into Capitalism systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1p0k6qy)  2025-11-18T18:49Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Prophecies of Doom: Seeds of Self-Destruction are Baked into Capitalism systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1p2dhj5)  2025-11-20T20:06Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Priesthoods & Pestilence How COVID Became the New Black Death systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1p6cf13)  2025-11-25T13:29Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Markets vs Democracy: "One-Person-One-Vote" is Better Than "One-Dollar-One-Vote" systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1pcbgbd)  2025-12-02T15:38Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Enshittification: Living Life in a Capitalist Hellscape systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1piab0w)  2025-12-09T15:39Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"The Great Iceberg Roll: On The Grand Trajectory of Human History systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1piadug)  2025-12-09T15:32Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"The Great Iceberg Roll: On The Grand Trajectory of Human History systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1plno16)  2025-12-13T15:22Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Seismic Social Shift: Secular Religion & The Collapse of the Post-WWII Order systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1pod0y9)  2025-12-16T20:43Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"The Myth of Barter: An Economic Fairy Tale That Benefits the Ruling Class systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1pod90x)  2025-12-16T20:55Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"The Myth of Barter: An Economic Fairy Tale That Benefits the Ruling Class systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1pptk43)  2025-12-18T15:33Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


""Come On Man": On The Decay of Western Society systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1pttqtz)  2025-12-23T14:28Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"A Shared Genealogy: On the Sales of Indulgences & Treasury Bonds systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1ptw54o)  2025-12-23T15:04Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Is Santa Claus Real On Archetypes & the Nature of Reality systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1pzhtal)  2025-12-30T13:17Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Original Sin: The Delusion of Individuality Drives Wealth Addiction systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1q2ayfn)  2026-01-02T21:37Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"From The Age of Faith by Will & Ariel Durant 1950: systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1q4qcii)  2026-01-05T16:36Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Back at it ginning up next weeks System Failure essay for you systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1q4tfw6)  2026-01-05T19:48Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"The "Subrosa" Club: New Year's Resolutions & Short Form Videos systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1q5ku2g)  2026-01-06T15:06Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"From The Age of Faith by Will & Ariel Durant 1950: systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1q5ny7d)  2026-01-06T17:01Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"I Want Everyone to See What I See When I Read the History Books. systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1q5swp9)  2026-01-06T19:53Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"From The Age of Faith by Will & Ariel Durant 1950: systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1q6eipj)  2026-01-07T12:52Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Painting of the Day systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1q6vh3l)  2026-01-07T23:44Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"From The Age of Faith by Will & Ariel Durant 1950: systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1q7hans)  2026-01-08T17:08Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Painting of the Day systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1q7n9kj)  2026-01-08T20:55Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Tragedy of the Night Sky: Jesus Biography Allegorizes the Babylonian Zodiac systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1q7najk)  2026-01-08T20:41Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"From The Age of Faith by Will & Ariel Durant 1950: systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1q8c04e)  2026-01-09T16:24Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"From The Age of Faith by Will & Ariel Durant 1950: systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1q97v7v)  2026-01-10T16:08Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"From The Age of Faith by Will & Ariel Durant 1950: systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qa0fps)  2026-01-11T14:29Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Painting of the Day systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qaxzfl)  2026-01-12T15:54Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"From The Age of Faith by Will & Ariel Durant 1950: systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qb9rob)  2026-01-12T22:41Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


""Caesar's Funeral" by Prospero Piatti (1898) systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qbr510)  2026-01-13T18:20Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Will & Ariel Durant The Age of Faith [----] systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qc35c5)  2026-01-13T21:00Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Republic Empire: "Panem Et Circenses" systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qd1is4)  2026-01-14T22:28Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Midwinter Festival in Roman London systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qd1qy4)  2026-01-14T23:28Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Will & Ariel Durant The Age of Faith 1950: systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qd5zil)  2026-01-15T01:35Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Walking on Water: Christian Iconography Comes From Dynastic Egypt systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qdpvd5)  2026-01-15T17:43Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"From Will & Ariel Durant The Age of Faith 1950: systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qdxh5r)  2026-01-15T22:11Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"From Will & Ariel Durant The Age of Faith 1950: systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qeuetw)  2026-01-16T22:42Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"John William Waterhouse - Sleep and His Half Brother Death (1874) museum museum"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qfenny)  2026-01-17T14:52Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


""Sleep and His Half Brother Death" systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qfeqn0)  2026-01-17T14:52Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"From Will & Ariel Durant The Age of Faith 1950: systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qfuzqr)  2026-01-18T01:32Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"The Andes of Ecuador systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qg7yoc)  2026-01-18T13:00Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Jean Lon Grme -The Death of Caesar (1867) museum museum"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qh3aep)  2026-01-19T20:48Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"The Death of Caesar systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qh3b4u)  2026-01-19T20:48Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Assassin's Creed: Real Assassins Showed How Reality Is Curated systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qi0ojn)  2026-01-20T13:11Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Frederic Edwin Church - The Parthenon (1871) museum museum"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qi0swy)  2026-01-20T13:49Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


""The Parthenon" systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qi0t87)  2026-01-20T13:49Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Aurora Borealis systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qiw32q)  2026-01-21T16:05Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Frederic Edwin Church - Syria by the Sea (1873) museum museum"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qjz7m8)  2026-01-22T17:15Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


""Syria by the Sea" systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qjz8pj)  2026-01-22T17:15Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Carl Moll - The Roman Ruins of Schnbrunn (1891) systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qmimis)  2026-01-25T14:47Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Power Creep: Living with Late Stage Capitalism systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qodsb0)  2026-01-27T13:32Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"The Perversion of Christianity: How St. Augustine Changed the Meaning of Forgiveness systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1igxtca)  2025-02-03T19:38Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Killing Golden Geese: How Wealth Addiction Birthed the Middle Ages systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1l77n02)  2025-06-09T15:23Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"The Humiliation of Larry Summers: .and Other Juicy Tidbits from the Ongoing Epstein Saga systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1p6cdgx)  2025-11-25T13:32Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"From Will & Ariel Durant The Age of Faith 1950: systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qgijfn)  2026-01-18T20:11Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"From Will & Ariel Durant The Age of Faith 1950: systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qhjbo5)  2026-01-19T23:18Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Carl Moll - The Roman Ruins of Schnbrunn (1891) museum museum"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qmimhd)  2026-01-25T14:47Z [--] followers, [----] engagements


"The Torch of Freedom: Old Symbols of Debt Forgiveness Hide in Plain Sight systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qodu87)  2026-01-27T13:33Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"The Torch of Freedom: Old Symbols of Debt Forgiveness Hide in Plain Sight systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qq8k9r)  2026-01-29T13:49Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Belsazar's Feast - Rembrandt (1638) museum museum"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qrcd72)  2026-01-30T20:27Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"Belsazar's Feast - Rembrandt (1638) systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qrcd8g)  2026-01-30T20:27Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"John Martin - The Fall of Babylon (1831) systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qsylt2)  2026-02-01T13:37Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Economic Mythology: On The Sales of Indulgences & Treasury Bonds systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1h5dbo1)  2024-12-03T02:46Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Double Apocalypse: On The Twin Cataclysms that Ended the Medieval World systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1l36pft)  2025-06-04T14:17Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"A Shared Genealogy: On the Sales of Indulgences & Treasury Bonds systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1pwf1lm)  2025-12-26T21:06Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Original Sin The Delusion of Individuality Drives Wealth Addiction systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1pzhucf)  2025-12-30T13:16Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Painting of the Day systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1q541ad)  2026-01-06T01:59Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Tragedy of the Night Sky: Jesus Biography Allegorizes the Babylonian Zodiac systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1q5kx91)  2026-01-06T15:05Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Walking on Water: Christian Iconography Comes From Dynastic Egypt systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qd1jxr)  2026-01-14T22:30Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Frederic Edwin Church - The Andes of Ecuador (1855) museum museum"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qg7yga)  2026-01-18T13:00Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"Solar Resurrection: Death & Rebirth Are Ancient Symbols of Sustainability systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qi0m4w)  2026-01-20T13:09Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"From Will & Ariel Durant The Age of Faith 1950: systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qikbo9)  2026-01-21T01:39Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"From Will & Ariel Durant The Age of Faith 1950: systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qjatp0)  2026-01-21T21:32Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"From Will & Ariel Durant The Age of Faith 1950: systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qk9dyn)  2026-01-22T22:49Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Alessandro Pigna - Emperor Trajan's Speech (1892) museum museum"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qks4zw)  2026-01-24T23:24Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"Alessandro Pigna - Emperor Trajan's Speech (1892) systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qks58b)  2026-02-06T20:27Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Hubert Robert - Girls Dancing Around An Obelisk (1798) museum museum"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qnffkx)  2026-01-28T20:15Z [--] followers, [----] engagements


"Hubert Robert - Girls Dancing Around An Obelisk (1798) systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qnffme)  2026-02-05T15:57Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"From Will & Ariel Durant The Age of Faith 1950: systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qnx3uj)  2026-01-26T23:42Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Hubert Robert - The Old Temple -(1788) museum museum"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qodjp8)  2026-01-28T20:15Z [--] followers, [----] engagements


"Hubert Robert - The Old Temple -(1788) systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qodjun)  2026-01-28T20:15Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Hubert Robert - The Discoverers of Antiquities (1765) museum museum"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qpnblo)  2026-01-29T00:47Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"Hubert Robert - The Discoverers of Antiquities (1765) systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qpnbnw)  2026-02-05T15:57Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"From Will & Ariel Durant The Age of Faith 1950: systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qpy99g)  2026-01-29T04:14Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Ivan Aivazovsky - The Great Pyramid at Giza (1871) systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qq9c17)  2026-01-29T14:33Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Ivan Aivazovsky - The Great Pyramid at Giza (1871) museum museum"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qq9c3n)  2026-01-29T14:33Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"From Will & Ariel Durant The Age of Faith 1950: systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qqvcpj)  2026-01-30T04:44Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"From Will & Ariel Durant The Age of Faith 1950: systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qrj9hn)  2026-01-30T21:52Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Raphael - The Meeting of Leo the Great and Attila (1514) systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qs2x65)  2026-01-31T14:01Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"John Martin - The Fall of Babylon (1831) museum museum"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qsylsd)  2026-02-01T13:37Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"John William Waterhouse - After the Dance (1876) museum museum"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qtvqj6)  2026-02-02T14:13Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"John William Waterhouse - After the Dance (1876) systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qtvqmx)  2026-02-02T14:13Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"UFOs & Nukes The Fugazi of Economic Class Structures systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1quxpe8)  2026-02-03T17:20Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Vincenzo Camuccini - La Morte di Cesare (1805) systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qwog4w)  2026-02-06T06:52Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Vincenzo Camuccini - La Morte di Cesare (1805) museum museum"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qwog6a)  2026-02-06T06:52Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"The Liberty Bell: More Symbols of Debt Forgiveness Hide in Plain Sight systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qxj6zo)  2026-02-06T15:22Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Fyodor Bronnikov - Hymn of the Pythagoreans to the Rising Sun (1877) systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1r0crqq)  2026-02-09T19:17Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"The First Black Friday: How the Secret History of Banking Shaped the Modern World systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1f83k7o)  2024-09-03T15:59Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Holy Relics: How Legends of Magical Artifacts Coincide With Financial History systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1ff64wj)  2024-09-12T16:04Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Walking on Water: How Egyptian Sun Worship Shaped Christianity systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1irj18g)  2025-02-17T12:47Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"New World Order: How Banks Replaced Popes Atop Europe's Political Hierarchy economy economy"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1m0fvuy)  2025-07-15T12:00Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"New World Order: How Banks Replaced Popes Atop Europe's Political Hierarchy systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1m0g123)  2025-07-15T12:06Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Secret of Secrets: or What Happened to the Postwar Dream systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1o1l9uu)  2025-10-08T19:55Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"The Incredible Codex: How the Bound Book Profoundly Impacted the Fall of Rome systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1ocdcty)  2025-10-21T13:45Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"From Will & Ariel Durant The Age of Faith 1950: systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qmsr32)  2026-01-25T19:30Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Raphael - The Meeting of Leo the Great and Attila (1514) museum museum"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qs2x4g)  2026-01-31T14:01Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"John William Waterhouse - Cleopatra (1888) systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1quw3gb)  2026-02-11T11:11Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"John William Waterhouse - Cleopatra (1888) museum museum"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1quw3l0)  2026-02-06T21:13Z [--] followers, [----] engagements


"Fyodor Bronnikov - Hymn of the Pythagoreans to the Rising Sun (1877) museum museum"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1r0crq4)  2026-02-09T19:17Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"The Magic of Music: An Introduction to the Mystery School of Pythagoras systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1r15mch)  2026-02-10T16:44Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Roman Kingship: The New Testament is About Debt Forgiveness systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1r30pd5)  2026-02-12T18:12Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Ivan Aivazovsky - American Shipping Off the Rock of Gibraltar (1873) systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1r3ujwg)  2026-02-14T02:21Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Ivan Aivazovsky - American Shipping Off the Rock of Gibraltar (1873) museum museum"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1r3ujze)  2026-02-13T18:35Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"The Liberty Bell: More Symbols of Debt Forgiveness Hide in Plain Sight systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qux1h8)  2026-02-03T16:47Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Salvador Dal - Christ of Saint John of the Cross (1951) museum museum"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qzapox)  2026-02-08T14:54Z [--] followers, [----] engagements


"Salvador Dal - Christ of Saint John of the Cross (1951) systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1qzappe)  2026-02-08T14:54Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Roman Kingship: The New Testament is About Debt Forgiveness systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1r15kij)  2026-02-10T16:36Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Ivan Aivazovsky - Darial Gorge (1862) systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1r30o0e)  2026-02-13T15:39Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Ivan Aivazovsky - Darial Gorge (1862) museum museum"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1r30o48)  2026-02-13T15:39Z [--] followers, [----] engagements


"Karl Brullov - The Last Day of Pompeii (1833) systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1r4oloz)  2026-02-14T16:28Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Karl Brullov - The Last Day of Pompeii (1833) museum museum"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1r4olwg)  2026-02-14T16:28Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"The Apocalypse Already Arrived: R.I.P. America (1776-2008) When they write the history books the lifespan of the American Empire will be represented as 1776-2008. We didn't save our system in [----]. We doomed it. That fact is the source of all the political derangement we've lived through ever since. In all times and places the hidden dangers of debt are always down-played or ignored by the wealthy elite. That's hardly surprising since it enriches them in the short-term. But over the long-term debt swallows up entire societies like some kind of ravenous Cthulhuian monster. The Romans found"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1e0n1yo)  2024-07-11T11:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Caesar & Class War: A Brief Economic History of Rome https://preview.redd.it/a7yxibevhycd1.pngwidth=1456&format=png&auto=webp&s=0899ac9f1bc62773ed9a39dfadd9de2e1ff1439d **Overview** The Roman Empire is the target of much online nostalgia these days. How often do you think about the Roman Empire became a meme in the first half of [----]. But the big takeaway from Roman history is NOT that we need to embrace rugged Roman stoicism. Its that history repeats itself. Economic exploitation ultimately led to the rise of the Emperors and the Fall of Rome. The Roman political elite in other words couldnt"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1e3d1me)  2024-07-14T21:15Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Emperors & Popes: Corruption in Rome Through the Ages **Overview** Plato often used the term "" (*pleonexia*) to describe greed or the excessive desire for wealth and power. According to Plato wealth is the most dangerous addiction there is. Unlike other addictions like food or wine people are never satisfied by wealth; bellies are never too full to consume more. In his works particularly in*The Republic* Plato discusses*pleonexia*as a key factor contributing to social injustice and moral corruption. *Pleonexia*lends a particular shape to human history. Economic systems emerge because they"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1e3d5am)  2024-07-14T21:19Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Luther's Revolt: The Economics of The Reformation https://preview.redd.it/zyjb8v2seycd1.pngwidth=1456&format=png&auto=webp&s=eb19be13b136750ae56b849ee50a680628884002 **Overview** Last weeksessay(https://www.nateknopp.com/p/caesars-and-popesr=75mkj)was about the Roman Catholic Church succumbing to pleonexia or wealth addiction as described by Plato. During the Medieval period the Sale of Indulgences was the Churchs signature brand of corruption. It made the Popes fantastically wealthy. But eventually the corrupt practice also cost them the position of geopolitical authority they enjoyed during"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1e3dcrr)  2024-07-14T21:28Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Windows of Prague: Revolting Against Authority https://preview.redd.it/99mogrgkeycd1.pngwidth=1456&format=png&auto=webp&s=32e99d88654b153a7b5c64da186f71b9c1b90737 **Overview** The following essay is a brief literary visit to Prague a city that was at the heart of European politics as our modern capitalist system replaced the old feudal one. During that time the Czechs rejected rule from Rome by the Pope. A bold act of defiance on their part ignited a military conflict that raged out of control and consumed the entire continent. When the dust finally settled the Pope was no longer the top dog"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1e3e5uv)  2024-07-14T22:01Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Beyond Boundaries: A Brief History of International Borders https://preview.redd.it/ngsfpyz7dycd1.pngwidth=1456&format=png&auto=webp&s=09a1bd5f74023ea5fce8626f2b7b7737f2253d2c **Overview** In the modern political paradigm every square inch of land outside Antarctica is claimed by a country. Each country has borders where its political influence is supposed to end. Its easy to think that countries were always conceptualized in this way; the classic*Civilization*video game series extrapolates the paradigm all the way back to the Agricultural Revolution. But in reality its less than [---] years"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1e3e79w)  2024-07-14T22:03Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Promoting: System Failure Greetings Fellow Substackers I'm here to promote my Substack newsletter System Failure(http://nateknopp.com). I'm one of those lucky writers who feels like the content chose me. I've got a scintillating (albeit complex) topic; the intertwined histories of finance and religion. I'm up to [---] subscribers so far [--] of them paid. As another Substack writer I treasure your feedback positive or negative. Additionally I'm looking for other writers with adjacent topics to promote and recommend. Let's grow together And now without further ado I present to you my most recent"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1e5eheb)  2024-07-17T10:06Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Plato's Revenge; Why Platonism Keeps Reemerging During Times of Crisis https://preview.redd.it/6a6y2d8vi5dd1.pngwidth=1456&format=png&auto=webp&s=76a69439a9c246c7fd3d9eefcf65d8bfc82e2738 **Overview** The great philosophical controversy preoccupying humanity is whether our minds exist within a broader material world or whether the material world exists within our minds. The latter position was most famously elaborated by the Greek philosopher Plato in the 4th Century BC. But the former position is universally favored by the political and economic authorities in every age. The authorities have"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1e5uq48)  2024-07-17T22:01Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The Magic of Isaac Newton: On The Significance of His Obsession with Alchemy https://preview.redd.it/4jzml7eezifd1.pngwidth=1456&format=png&auto=webp&s=3001cd72143f6a87f669e3a1117d88a2c61c0571 **Overview** Here at System Failure we consider it our duty to defend certain taboo ideas. Magic is one of them. The modern scientific view is that our minds are contained within an objective universe whereas the magical tradition of the Renaissance suggests that the observable universe is actually contained within the mind. Notice that dreams feel solid and vivid despite being contained within the mind"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1efblh3)  2024-07-29T21:33Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The Symphony Analogy: How Calculus Suggests Mortality is a Trick of Perception Last weeks essay(https://www.nateknopp.com/p/the-magic-of-isaac-newton)focused on the alchemy of Sir Isaac Newton; the single most important figure in the history of modern science was obsessed with magic. That fact powerfully illustrates the shared genealogy of science and magic. Newtons most significant contribution to posterity was not his three famous laws of motion. Neither was it the equation for gravity or his work with optics lenses and prisms. It was calculus a method of computing rates and rates-of-rates."  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1elu90s)  2024-08-06T21:47Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Ego & Mortality: How Our Bizarre Perception of Time Gives Rise to The Illusion of Self **Overview** Last weeks essayThe Symphony Analogy(https://www.nateknopp.com/p/the-symphony-analogy) used calculus as a springboard to suggest a certain interchangeability between the dimension of timeas measured with a stopwatchand the three physical dimensions that we measure with rulers (length width and height). The following essay extends that analogy with a fictional head of broccoli rendered by the questionable artistic talents of the author. Being products of nature both broccoli and humanity share a"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1era9p1)  2024-08-13T15:07Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Science As Seed Corn: How the Entire Capitalist System Depends on Science for Growth **Overview** The past several*System Failure*essays have focused on the ideological genesis of science because science plays a critical role in the capitalist economic system that arose and replaced the feudal economic system of the Middle Ages. The Roman economic system was based on slavery. Most work was accomplished by masters and slaves in those days. But after the Fall of Rome Europeans began working primarily as lords and peasants in a feudal economic system. After the Protestant Reformation that system"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1ew7jws)  2024-08-19T17:21Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The Geometry of History: How High Finance Figures Into The Grand Course of Human History With this essay we begin concluding Volume II of the*System Failure*constellation of ideas. You can follow our progress on theIdea Map(https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LCGVHXypKRsiTs49TA_du2MCUIFYXngswDPBmYcYm5E/editgid=2032778126#gid=2032778126). This essay weaves together ideas introduced over the past summer in previous essays such as the geometry of the human story the history of economics and the mechanics of modern banking."  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1f83iy8)  2024-09-03T15:58Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Slavery Past & Present: How Slavery Destroyed the Roman Empire This essay is part of a series comparing the twilights of (1) Rome's slave-based economic system and (2) the Middle Ages' feudal system to (3) today's capitalism. In addition to the broad life cycles of these economic systems well compare similarities in communication technology and communicable disease across all three eras. Finally well see how belief systems rise and fall in tandem with broad economic systems. When economic systems inevitably seize up and stop functioning people begin to question and expose authority of all"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1fulmj0)  2024-10-02T17:17Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The Antonine Plague: How a Pandemic Destroyed Rome's Economy & Belief Structures This essay ispart of a series(https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LCGVHXypKRsiTs49TA_du2MCUIFYXngswDPBmYcYm5E/editgid=2032778126#gid=2032778126)comparing the twilights of (1) Rome's slave-based economic system and (2) the Middle Ages' feudal system to (3) today's capitalism. In addition to the broad life cycles of these economic systems we'll compare similarities between infectious diseases and communication technology across all three eras. Finally we'll see how belief systems rise and fall in tandem with"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1fyykj3)  2024-10-08T12:28Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The Incredible Codex: How Communications Technology Impacted Roman History This essay ispart of a series(https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LCGVHXypKRsiTs49TA_du2MCUIFYXngswDPBmYcYm5E/editgid=2032778126#gid=2032778126)comparing the twilights of (1) Rome's slave-based economic system and (2) the Middle Ages' feudal system to (3) today's capitalism. In addition to the broad life cycles of these economic systems we'll compare similarities between infectious diseases and communication technology across all three eras. Finally we'll see how belief systems rise and fall in tandem with broad"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1g46k72)  2024-10-15T12:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The Failed Revolution: How Feudalism Ended.And Its Imminent Return This essay ispart of a series(https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LCGVHXypKRsiTs49TA_du2MCUIFYXngswDPBmYcYm5E/editgid=2032778126#gid=2032778126)comparing the twilights of (1) Rome's slave-based economic system and (2) the Middle Ages' feudal system to (3) today's capitalist economic system. In addition to the broad life cycles of these economic systems we'll note similarities between infectious diseases and changes in communication technology common to all three eras. Finally we'll see how belief systems rise and fall in"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1gqm50e)  2024-11-13T20:06Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The 4th Horseman: Why Pandemics Coincide With Economic Collapses This essay ispart of a series(https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LCGVHXypKRsiTs49TA_du2MCUIFYXngswDPBmYcYm5E/editgid=2032778126#gid=2032778126)comparing the twilights of (1) Rome's slave-based economic system and (2) the Middle Ages' feudal system to (3) today's capitalist economic system. In addition to the broad life cycles of these economic systems we'll note similarities between infectious diseases and changes in communication technologies common to all three eras. Finally we'll see how belief systems rise and fall in"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1gqm8ne)  2024-11-13T20:10Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Paradigm Shift: How the Printing Press Destroyed the Very Fabric Reality This essay ispart of a series(https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LCGVHXypKRsiTs49TA_du2MCUIFYXngswDPBmYcYm5E/editgid=2032778126#gid=2032778126)comparing the twilights of (1) Rome's slave-based economic system and (2) the Middle Ages' feudal system to (3) today's capitalist economic system. In addition to the broad life cycles of these economic systems we'll note similarities between infectious diseases and changes in communication technologies common to all three eras. Finally we'll see how belief systems rise and"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1gqm9vm)  2024-11-13T20:11Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Prophecies of Doom: How the Seeds of Self-Destruction Are Baked into Capitalism This essay ispart of a series(https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LCGVHXypKRsiTs49TA_du2MCUIFYXngswDPBmYcYm5E/editgid=2032778126#gid=2032778126)comparing the twilights of (1) Rome's slave-based economic system and (2) the Middle Ages' feudal system to (3) today's capitalist economic system. In addition to the broad life cycles of these economic systems we'll note similarities between infectious diseases and changes in communication technologies common to all three eras. Finally we'll see how belief systems"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1gqmayl)  2024-11-13T20:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Prophecies of Doom: How the Seeds of Self-Destruction Are Baked into Capitalism This essay ispart of a series(https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LCGVHXypKRsiTs49TA_du2MCUIFYXngswDPBmYcYm5E/editgid=2032778126#gid=2032778126)comparing the twilights of (1) Rome's slave-based economic system and (2) the Middle Ages' feudal system to (3) today's capitalist economic system. In addition to the broad life cycles of these economic systems we'll note similarities between infectious diseases and changes in communication technologies common to all three eras. Finally we'll see how belief systems"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1gr5eub)  2024-11-14T14:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Of Priesthoods & Pestilence: How COVID-19 Became the New Black Death This essay ispart of a series(https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LCGVHXypKRsiTs49TA_du2MCUIFYXngswDPBmYcYm5E/editgid=2032778126#gid=2032778126)comparing the twilights of (1) Rome's slave-based economic system and (2) the Middle Ages' feudal system to (3) today's capitalist economic system. In addition to the broad life cycles of these economic systems we'll note similarities between infectious diseases and changes in communication technologies common to all three eras. Finally we'll see how belief systems rise and fall"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1gubhxv)  2024-11-18T18:20Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The Coming Inversion: Economics Armageddon & Paradigmatic Change This essay is part of a series(https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LCGVHXypKRsiTs49TA_du2MCUIFYXngswDPBmYcYm5E/editgid=2032778126#gid=2032778126) comparing the twilights of (1) Rome's slave-based economic system and (2) the Middle Ages' feudal system to (3) today's capitalist economic system. In addition to the broad life cycles of these economic systems we'll note similarities between infectious diseases and changes in communication technologies common to all three eras. Finally we'll see how belief systems rise and fall in"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1h0o67b)  2024-11-26T22:02Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Free Market Mythology: Why Nobody Wants to Work Anymore This essay ispart of a series(https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LCGVHXypKRsiTs49TA_du2MCUIFYXngswDPBmYcYm5E/editgid=2032778126#gid=2032778126)comparing the twilights of (1) Rome's slave-based economic system and (2) the Middle Ages' feudal system to (3) today's capitalist economic system. In addition to the broad life cycles of these economic systems we'll note similarities between infectious diseases and changes in communication technologies common to all three eras. Finally we'll see how belief systems rise and fall in tandem"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1hfq69y)  2024-12-16T18:44Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Superorganism: Democracy & The Grand Trajectory of Human History This essayconcludes a series(https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LCGVHXypKRsiTs49TA_du2MCUIFYXngswDPBmYcYm5E/editgid=2032778126#gid=2032778126)that compares the twilights of (1) Rome's slave-based economic system and (2) the Middle Ages' feudal system to (3) today's capitalist economic system. In addition to the life cycles of these economic systems we'll note similarities between infectious diseases and changes in communication technologies common to all three eras. Finally we'll see how belief systems rise and fall in"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1hlhvj6)  2024-12-24T17:10Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The Meaning of Freedom: An Untold Story of Debt Forgiveness in the Bronze Age This part of the System Failure constellation of ideas explores how the Fall of Rome shaped Christianity. Death and rebirth are central to that religion both in its mythologythe story of Jesus is about coming back from the deadand in its history. Christianity resurrected much older Jewish and Greco-Roman traditions dusted them off and transported them forward into the Middle Ages and beyond. Three major examplesreadily allegorized by death and rebirthare debt forgiveness astronomical cycles and ego death."  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1hvadr0)  2025-01-06T21:26Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Let Freedom Ring: Debt Forgiveness in the Old Testament This part of the System Failure constellation of ideas explores how the Fall of Rome shaped Christianity. Death and rebirth are central to that religion both in its mythologythe story of Jesus is about coming back from the deadand in its history. Christianity resurrected much older Jewish and Greco-Roman traditions dusted them off and transported them forward into the Middle Ages and beyond. Three major examplesall readily allegorized by death and rebirthare debt forgiveness astronomical cycles and ego death. Christianity originated"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1i0pcly)  2025-01-13T21:35Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Forgiveness vs Foreclosure: How Debt Forgiveness Could Have Saved Rome https://preview.redd.it/v59zqc4lpdge1.pngwidth=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=27a9d0933dc62216217625e75d2e2a356b8a755e Death and rebirth are central themes of Christianity both in its mythologythe story of Jesus is about coming back from the deadand its actual history; Christianity*resurrected*some notable Jewish and Greco-Roman traditions dusted them off and transported them forward into the Middle Ages and beyond. Three major examplesall readily allegorized by death and rebirthare debt forgiveness astronomical cycles and"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1iemq3q)  2025-01-31T19:15Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The Tragedy of the Night Sky: On The Forgotten Astronomy of the Babylonian Zodiac Christianity & The Fall of Rome Cycles of Death and Rebirth(https://preview.redd.it/mal48xo3ajie1.pngwidth=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=80da6663c7ce2bc5e3c950a0b0b7e40b32c3e281) Death and rebirth are central themes of Christianity both in its mythologythe story of Jesus is about coming back from the deadand in its actual history. Christianity*resurrected*dead and dying older traditions and carried them forward into the Middle Ages and beyond. Three major examplesall readily allegorized by death and"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1in23lh)  2025-02-11T16:07Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Of Witches & iPods: On The Strange History of Ergot https://preview.redd.it/586c1677evqe1.jpgwidth=1456&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=edcec5c503d4b47066edd1e9e3ca8bcca7a2d365 Death and rebirth are central themes of Christianity both in its mythologythe story of Jesus is about coming back from the deadand in its actual history. Christianity *resurrected* dead and dying older traditions and carried them forward into the Middle Ages and beyond. Three major examplesall readily allegorized by death and rebirthare **debt forgiveness** **astronomical cycles** and **ego death**. These are the three main"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1jjoxl6)  2025-03-25T17:26Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Platonism Defined: How Ego Death Informed Greek Philosophy https://preview.redd.it/ri6zet70gvqe1.pngwidth=1456&format=png&auto=webp&s=677c2b49cbd0a8da0efbdd586872d652020f7282 **This essay in one sentence:** In Athenian society centuries of ritualistic ego death informed the simultaneous inventions of democracy and drama and a century later the psychedelic Greek philosophy of Platonism. **Preamble** Death and rebirth are central themes of Christianity both in its mythologythe story of Jesus is about coming back from the deadand in its actual history. Christianity*resurrected*dead and dying"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1jjp56f)  2025-03-25T17:35Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Sacred Geometry: The Surprising Impact of Neoplatonism on Christianity https://preview.redd.it/ejkmugu159se1.pngwidth=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=18022a55588703e02a674eabe06267eb0ad68eb9 **This essay in one sentence:** The experience of ego death in the context of Mystery Cults informed Greek philosophy specifically Platonism which later significantly influenced Christianity. **Preamble** Death and rebirth are central themes of Christianity both in its mythologythe story of Jesus is about coming back from the deadand in its actual history. Christianity*resurrected*dead and dying older"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1jp09o7)  2025-04-01T16:42Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Sex Drugs & Rock n Roll: How Roman Counterculture Shaped Christianity https://preview.redd.it/j0yjcdgw8fte1.pngwidth=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=b9548b07b71007bf814cb31c5c4719433ba599b7 **Preamble:** Death and rebirth are central themes of Christianity both in its mythologythe story of Jesus is about coming back from the deadand in its actual history. Christianity*resurrected*dead and dying older traditions and carried them forward into the Middle Ages and beyond. Three major examplesall readily allegorized by death and rebirthare**debt forgiveness****astronomical cycles** and**ego death**."  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1jtmfnk)  2025-04-07T14:22Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"The Holy Grails: Of Femininity Class Struggle & Magical Cups https://preview.redd.it/314ikmw5ssue1.pngwidth=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=08d2469f1978bd3608ad48ce3045f865d5c2db63 **Preamble** Death and rebirth are central themes of Christianity both in its mythologythe story of Jesus is about coming back from the deadand in its actual history. Christianity*resurrected*dead and dying older traditions and carried them forward into the Middle Ages and beyond. Three major examplesall readily allegorized by death and rebirthare**debt forgiveness****astronomical cycles** and**ego death**. These are"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1jyy5gy)  2025-04-14T12:54Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Ye Shall Know Them By Their Fruits: The Magical Rise of Christianity https://preview.redd.it/7zesdzfd28we1.pngwidth=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=41b32ac4c9bddb9773009372ffd90819dc622a77 # Introduction Early Christianity was nothing if not magical. That might surprise modern Christians who recall the Catholic Church heavily persecuting magical arts like witchcraft or alchemy. St. Augustine wrote demons are the authors and fabricators of magical arts. But before Augustine Christianity stood in magical opposition to the sober Roman authorities. Early Christians read from magic books waved magic"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1k4j21j)  2025-04-21T17:22Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"The Crucifixion: The Ultimate Demonstration of the Limits of State Power https://preview.redd.it/wuzva3ywksxe1.pngwidth=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=8ca04f0cefc021eed7f6c6251b51f7685cc5271b # Introduction The tale of the Crucifixion is one of the most famous stories of all time but its economic context remains poorly understood. The Roman Empire was an ethical disaster in which the vast majority of people were economically exploited. The popular response to this exploitation took the form of a revival of the ancient Greek mystery religions and the traditional practice of debt forgiveness which"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1kaqo2r)  2025-04-29T15:25Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The Crucifixion: The Ultimate Demonstration of the Limits of State Power deleted systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1kasyt7)  2025-04-29T16:59Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"This Fascinating TIL Connects the Age of Piracy with the Treaty of Westphalia. It's Only Missing the Knights Templar systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1kn8v36)  2025-05-15T13:57Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Dantes Inferno: Poetry From the Eve of the Renaissance The eternal notion of the Alchemical Journey in which the journey itself *is* the destination takes its most definitive form in Dante's *The Divine Comedy*. In his epic poem Dante connected Medieval Italy to the Roman Empire by using himself and the ghost of the Roman poet Virgil as main characters. In life Virgil had been famous for connecting the Roman Empire to Greek mythology with his own epic poem. The ancient idea of a Mythic Ascent out of Platos Cave was born into the late Middle Ages by Dante whose captivating literary masterpiece"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1kqg505)  2025-05-19T16:30Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Demeter & The Medici: A Challenge from the Magical Bankers of Florence During the Middle Ages the Roman Catholic Church condemned as heretics those who promulgated the idea that reality is not merely observed by the mind but is also a product of the mind. This idea will serve as a simplified definition of magic for the purposes of this essay. The Church insisted that creation is the sole domain of God and backed this insistence with brutal violence. In so doing Christianity underwent an evolution from being politically repressed to engaging in political repression making it just as ripe for a"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1l36qyi)  2025-06-04T14:18Z 11.2K followers, [--] engagements


"The Pentagon Disinformation That Fueled Americas UFO Mythology It's interesting to see the WSJ reporting that aliens were ginned up as a hoax to cover up advanced tech. Is this article itself Kayfabe systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1lhu9my)  2025-06-22T18:01Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Was It Scrap Metal or an Alien Spacecraft The Army Asked an Elite Defense Lab to Investigate Part [--] from WSJ about aliens being a hoax to cover up advanced tech. Of course the capabilities of these craft suggest that someone has broken out of the paradigm of Einsteinian physics. Is scarier if it's alien or if our own government is hiding the ability to "pinch to zoom" across time and space systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1lhucnv)  2025-06-22T18:05Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Monetary Mythology The boys begin this episode discussing promotion Reddit and the issue of attention spans. Then they turn their focus to rising tensions in international geopolitics and the curious case of Samantha Smith. Finally the lads break down the remarkably thick layer of mythology surrounding monetary policy. systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1lhwd3a)  2025-06-22T19:28Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The Humiliation of Ted Cruz: Kayfabe or Turning Point The boys start this episode by hoping to avoid war with Iran and lamenting the dubious*casus belli*on offer. Then they turn to the talk of the internet this week: the humiliation of Senator Ted Cruz. The lads use his shameful interview to connect the recent saber-rattling to nefarious foreign political influence. systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1lig366)  2025-06-23T13:05Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Rebels of the Reformation: Thrilling Biographies from an Era of Economic Revolt The Protestant Reformation is remembered as a revolt of the soul and a challenge to the spiritual corruption of the Roman Catholic Church. But it was also a catalyst for profound economic change. By shattering the authority of the Church reformers weakened the foundations of the medieval lord/peasant economy setting the stage for the eventual coming of the Industrial Revolution. The centuries leading up to the Reformation simmered with economic desperation. This is the story of how that desperation became"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1lig4gr)  2025-06-23T13:07Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Currently the worlds [--] richest individuals have as much wealth as the bottom 50% of people worldwide. Members of societies that are more equal and wealthy than average are more likely to believe it is wrong to have too much money. Extreme wealth to some is disgusting. systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1lk870f)  2025-06-25T15:08Z 10.6K followers, [--] engagements


"Audio Rebels of the Reformation: Thrilling Biographies from an Era of Economic Revolt In this*System Failure*Short Nate reads this weeks essay entitled **Rebels of the Reformation**. systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1lkymm2)  2025-06-26T12:16Z 12K followers, [--] engagements


"Crumbling Empires: Two Bold Acts of Defiance Against Imperial Power This essay uses the [----] assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand to paint a vivid portrait of the [----] Defenestration of Prague. Though the [----] event stemmed from ethnic tensions and the [----] event from religious conflict both events involved Slavic peoples rebelling against Germanic empires and both precipitated major wars. The killing of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne started a chain reaction that led to the destruction of that Empire. The [----] Defenestration of Prague was a revolt against the Holy Roman Empire"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1lo6ma0)  2025-06-30T12:47Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"All the World's a Stage: The Decline of the Modern Political Paradigm The boys begin this episode by commenting on the performative exchange of hostilities with Iran. They then speculate on the modern post-Westphalian political paradigm of the past [---] years and whether a world organized into nation-states will be the future. How much kayfabe or fakery would our leaders engage in to prop that system up systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1lo6o12)  2025-06-30T12:49Z 12K followers, [--] engagements


"How much progress can we expect when both parties work for the same wealthy donors The two party system isn't representing workers. systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1lpyksp)  2025-07-02T15:19Z 12.1K followers, [---] engagements


"The Great Unraveling: Modern Economy on the Brink of Collapse systemfailure systemfailure"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1lpym6s)  2025-07-02T15:20Z 12.1K followers, [--] engagements

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