Close. The problem with [the pursuit of] "wealth" isn't that it fails when times get bad, but rather that it leads to failing the spiritual tests that are abundant in the good times. The failure of wealth when times are broken is already baked in because the spiritual war is already over for those people. But indeed, your points on people, community, resources, skills, and the continuance of the culture of those people are what make for durable assets across time - as well as the mindset that an "economy" is downstream of those people, to serve their needs and values. It's hard to put it in agnostic terms that resonate, but yeah, of this world is not "who we are", yet in this world is where we are now. To speak of Evil, but to ignore the war for your soul is only halfway to the reckoning.
Are you saying what I am, but with a lot more style and allegory?
Close. The problem with [the pursuit of] "wealth" isn't that it fails when times get bad, but rather that it leads to failing the spiritual tests that are abundant in the good times. The failure of wealth when times are broken is already baked in because the spiritual war is already over for those people. But indeed, your points on people, community, resources, skills, and the continuance of the culture of those people are what make for durable assets across time - as well as the mindset that an "economy" is downstream of those people, to serve their needs and values. It's hard to put it in agnostic terms that resonate, but yeah, of this world is not "who we are", yet in this world is where we are now. To speak of Evil, but to ignore the war for your soul is only halfway to the reckoning.
“To speak of Evil, but to ignore the war for your soul is only halfway to the reckoning.” Can I get an amen!?!