Formal celebrations of Passover ended this week, but the daily work of liberation from Pharaoh's tyranny never ceases. The more we understand the character of this nemesis, the more we notice his effects in daily life. Whether we respond to the tyranny with addiction or envy, we remain stuck when we play this game by Pharaoh's rules.

To paraphrase the Gladiator, what we do in our confrontations with Pharaoh echoes in eternity. Let's choose our actions wisely.

LM Sacasas @LMSacasas

“The demands made by tools on people become increasingly costly. This rising cost of fitting man to the service of his tools is reflected in the ongoing shift from goods to services in over-all production …

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LM Sacasas @LMSacasas

“Increasing manipulation of man becomes necessary to overcome the resistance of his vital equilibrium to the dynamic of growing industries; it takes the form of educational, medical, and administrative therapies …

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LM Sacasas @LMSacasas

“Education turns out competitive consumers; medicine keeps them alive in the engineered environment they have come to require; bureaucracy reflects the necessity of exercising social control over people to do meaningless work …

1:40 AM ∙ Mar 29, 2023

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LM Sacasas @LMSacasas

The parallel increase in the cost of the defense of new levels of privilege through military, police, and insurance measures reflects the fact that in a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy.” — Ivan Illich

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