Modern Human Sacrifices

J.L. Briz
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Modern Human Sacrifices
Modern Human Sacrifices

Temple of Quetzalcoatl, 2015
[Eng. / Esp.]
Human sacrifices where a ritual murder which allowed to keep the life and lengthen it after death, with the impression of controlling this way a powerful and moody universe and, in passing, assuring the survival of the political, economical and religious system. The latter --the survival of the system-- keeps being hold by means of human sacrifices --war, social inequalities, exploitation of the countries out of the paradise of what we call development-- and by means of the dummification of a middle-class culturally numbed, aesthetically cauterized, economically well controlled that, nevertheless, can enjoy walking on the ruines of any empire as nonchalantly as it walks on the ruines of its own.

El sacrificio humano era un asesinato ritual que permitía mantener la vida y prolongarla después de la muerte, con la impresión de controlar así un universo poderoso e inestable y, de paso, mantener la supervivencia del sistema político, económico y religioso. Lo último --la supervivencia del sistema-- continúa asegurándose mediante sacrificios humanos --las guerras, la desigualdad social, la explotación de los países fuera del paraíso de lo que llamamos desarrollo-- y mediante la idiotización de una clase media culturalmente anestesiada, estéticamente cauterizada, económicamente bien controlada que, sin embargo, puede disfrutar caminando por las ruinas de cualquier imperio con la misma indolencia con la que camina por las ruinas del suyo propio

JLB

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Taken on: July 26, 2015
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Camera: Nikon D7000, f/16.0, 1/250 sec, 105mm (=157mm), ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)
Camera: Nikon D7000
Lens: 18.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-5.6
Aperture: f/16.0
Exposure Time: 0.004 sec (1/250)
Focal Length: 105mm (35mm equivalent: 157mm)
ISO: 200
Exposure Bias: -2/3 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program: Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode: Auto
Metering Mode: Multi-segment
White Balance: Auto
Color Space: Uncalibrated
Software: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7.1 (Windows)
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