Metaphor, Myth and Machiavelli

Metaphor and the American Future

Who finances the 2024 U.S. Presidential campaign will have a marked effect on America’s future.

As Bill Moyers explained to President Lyndon Johnson: "If you want to change the world, you have to change the metaphor." This was explained to Moyers by Joseph Campbell, author of The Man with a Thousand Faces.

The metaphor of Russia and Putin is depicted by Art with the Muromets:?

and the Blinyi:

the traditional Russian tales in which the hero rescues the fair damsel from the dragon.?

Metaphor and Art?

Putin, thanks to Art, presentation, outsized marketing, film, miscommunication and WMDs, Weapons of Mass Disinformation effectively uses metaphor as did Hitler - to provide the Russian people with delusions of power and wealth:

and Faith:

as does Trump:

Macchiavelli advised The Prince to do the magnanimous in Public and the heinous privately:

America and Trump are no different than Russia - as I will portray.

Joseph Campbell - who greatly influenced George Lucas and taught Bill Moyers, Hollywood and Washington D.C., noted that: If you want to change the world, you have to change the metaphor.?This is what Moyers explained to Lyndon Johnson during the Vietnam War.

In order to educate those who underestimate the power of culture and enthusiastically participate in the idolatry of technological innovation, Peter Drucker noted that Culture eats strategy for lunch. Importantly, Steve Jobs noted the distinction between management and leadership:

Funding the Metaphor and the Legacy: Philanthrocapitalism

Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway is famously donating much of his personal fortune to philanthropy.??A portion of Buffett’s fortune, is entrusted to his children; among them his son Peter - who heads NoVo, a philanthropy which is reviving Kingston, New York.

Philanthrocapitalism

WSJ: Warren Buffett donated about $2 billion worth of Berkshire Hathaway stock to each of his three children's foundations over the past 15 years. Peter Buffett, his youngest child, has been using some of those funds to revitalize the city of Kingston, New York, he told The Wall Street Journal in a recent interview.

Buffett, a billionaire investor and Berkshire's CEO, pledged in 2006 to give more than 99% of his fortune to good causes. He reached the halfway point towards that goal. Warren Buffett contributed 14 million "B" shares to Peter's NoVo foundation so far. Those shares would be worth nearly $4 billion today and represent the majority of the 17.5 million shares he's earmarked for his son's organization.

Peter the Great?

Putin, in his efforts to restore the power and greatness of Russia- once evident under Peter the Great, foolishly invaded Ukraine - twice, guided by the advice of Gerasimov. despite the contrary advice of Nabiullina.?

Peter Buffet is on the other hand, part of the revival of New York, the Excelsior state. New York, despite Wall Street’s impatient investment syndrome:

is regaining its geopolitical and financial prominence - a process which has been fueled by Warren Buffett and his sons, Howard G. and Peter Buffett.

WSJ: Peter has used his father's contributions to buy $13 million of farmland near Kingston and turn it into a local agricultural hub, The Journal reported. He has also financed a festival where artists could swap their pieces for healthcare, purchased an old Honda dealership and converted it into a home for a local food cooperative, and turned a local radio station into an ad-free, non-profit, community broadcaster, the newspaper said.

He worked on other causes such as helping indigenous people and victims of domestic abuse and is supporting affordable-housing projects. Peter, a vocal critic of capitalism's shortcomings and a strong believer in workers' rights and community work, wants Kingston to exemplify a more compassionate form of capitalism, he told The Journal.?

Peter and his father disagree on some subjects, but the Berkshire chief told The Journal that he doesn't support "unrestrained capitalism" and he and his son are "on the same page on the important things." Indeed, Peter told The Journal that he deeply respects his father's work and embraces his philosophy of doing something you love for a living, or "tap dancing to work."

Music, Art and Philanthropy?

WSJ: Beyond his philanthropic work, Peter is best known as an Emmy-winning musician who missed out on an enormous fortune. When he turned 19 in 1977, he received $90,000 worth of Berkshire Hathaway stock as his inheritance, according to CNBC. He cashed in the stock, which would be worth over $200 million today, to chase his dream of a music career.

"I don't regret it for a second," Peter wrote about the decision in "Life Is What You Make It," his memoir. "I used my nest egg to buy something infinitely more valuable than money. I bought time.

My Comment _ Beyond the Proscenium Arch

Art, Music and Capital are at times Philanthropic and an important part of legacy. They inspire the disciplined imagination and set the soul on fire.?

The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire - Marechal Ferdinand Foch

Be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire.- Jennifer Lee - writer?and director of Frozen and A Twist in Time.

Financing the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election

The 2024 U.S. Presidential election will not be financed by rich American Jews, the white supremacy and antisemitism displayed at Charlottesville among Trump supporters changed all that. Nor will It be funded by Putin again -Putin is mired in an existential fight against Ukraine and for his regime.

Thanks to Crown Prince Salman, the 2024 Presidential electoral campaign is being financed by Saudi Arabia. Only one American politician has thought critically enough to ask what the price to be paid for such generosity will be.

Thanks to cryptocurrency, the U.S. government will not be able to trace or track the $3billion "investment" of the Saudis in Mnuchin:

in Jared and Ivanka:

and in Trump:

whose feigned morality will be perceived beyond the Proscenium Arch by those intelligent enough to determine the extent of a foreign nation’s interference in our "Democratic" process.?