In ancient Greek tragedy, it
was not uncommon for a god or goddess to perform the function of a Greek (i.e.,
conscience) chorus at the end of a play while being pulled by pullies high
above the stage. Deus ex machina is the Latin phrase, which meant, a
deity out from pullies. We get machine, mechanism, and even engine from the Latin
word, machina. A movie entitled Ex Machina is on an AI android
that seems full of life, even miraculous, from “pullies” inside it’s “body.” Ex-Prince
Andrew of the (seceded) sovereign state of UK, or “Britain” informally, seemed to
fly about the other actors in being able to land, rent-free, fittingly
around Christmas, 2025, at the monarch’s Sandringham estate in eastern Britain,
still rent-free, and with King Charles funding his brother. Considering that Andrew
Windsor should arguably been sent to prison for having sex with a 17 year-old
prostitute in the employ of the infamous Epstein, and that a large settlement paid
by Queen Elizabeth II made Giuffre’s charges go away, as if magically, Andrew
not only landed on his feet, but without touching the ground where us mere
mortals make our way through life to survive and perhaps prosper.
The full essay is at "Accountability for the Rich and Famous."
