Athena of the power loom, who turns artisans into bugs. Athena, the Queen of Plunder, whose ships carry loot to the Global North. Athena of mass media, who whispers lies into the ears of her victims. Athena, wife of Mammon who feeds him the universe.
Early Capitalism is historically progressive compared to feudalism
She’s also a girlboss
Greek gods believe in interfering with the human market not controlling it
Contrast with based Artemis:
- goddess of redneck-envy-hunting-skill
- goddess of the wild, goddess of transitions
- patron and protector of children, especially girls
- does not fuck, even at all
- pretty cool
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Athenedom in shambles
Prometheus was impeached for making a perfect redistribution of wealth!
Athena, wife of Mammon
I thought Athena was either married to Hephaestus, in virgin goddess territory or both I guess depending on which myth you were reading.
That said she was a goddess of wisdom, craft and war so very much what neoliberals think of themselves as
That was a couple thousand years ago, times change
Athena was based on the based goddess Inanna/Ishtar, but the Greeks went and made a mockery of her blessed form. Stavros Halkias must pay for this.
Beat me to it. It’s honestly disgusting how they used her for patriarchy. Hell all the worst stories are by the same guy.
That’s Aphrodite
You’re absolutely right. I got a little confused but also tbh I was just looking for excuses to be angry at Greece.
Stavros was based on Aphrodite that’s wild
What, you’ve never seen Stavvy naked in the clam shell?
Athena, whose namesake city state was an inspiration for Western “democracy”?
Athena whose namesake city spent centuries as outright slaving pirates and somehow got away with it in the public imagination
Arachne had it coming, there I said it
she would have been an incredible lathe poster
never cared much for her tbh
Unpopular to who? Fucking OSP?
