Terror of the eternal return

litany

ˈlɪt(ə)ni/

noun

1. 1.

   a series of petitions for use in church services or processions, usually recited by the clergy and responded to in a recurring formula by the people.

   
   
2. 2.

   a tedious recital or repetitive series.

From Wikipedia

In general, according to Eliade, traditional man sees the eternal return as something positive, even necessary....

"In certain highly evolved societies, the intellectual élites progressively detach themselves from the patterns of traditional religion. The periodical resanctification of cosmic time then proves useless and without meaning. [...] But repetition emptied of its religious content necessarily leads to a pessimistic vision of existence.

When it is no longer a vehicle for reintegrating a primordial situation [...] that is, when it is desacralized, cyclic time becomes terrifying; it is seen as a circle forever turning on itself, repeating itself to infinity."

Thank God

Son: Mummy mummy mummy, please buy this record, I've wanted it forever (nearly 6 months)

MOTHER: Mummy wants you to be happy, but $75.00? That’s outrageous; he probably bought it 2 days ago for like $10 or $15

SON: It's a simple case of  supply and demand, mummy, supply and demand. 

MOTHER: That’s not the point. Some poor little punk kids made that record with their bare hands and bits of their souls and they probably only got $5 to share between their whole family.

  

SON: Making a profit is nothing to be ashamed of. We live in a consumer capitalist society, the little punk kids get their $5, the man gets his profit, we get the record.

THE FATHER: That's right son and it's called REALITY, be sure to keep it going or else something bad will happen.

The End