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The image that keeps occurring to me to describe the current situation is the world, is that of the ship "Titanic". The world is the ship and it's slowly sinking; meanwhile - because there is no competent captain - the passengers are squabbling amongst themselves as which cabin they have and what the furnishings should be and who can be where. The crew that is there, is trying frantically to warn the passengers and trying to slap patches on the multiple leaks, but nobody is listening because they are too busy squabbling.
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Memento Mori mosaic from excavations in the convent of San Gregorio, Via Appia, Rome, Italy. Now in the National Museum Bath of Diocletian, Rome, Italy. The Greek motto gnōthi sauton (know thyself, nosce te ipsum) combines with the image to convey the famous warning: Respice post te; hominem te esse memento; memento mori. (Look behind; remember that you are mortal; remember death.)
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