Is America the sea people?

Is America the sea people?

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Is America the sea people?

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Follow me.

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Just finished watching the Odyssey for a second time.

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First time, I thought it was good but not great.

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Second time, I realized how great it was.

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Wow.

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Unbelievable.

Pinnacle of filmmaking.

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Storytelling.

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The origins of story.

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The origins of Western civilization.

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The story of the Odyssey.

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The story of Odysseus trying to get home.

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Trying to get himself back.

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After the battle of Troy.

The famous Trojan Horse story.

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Remember learning about that as a kid.

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So glad I did a bit of Greek mythology in high school.

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Remember parts of the story and so grateful I had that teaching.

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No wonder this book has been taught for millennia.

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So much to learn.

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So much to take away.

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So much to understand.

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Homer somehow finds a way to explain all of humanity in this story.

The story of a king.

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And a queen.

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And their son.

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And the king’s journey.

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But also responsibility.

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Responsibility to his people.

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Responsibility to his general.

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Responsibility to his orders.

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Responsibility to his family.

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The weight of the world is on Odysseus.

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To win the Trojan War.

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Then get all his men home.

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It took him decades.

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Decades with no idea what happened.

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Decades where he faced challenge after challenge.

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But also decades to think.

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Decades to ponder.

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Decades to question.

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Why?

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Why did they have to destroy Troy like that?

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Why were his men such savages?

Why did he sacrifice himself in the process?

Like he said, he broke Zeus’ law.

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He broke the code.

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The tradition we should all live by.

Treat others as you would like to be treated.

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But he blew that up.

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Odysseus became what he hated.

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The sea people.

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And this is what you get the second time around.

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You understand that.

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Understand the irony.

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The crazy story.

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Where he finally faced himself in the mirror.

Finally faced his demons.

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Finally faced his choices.

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And recognized.

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He was who he was running from all along.

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He was the bad guy.

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He is the bad guy.

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He’s the one who tempted fate.

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Tempted the gods.

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And broke the law.

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You could see how darkness overcame society as this ethos started to spread.

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How the suitors were horrible people ready to murder anyone for power.

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How the good people in the world were cast aside.

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And also how Odysseus could never let it go.

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Never forget.

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Never forget Athena’s face.

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The face of the woman in Troy.

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What an awesome movie.

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So unbelievable. 

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Definitely worth watching, especially in theatres, and probably more than once.

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But there’s another thought.

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Another idea.

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Is this Nolan’s way to comment on the world?

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To show what happens if we lose our way.

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Lose our morals.

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Lose our values.

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If we start breaking Zeus’ law.

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If we start killing people for no reason other than resources.

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Look at what’s happening in today’s world with America.

Never forget that they bombed a school full of children in Minab.

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Full of young girls.

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They knew what they were doing.

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And they still did it.

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Imagine if Pearl Harbour or 9/11 or Sandy Hook happened, but it was deliberately done by another country.

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How would you feel as an American?

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Or even a Westerner?

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You would hate those people.

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That’s how many people see America and Israel right now.

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They are bullies.

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They’re telling the world they can do whatever they want.

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But how long will that last?

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How long will that darkness pollute the world before the new light comes to shine?

Hopefully soon.

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Because it’s pretty bleak.

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History and Ray Dalio tell us we’re going through a once-in-100-year change.

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A changing world order.

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The difference with the last one was where America stood.

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America stood as a beacon of hope.

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One who won the war against the evil people destroying it.

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Now look where they are.

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They’re bombing girls’ schools.

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So are they still the good guy?

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Or might they be Odysseus and the people of Ithaca?

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Won wars.

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Had great leaders.

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But broke laws.

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Broke moral codes.

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Started not treating their neighbours and others with respect.

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Became the people they fought so hard against all those years again.

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Is America the sea people?

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You tell me.

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