Elites have never had a sense of shame. In high school I went through a philosophical deep dive and found my way into tangents like French Naturalism which hilighted the common individuals like prostitutes of the era. One of the pinnacles of that dive was a book La Bas which shared a fictional story based entirely on the non-fiction practices of the elites at the time. These “secret” societies were massively depraved and often revered real people like Gilles de Rais. The difference between then and now is that the elites have normalized their debauchery with the public.
a book La Bas which shared a fictional story based entirely on the non-fiction practices of the elites at the time. These “secret” societies were massively depraved
So pretty much Marquis de Sade's 120 Days of Sodom, right?
Elites have never had a sense of shame. In high school I went through a philosophical deep dive and found my way into tangents like French Naturalism which hilighted the common individuals like prostitutes of the era. One of the pinnacles of that dive was a book La Bas which shared a fictional story based entirely on the non-fiction practices of the elites at the time. These “secret” societies were massively depraved and often revered real people like Gilles de Rais. The difference between then and now is that the elites have normalized their debauchery with the public.
So pretty much Marquis de Sade's 120 Days of Sodom, right?