false gods

I'm watching a programme about the ancient egyptian pharaohs and how their lives were determined by their devotion to their gods. They created phenomenal buildings and their entire economy became devoted to these aims. In essence they were creating vain-glorious memorabilia.

I am struck that modern leaders, like Blair and Bush, are doing the same thing; mobilising society in fulfilment of their ambitions - and, more importantly, sacrificing everything, as they can, to their gods of globalisation. Rameses had his god; Amun. Blair has his - Globalisation.