Who pays the Ferryman?
In the old myths, no soul crossed the river Styx without an offering. Today, we often leap without looking, ignoring the toll collector at the edge of the water.
But the crossing always has its cost, whether we pay it or someone else does. Some of our current governments have a habit of not even knowing the price of anything and the value of nothing. We are ruled by algorithms and announcements. But we are human - and humans live in the cost.
Wars are dissected by body counts and budgets. Policies are passed with a calculator, and lives are led under a spreadsheet. We know the price of everything. But who still speaks of cost?
Price is clean. Price fits in a column. Price is what politicians debate and treasurers announce.
But cost ? Cost is borne. Cost is lived. Cost is the long, quiet aftermath. And that of course beggars the question: where is the value?
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