September 23, 2025 • 46 secs
They told us love was spontaneous. That Cupid struck at random. But what if the arrow was guided? What if the flutter in your chest was engineered—not by fate, but by institutions with something to gain?”
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Thanks for joining The Fortune Factor podcast. Episode one, Cupid
was a government agent. Opening monologue. They told us love
was spontaneous, the Cupid struck at random. But what if
the erra was guided? What if the flutter in your
chest was engineered not by fate but by institutions with
something to gain? Segment one. The myth of Cupid, from
(00:20):
desire to doctrine, heros to Cupid heiras was raw, chaotic desire.
Cupid was sanitized, infantilized, and weaponized by Rome to promote
marriage and lineage. Church and state Medieval Europe used romantic
myths to reinforce monogamy, inheritance laws, and patriarchal control. Valentine's
Day origins from pagan fertility rights to Hallmark propaganda. Love
(00:43):
became a ritual of obedience.
Thanks for joining The Fortune Factor podcast. Episode one, Cupid
was a government agent. Opening monologue. They told us love
was spontaneous, the Cupid struck at random. But what if
the erra was guided? What if the flutter in your
chest was engineered not by fate but by institutions with
something to gain? Segment one. The myth of Cupid, from
(00:20):
desire to doctrine, heros to Cupid heiras was raw, chaotic desire.
Cupid was sanitized, infantilized, and weaponized by Rome to promote
marriage and lineage. Church and state Medieval Europe used romantic
myths to reinforce monogamy, inheritance laws, and patriarchal control. Valentine's
Day origins from pagan fertility rights to Hallmark propaganda. Love
(00:43):
became a ritual of obedience.
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