the tower of mammon

Based on a true story.

And they said to one another, "Let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly." Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a shopping mall, and a superstore, and let us pave all the ground, and let us make a name for ourselves, and accumulate vast sums of wealth, lest we become scattered across the earth."

And the LORD came down to see the city and the mall and the superstore and all the pavement, which mortals had built. And the LORD said, "Look, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is only the beginning of what they will do. Come, let us confuse their language, or they will combine all under one roof, and buy groceries and clothing and DVDs and auto parts, and get their hair cut, and do their banking, all in the very same building.

So the LORD confused their speech, and some said, "Happy Holidays," while other said, "Merry Christmas." But they continued building the shopping malls and the superstores, and paving all the ground, and they exported this culture abroad, across all the face of the earth.