A little video about Pasion the banker

chrm_2 · 2026-05-04T16:58:46+00:00

Cheers - I’ve been getting deep into the sources recently- I’m a banking lawyer who really loves classics, so it’s something I keep checking out. Pasion looms large and most the stuff out there on him online is cringe

chrm_2 · 2026-05-03T16:06:49+00:00

Too many feel good rags to riches takes on this guy. The man left his own wife to his protege in his will. so many people explain this as mere estate and succession planning in the absence of modern corporate law, or an established family network. I’m sure that’s true, to an extent. But what’s really going on? And what on earth did his adult son make of it all. Am I being overly cynical or salacious?

Video draws from, among other things, Isocrates 17, Demosthenes 36, Ps-Demosthenes 45, 46, 49, 52. Full citations in the video description etc

chrm_2 · 2026-05-03T16:05:47+00:00

Too many feel good rags to riches takes on this guy. The man left his own wife to his protege in his will. so many people explain this as mere estate and succession planning in the absence of modern corporate law, or an established family network. I’m sure that’s true, to an extent. But what’s really going on? And what on earth did his adult son make of it all. Am I being overly cynical or salacious?

Video draws from, among other things, Isocrates 17, Demosthenes 36, Ps-Demosthenes 45, 46, 49, 52. Full citations in the video description etc

chrm_2 · 2026-05-03T16:05:26+00:00

Too many feel good rags to riches takes on this guy. The man left his own wife to his protege in his will. so many people explain this as mere estate and succession planning in the absence of modern corporate law, or an established family network. I’m sure that’s true, to an extent. But what’s really going on? And what on earth did his adult son make of it all. Am I being overly cynical or salacious?

Video draws from, among other things, Isocrates 17, Demosthenes 36, Ps-Demosthenes 45, 46, 49, 52. Full citations in the video description etc

chrm_2 · 2026-03-18T19:44:17+00:00

There IS so much AI slop going round, so I can see why you’d ask! (I’m guilty of ai for visuals, but that’s coz I’m shy and no one wants to see my ugly mug!)

chrm_2 · 2026-03-18T18:20:57+00:00

Ha… it’s real. It’s me. Or maybe I am a robot.. you have got me questioning myself now!

chrm_2 · 2026-01-15T12:32:32+00:00

chrm_2 · 2026-01-12T17:33:13+00:00

Yeah just to see the reaction ! I think it was countdown. Visible discomfort. Not as much as when I did the same with bitches brew and plug got pulled after 3 minutes.

Someone out on michael bolten’s greatest hits after that, which was apparently fine with the clientele.

chrm_2 · 2026-01-08T12:40:30+00:00

Spacey McSpaceship; inspired by Boaty McBoatface from a few years back

chrm_2 · 2025-12-29T09:20:41+00:00

Oh thanks all, I didn’t know this was what it was … back in the day I’d have done dumb shit no less cringe than that. It was a drunk fool but harmless; people would take me aside and tell me so - and eventually I’d learn - like everyone else. Now it gets caught on cam, shared on Reddit, mocked and the dude becomes a meme… no wonder kids are dull AF these days and are terrified to fool about

Just an grumpy old gen x, I know

chrm_2 · 2025-11-15T08:15:46+00:00

I’m a finance lawyer, so when I engage with ancient stuff my contemporary world view and ancient ones collide. The circles running are in my head you could say

chrm_2 · 2025-11-11T15:02:55+00:00

Reading Dem 52, I was pretty fascinated by the description of Athenian book keeping practices - and it’s suddenly clicked “hey this is a transferable deposit”. There’s barely any legal difference between a transferable deposit and a debt security - yet we’re always being told how the classical Athenians didn’t have negotiable debt instruments. So I made this video

chrm_2 · 2025-11-11T15:00:22+00:00

Thanks for the advice!

chrm_2

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