Morals in Famine

If people were not getting enough to eat, it seemed reasonable that Huitzilopotchli was not getting enough either. The best way to provide more food for the universe would seem to be to follow the paradigm of “taking” by establishing organized wars aimed solely at the capture of those sacrificial meals, for the instituting of such wars might maintain the balance of sacrifices between the human and divine realms.

Nowhere is there a suggestion that the leaders should despair or take a hedonistic approach in the face of a hopeless situation. Always the king is reminded of his duty, his obedience to god, and the necessity to put aside his own desires in order to help that community and universe with which he was totally integrated.