indiana jones and the secrets of the temple

i was watching raiders last night and had an epiphany: the ark represents money printing and the final scenes are an allegory transposing money power and religious power. i won't go into every weird detail, but, 'member weimar?

when the ark is opened, it represents the unleashing of germany's inflation in wwii. "it's beautiful". but immediately some random, young, soldiers are killed, representing the loss of faith in the mark, and possibly the initiation of aggressions. indiana and marion close their eyes, suggesting that if the americans ignore central banking they will be ok (veiled threat?). then what was unleashed from the ark gets out of hand and destroys everyone except the protagonists who wilfully ignore it. later, the ark is locked away - indicating that the US shows restraint from using money creation after wwii

ps - note that the cameras get zapped, too; representing the death of nazi propaganda

much cred to the secret of oz