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Lecture VII: The One Who Withholds | René Girard's Mimetic Theory

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Capitalism Channels Violence

Capitalism and capitalistic competition then is a guard against violence because it atomizes us but it's also a generator of violence. You may say then that with capitalism and law, we never have any true peace which only violent catharsis can bring about. What we have is superficial peace covering an ocean of violent energies. We are in a state of suspended polarity that could burst at any moment. The same drive that drove Achilles to kill Hector, a Germany to invade France, and Caesar to capture versioned generics that underpins our world economy today.

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