Mimetic Desire
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Do You Want What You Want?
To want what the other wants, the same object or status, creates an amplification of desire and blindness to options. According to memetic theory, how this cycle plays out is perhaps we have forgotten about the remote. But as soon as we see Roger's eyes cut towards that remote or his grimy hand reaching for it, well, it triggers in us this impulse to want that thing. This could be the last cookie, right? Now, this could be the girl or the guy that dance that you want. It could be proclaiming ourselves more accomplished or more victimized than any other person.
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