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Thick Desires, Political Atheism, and Living an Anti-Mimetic Life

The Art of Manliness

CHAPTER

The Importance of Positive Mimetic Desire

Mimetic desire can be a good or bad thing. Sometimes we see things that seem like they're making someone have a great life, but once you pursue it and get it, "this really sucks" It's just kind of what it means to be human. The models that we allow ourselves to be affected by are important because the mimetic desire can go in negative rivalrous ways.

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