308 | Johnathan Bi: René Girard, Mimetic Theory, and Confronting the Apocalypse
The Realignment
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The Second Intuition in Philanthropy
The transition from gift economy to modern day capitalism and eventually get to China is really with the introduction of money. Marshall McLuhan: What appears to be a purely material arena actually is about a trafficking of social rewards. He says there usually have to be long periods of gaps between gift and counter gifts that are prescribed by ritual or tradition. McMullen: Money allows us to transact much more much more frequently and with much less violence.
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