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Being a victim

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

CHAPTER

Is There a Monotheism?

If we talk about a state or a country, we often talk about it as if it's an individual. But then by the same token, it doesn't make any sense at all, because the state is something that's quite different from an individual. I think that's part of the reason why we develop the idea of a monothe god. We leave the metaphysics out of this for the time being. What's a good way of representing the collective other? Well, judgmental father. That's pretty damn good. And they track your reputation across time that active. You can destroy your reputation very rapidly.

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