The Myth Ritual Complex

Ike: The whole of human culture is death denial. Human beings chase power in order to give themselves a sense of escaping death. Sadism naturally absorbs the fear of death, because by actively manipulating and hating, we keep our organism absorbed in the outside world. We feel we are masters over life and death when we hold the fate of others in our hands. As long as we continue shooting, we think more of killing than of killed. Many modern ideologies have been immortality cults.