Lecture IV: The Scapegoat Mechanism | René Girard's Mimetic Theory
Johnathan Bi
The Tower of Babel - Is Everyone Thinking Like Everyone?
In times of large social unrest, we never really have the right solution, at least not fully in view. People tend to vent their anger at something other than that systemic issue. It's precisely at the height of war of all against all, memetic contagion, that we can't just sit down like hobs and make a social contract. What we are concerned about aren't our material interests and reason is impotent. We need catharsis.
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