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Big Other (Aphorism 6)

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The Big Other Is Not Just Saying, Obey the Law, Right?

The big other is in some way the source of our social norms, right? In some way. But itth h the actions that it authorizes are almost always actions that transgress another kind,. like either the law or some other kind of norm. Like the the texas people not wearing masks. Theyre clearly transgressing this communaly. And here my, my mam's husband feels like he can go up and certainly violates social mores, right? The big other is compelling him to do that. That also ends u being part of iteology, which an, you can see why people, you don't make that straight swap.

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