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Rene Girard: Church Father for a Secular Age – James Wilson
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The Spiral of Mimetic Contagion and the Scapegoat Mechanism
This chapter examines mimetic contagion through the lens of social media's role in amplifying unfulfilled desires, which fosters anger and sadness. It discusses the scapegoat mechanism, linking historical and contemporary political polarization to deep-rooted feelings of inner dissatisfaction and vengeance masked as justice.
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