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337. In Response to Netanyahu | Maajid Nawaz
The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
What Is the Essence of the Predator?
The most sophisticated metaphysical solution to that problem of externalized oppressor narrative is it's the spiritualization of that. The serpent in Genesis becomes assimilated to the figure of Lucifer and Mephistopheles,. And Satan, this is Milton's take in particular, Satan is identified with the serpent. It's not predator as such, it's a specific predator, a snake or a bear or a wolf. But then you might think, well, you need a more global and coherent representation of predator. And that's what a dragon is. A dragon is a meta predator. We want to offload the moral burden onto those we regard as essentially demonic in their motivation. That's part of
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