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Why People Give Up Freedom W/ Prof. Mattias Desmet #331

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What Is the Purpose of a Ritual?

The more absurd a behavior is, the better it serves its function as a ritual. Rituals have to be practical and phragmatically meaningless so they can demand sacrifices of the individual. The corona measures are absurd without practical relevance most of them. They imply huge losses for the individuals which makes them very useful in creating new cohesion among group members.

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