The Scapegoat Is the Only Thing That Will Unite a Community in Memetic Violence

The scapegoat unites a community that's embroiled in memetic violence, which would otherwise destroy itself. The only thing that will unite them together is a shared contempt for and hatred of the scapegoat. So what ends up happening in a short time later is that the scapegoat almost always in ancient cultures is worshiped. They'll build a shrine over the site where the scapegoat was killed. And they'll do something like that because the scapegoat takes on like a sacred power as it's the only thing that can solve their problem.

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