THINGS HIDDEN 49: Darryl Cooper on How Martyrs and Monsters Are Made
David Gornoski
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Is There a Religiosity to Politics?
The state is always the domain of the sacred in some sensefor orardian standpoint. But you can't really see it as well until it stops functioning well, because then you kind of see its zealous beliefs stand out like a sore thumb. A lot of ancient cultures in india, east africa had a ritual of a regular sacrifice of the king himself. This violent action was absolutely required if society was not going to you start going downhill and fall apart. And so when it doesn't work, we see the religiosity of the state. I agree with you. Universal health cur i agree with you this and that. But ye, let's hate them.
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