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Lecture IV: The Scapegoat Mechanism | René Girard's Mimetic Theory

Johnathan Bi

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The Problem With Scaveging Is That It's a Lies

The Ly, which grounds the founding murder, is often a lie in only degree and not kind. The source of deceit lies in mimesis' memetic unanimity. We are creatures who can believe in lies insofar as others around us do as well. It is our memetic capacity that overpowers our ability to reason.

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