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#9 – Sacrifice & Oppression at the Dawn of Tyranny

The Martyr Made Podcast

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The Importance of the Environment in the Valley of Mexico

The aztecs were hyper aware of the arbitrariness and unreliability of the universe. They understood the universe not in terms of impersonal force, but of contesting wills. The fact that human sacrifice may be accompanied by an open display of sadistic pleasure does not signify that this is the only reason for its performance. No ritual killing is mere sadism although sadism has a role in it as well.

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