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4/ But such 'sanctioned violence' at the heart of all conventional cultures is now no longer distinguishable from the ‘unofficial’ violence it opposes. The reciprocities of sacred violence and counter-violence are spinning completely out of control.

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Nick Routledge@nick_routledge · 28 May 2020

While we have so far been too preoccupied with its many symptoms to realize it, what we are witnessing is the passing of a historical epoch during which the sacrificial mechanism for resolving violence, violently, still functioned. 5/

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