Nick Routledge@nick_routledge
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‘Sacred violence provides the state with its legitimacy and fuels the optimism and idolatry of the patriot. It sanctions the judiciary, justifies class distinctions, bestows privilege on the ‘best people’ and dignifies the executioner.’ - Robert Hamerton-Kelly 4/

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Quoted byRT @nick_routledge: @MelissaFloBix Niebhur noted that not only is kindness no protection from the prey of delusion, but that kind folk, _especially_, underestimate their own capacity for self deception. Rohr, too, echoes Girard in noting the scapegoat mechanism as mimetic, unconscious, automatic and universal.Quoted by@MelissaFloBix Niebhur noted that not only is kindness no protection from the prey of delusion, but that kind folk, _especially_, underestimate their own capacity for self deception. Rohr, too, echoes Girard in noting the scapegoat mechanism as mimetic, unconscious, automatic and universal.