@lukeburgis Or change or not according to a true or false transcendent principle.
@UssamaMakdisi 2/ Ultimately, it transpires that the precarious thread of a 'transcendent falsehood' is all that secures the social bonding and psychological stability of societies complicit in collectively sanctioning 'morally-justified violence' against an internal scapegoat or foreign foe.
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Copy of tweet here: 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. Quote tweet: ‘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/