I could not read this. In the very first paragraph the author lays out the foundations for what I assume must be the rest of the essay in which he categorically

I could not read this. In the very first paragraph the author lays out the foundations for what I assume must be the rest of the essay in which he categorically states: "Managing (...) violence is the secret reason for all religious and political institutions". Either the introduction is misleading, in which case I lose interest anyway, or this type of absolutist reductionism is actually what inspires the essay, in which case I lose interest too. For people who actually believe such, please try to imagine that something as vast and all encompassing as religious and political institutions owe their existence to more than one single factor, "secret" or not.