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Girardian theory describes the kinds of people who have scapegoat potential. It doesn’t prophecy that every insider/outsider will get killed, but that they have
by whiterknight 3y ago
Girardian theory describes the kinds of people who have scapegoat potential. It doesn’t prophecy that every insider/outsider will get killed, but that they have or are a sign of mimetic energy.
We are experiencing capulets vs mortigues.
Girard is also describing ancient origins. He argues the effectiveness and violence of scapegoating is reduced in modern context.
- 082349872349872 3y ago> capulets vs mortigues see also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guelphs_and_Ghibellines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guelphs_and_Ghibellines or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nika_riots#Background https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nika_riots#Background My theory is that any hegemons (lacking significant exterior scapegoat possibilities) sooner or later divide into factions. When I was growing up in the States, there was a significant overlap between the left R wing and the right D wing. Since I left the Old Country, it seems (from afar) like that overlap has disappeared, and maybe there's even unoccupied space where the middle used to be.