> This scapegoat's death unites the community again. The victim gets mythologized, inscribed into sacrificial rites that control future rivalries. When these sa

> This scapegoat's death unites the community again. The victim gets mythologized, inscribed into sacrificial rites that control future rivalries. When these sacrificial mechanisms weaken, rivalry intensifies. People like Thiel, Musk or Trump certainly became sacrificial lambs. You don't have to like either of them or any of the ideas they propose. But I think the "criticism" of them certainly looks like they might be onto something. I don't personally believe it is correct in generael, but there certainly is a subset that needs this religious hate. There is little self-reflection, only that they often tend to diagnose this hate in others.