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by whiterknight
816 days ago
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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 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. |
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see also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guelphs_and_Ghibellines
or 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.