“They saw their injured country's woe;
The flaming town, the wasted field;
Then rushed to meet the insulting foe;
They took the spear, - but left the shield.”
―Philip Freneau
Sunday, April 10, 2022
Reciprocity - Is Capitalism a Secular World Religion?
To me it just seems faux reductionist to draw a dotted line from pain avoidance to shared morality. It's an empty theory, just empty enough to be unmistakably French. ;)
Girard brazenly condemns violence like no one will whip his ass for it.
ReplyDelete"Tell me violence is wrong again, bitch!"
::Smacks with baseball bat::
"Uh huh, you like violence, don't you? HEY! Nobody gave you permission to cry out in pain! Now we have to start the lesson over again."
He's a sadist.
ReplyDeleteThe masochist says, "Beat me!"
The sadist says "No!"
To me it just seems faux reductionist to draw a dotted line from pain avoidance to shared morality. It's an empty theory, just empty enough to be unmistakably French. ;)
ReplyDelete"We've ran as far as we can from the Mongols without swimming. Let's surrender."
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