@sarahdoingthing this is both entirely sincere on the part of individuals and a brutally cynical move *by the subcultural egregore*
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@sarahdoingthing at the level of egregores it's a power play--the subculture forces the members of the bigger culture to bow their heads1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing purely symbolic at the individual level, meaningless, who cares? but cold hard cash for the egregore--deference, status2 replies 1 retweet 3 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing now you can take that whole storyline and apply it to the issue of mohammed cartoons--except now the stakes are in blood1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@sarahdoingthing bureaucracy and law is like a skeleton for the most evolved (but slow, brittle) kinds of egregores1 reply 2 retweets 5 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing radically stabilizes their DNA/structure but only metabolically affordable for the biggest (unicellular life doesn't age!)1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@sarahdoingthing alt. metaphor: states/corporations are demonic, are bound to *codes*--circles, contracts, codexes2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing This is very nearly the premise of Max Gladstone's fantasy series, in which wizards and lawyers are the same thing.2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
@GrumplessGrinch @St_Rev @sarahdoingthing strongly second the implicit recommendation here
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