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this produces a blindspot where you become unable to acknowledge sins that you haven't been able to classify as whiteness, patriarchy, etc. e.g. emotional manipulation and abuse by women (unless they're white! then you can use "white feminism")
we might talk in terms of there being a "concept economy," and of ideologies competing to satisfy demand for concepts like "a concept of sin" and "a concept of virtue"
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"concept economy" raises the question: where is the emerging demand for genuinely new concepts (not just old concepts that were taken off the market) and what do people need those new concepts for?
One question this raises is: what are the true/best hole-fillers (or else hole-descriptors)? Your using "sin" and "virtue" seems to suggest these are the right names.
i think it's a matter of skillful means. sin and virtue have a long history and are deeply embedded in the fabric of western civilization. moving to them from more confused concepts may be helpful. but there are confusions embedded in them still, i think
The way I’ve thought of this is with the term “mimetic niche.” If there is a “god meme”, it occupies some cognitive niche - it explains and predicts certain signals, while producing others. Each “x shaped hole” would be its own niche.
yes, the ecosystem metaphor is also very apt and maybe even more so! positions memes and clusters of memes as more active agents rather than just commodities to be consumed by a market
I find myself thinking that Americans are really psychologically compromised in ways that, ironically, I probably will never fully be able to appreciate
I think I know what you mean, but can you elaborate on "psychologically compromised"?
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