Lawyers are like weapon masters. They quickly pick up and become proficient with various ideas and fight people with them.
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Debates are like sword fights, the one who is disarmed loses. E.g. a contradiction brought to light is light losing your sword. An “honorable” duel is fought without weapons. Neither side can lose their weapon because they’re fighting with “pure” extensions of the self.
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When someone stuffers or babbles incoherently in a debate it shows that they’re just using a weapon as opposed to arguing from the heart. They reveal themselves as mercenaries, not warriors.
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Society has a mercenary-creating effect starting from the school system. E.g. if my tribe uses spears, then they are trained to use all sorts of spears.
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This can create a situation where each member is identified with their spear. They think they are fighting from the heart when they are actually using a weapon. When they get disarmed by an outsider using strange ideas and weapons, they feel violated.
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A lawyer can take defeat in stride more easily b/c it’s just a job. If losing your sword has the same emotional damage as losing your hand, you’re retaliation is going to be more severe, escalating towards war.
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There’s a trope about this too. The batman or kung-fu master taking out gun and knife wielding bad guys with just their bare fists.
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