like the strategy of an exclusive tradition infiltrating/syncretizing with an inclusive one and then regularizing on its own lines
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some historian alleged german polytheism was open enough that if praying to odin didn't work hey why not give christ a try
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you see things like hammer icons with crosses on them. raedwald of east anglia just straight up put an altar in a pagan temple
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exploit openness then close the tradition to further entry. compare christianization with twitter leveraging sms and restricting its own api
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I think this called "cultural inheritance" (different from cultural heritage, though it sounds like it would be the same.)
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@nntaleb's stuff about minority influence, especially as regards food (halal in England).Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Wasn't it Microsoft who (internally) named it "Embrace, Extend, Extinguish?"
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Wasn't that the whole MO of the Jesuits?
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Source (please)?
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