people in sacred roles priests jesters scholars women, especially pregnant children kings healers journalists scientists soldiers students racial minorities the homeless the aged counselors
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3. permanently destroying most types of sacred roles, defined at a high level of abstraction, is probably impossible and in the long run revolutionaries will always fail to achieve this end. This is because of magic.
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4. roles may not be permanently destroyed, but when the humans playing these roles fail to uphold their obligations they will lose their sacred status 5. you might think of this as a generalization of losing the mandate of heaven
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6. Reviewing my list of sacred roles I am sorry to say most current actors and institutions are on the chopping block. Google "dragonlance cataclysm" good luck
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Oh 7. When members of a role simply refuse to perform their obligations their privileges are shortly forfeit
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8. Conservatives are relatively comfortable with sacred roles and their preservation and perpetuation, at least in theory; perhaps they defined by this trait. 9. Systemization is the death of the sacred.pic.twitter.com/9bR8ht1rme
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Hm, relevant thread though more talking about sacredness of objects, buildings (I had in mind recent statue controversy): https://twitter.com/resonantpyre/status/1276269771709804544?s=21 …https://twitter.com/ResonantPyre/status/1276269771709804544 …
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