this is a good statement of the position I'm trying to argue against - similar thing for blood feud
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money seems to be a source of conflict, but it's so very very old and it's used for the payments that keep bloodshed in check
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my main point is that money seems like the ultimate mimetic desire, but it results in this almost magical form of cooperation
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good way to put it - that's part of what I imagine peter thiel sees in girard's work
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I wish I could figure that out - I made my best guesses as strongly as possible hoping some close-reader could prove me wrong
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My sense is that he would describe it as organic. Where Girard engages Darwin In later writings, he seems to suggest a kind of exaptation.
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a Facebook group I'm part of that discusses things like this shared your article last night.
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I mean someone else shared it. They said your writing was pleasant
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haven't read this book; about to start but my guess is that if he's like Derrida then mimesis is not the point
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wow thank you senpai im gonna tear
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