Have you read Paul Kingsnorths's substack essay "Watch the Great Fall: Beyond Progress and Nostalgia"? As I was reading your essay I often found myself wondering, had you read his essay before writing your own, would your essay have remained the same, been slightly altered, or radically revised?
I have an idea on what exactly is causing the proposed lack of meaning. This comment is addressed to the author, and intended to point out a number of subconscious mimetic processes within the author's thinking.
I would like to start by pointing to a book, "the Scapegoat" by Rene Girard. If you would like further details in the Scapegoating mechanism look into Girard's work.
At a very basic layer the scapegoat is an ostracized other that codifies a societal hierarchy. Creating a defined center and margin.
Throughout history we collectively and unconsciously persecute the other, through group mimesis. This unconscious group mimicry gave rise to early primitive religion, culminating in the body of Christ.
Jesus took on the aspect of the scapegoat in it's pan ultimate form, as the wholely innocent persecuted other. His death signified a shift in thinking, the scapegoat mechanism was made conscious by Christ's crucifixion and became inoperable as a result.
This shift from archaic thinking began our march towards the unified technological society we see today.
Here is where meaning begins to fade. For a very specific reason that doesn't seem obvious.
We have begun to internalize the teachings of Jesus into unconscious group mimesis.
What that means is Christianity is becoming implicit biases, as opposed to having to be explicitly acted out.
Unconsciously we are mimicking Christ, as a collective; but it is in the imitation of Christ that the anti-Christ is born.
In our imitation of Christ we have unconsciously internalized the Scapegoat. Collectively acting out both innocent victim, and Persecutor.
The mimetic quality of online interactions has created as massive Scapegoating engine. Where we have collectively decided, it's us that are the problem. The inversion and internalization of the scapegoat has become a meme. We are committing mimetic suicide on a genocidal scale.
I will now show you how you have internalized the Scapegoat into your thinking. With a passage from the above article.
"The mendacity of man, in concert with inter-dimensional evil forces, renders us vulnerable to a malignancy more overwhelming than our various copes and dopes."
This opening to the passage shows the main stereotype of persecution. Dehumanization of the scapegoat. Not only by comparison to disease in the form of addiction, but comparison to malignant other worldly forces.
This puts you in the roll of persecutor.
In the next passage you use supporting arguments to your persecution.
"We distract ourselves through hobbies, or sex, or fandom, or drugs, or careers. But these are therapeutics. Therapeutics are death delays."
The end of the paragraph is where it gets interesting.
"Evil requires action and eradication, and heroes willing to rise up. We need healing, we need meaning."
This is where you become the victim. Both victim and persecutor. Unconsciously calling for the eradication of the collective man.
Everyone is doing this. The unconscious inversion and internalization of the Scapegoat is why we lack meaning. Fueled by the massive mimetic engine of the internet, we bring our own destruction on purpose.
Luckily the Scapegoat mechanism is made inoperable by being made conscious.
I may be one of the first to be made aware of this behavior within themself. Unconscious group mimesis is very difficult to properly articulate as conscious insight.
The first tendency of understanding the inversion of the Scapegoat, will be to use it to Scapegoat. You will see it in other people, and frame your mind in victim persecutor modality in relation to their inversion of the scapegoat. You have to be able to see it within yourself.
I have an idea on what exactly is causing the proposed lack of meaning. This comment is addressed to the author, and intended to point out a number of subconscious mimetic processes within the author's thinking.
I would like to start by pointing to a book, "the Scapegoat" by Rene Girard. If you would like further details in the Scapegoating mechanism look into Girard's work.
At a very basic layer the scapegoat is an ostracized other that codifies a societal hierarchy. Creating a defined center and margin.
Throughout history we collectively and unconsciously persecute the other, through group mimesis. This unconscious group mimicry gave rise to early primitive religion, culminating in the body of Christ.
Jesus took on the aspect of the scapegoat in it's pan ultimate form, as the wholely innocent persecuted other. His death signified a shift in thinking, the scapegoat mechanism was made conscious by Christ's crucifixion and became inoperable as a result.
This shift from archaic thinking began our march towards the unified technological society we see today.
Here is where meaning begins to fade. For a very specific reason that doesn't seem obvious.
We have begun to internalize the teachings of Jesus into unconscious group mimesis.
What that means is Christianity is becoming implicit biases, as opposed to having to be explicitly acted out.
Unconsciously we are mimicking Christ, as a collective; but it is in the imitation of Christ that the anti-Christ is born.
In our imitation of Christ we have unconsciously internalized the Scapegoat. Collectively acting out both innocent victim, and Persecutor.
The mimetic quality of online interactions has created as massive Scapegoating engine. Where we have collectively decided, it's us that are the problem. The inversion and internalization of the scapegoat has become a meme. We are committing mimetic suicide on a genocidal scale.
I will now show you how you have internalized the Scapegoat into your thinking. With a passage from the above article.
"The mendacity of man, in concert with inter-dimensional evil forces, renders us vulnerable to a malignancy more overwhelming than our various copes and dopes."
This opening to the passage shows the main stereotype of persecution. Dehumanization of the scapegoat. Not only by comparison to disease in the form of addiction, but comparison to malignant other worldly forces.
This puts you in the roll of persecutor.
In the next passage you use supporting arguments to your persecution.
"We distract ourselves through hobbies, or sex, or fandom, or drugs, or careers. But these are therapeutics. Therapeutics are death delays."
The end of the paragraph is where it gets interesting.
"Evil requires action and eradication, and heroes willing to rise up. We need healing, we need meaning."
This is where you become the victim. Both victim and persecutor. Unconsciously calling for the eradication of the collective man.
Everyone is doing this. The unconscious inversion and internalization of the Scapegoat is why we lack meaning. Fueled by the massive mimetic engine of the internet, we bring our own destruction on purpose.
Luckily the Scapegoat mechanism is made inoperable by being made conscious.
I may be one of the first to be made aware of this behavior within themself. Unconscious group mimesis is very difficult to properly articulate as conscious insight.
The first tendency of understanding the inversion of the Scapegoat, will be to use it to Scapegoat. You will see it in other people, and frame your mind in victim persecutor modality in relation to their inversion of the scapegoat. You have to be able to see it within yourself.
Enjoying your substack man!
Have you read Paul Kingsnorths's substack essay "Watch the Great Fall: Beyond Progress and Nostalgia"? As I was reading your essay I often found myself wondering, had you read his essay before writing your own, would your essay have remained the same, been slightly altered, or radically revised?
I have an idea on what exactly is causing the proposed lack of meaning. This comment is addressed to the author, and intended to point out a number of subconscious mimetic processes within the author's thinking.
I would like to start by pointing to a book, "the Scapegoat" by Rene Girard. If you would like further details in the Scapegoating mechanism look into Girard's work.
At a very basic layer the scapegoat is an ostracized other that codifies a societal hierarchy. Creating a defined center and margin.
Throughout history we collectively and unconsciously persecute the other, through group mimesis. This unconscious group mimicry gave rise to early primitive religion, culminating in the body of Christ.
Jesus took on the aspect of the scapegoat in it's pan ultimate form, as the wholely innocent persecuted other. His death signified a shift in thinking, the scapegoat mechanism was made conscious by Christ's crucifixion and became inoperable as a result.
This shift from archaic thinking began our march towards the unified technological society we see today.
Here is where meaning begins to fade. For a very specific reason that doesn't seem obvious.
We have begun to internalize the teachings of Jesus into unconscious group mimesis.
What that means is Christianity is becoming implicit biases, as opposed to having to be explicitly acted out.
Unconsciously we are mimicking Christ, as a collective; but it is in the imitation of Christ that the anti-Christ is born.
In our imitation of Christ we have unconsciously internalized the Scapegoat. Collectively acting out both innocent victim, and Persecutor.
The mimetic quality of online interactions has created as massive Scapegoating engine. Where we have collectively decided, it's us that are the problem. The inversion and internalization of the scapegoat has become a meme. We are committing mimetic suicide on a genocidal scale.
I will now show you how you have internalized the Scapegoat into your thinking. With a passage from the above article.
"The mendacity of man, in concert with inter-dimensional evil forces, renders us vulnerable to a malignancy more overwhelming than our various copes and dopes."
This opening to the passage shows the main stereotype of persecution. Dehumanization of the scapegoat. Not only by comparison to disease in the form of addiction, but comparison to malignant other worldly forces.
This puts you in the roll of persecutor.
In the next passage you use supporting arguments to your persecution.
"We distract ourselves through hobbies, or sex, or fandom, or drugs, or careers. But these are therapeutics. Therapeutics are death delays."
The end of the paragraph is where it gets interesting.
"Evil requires action and eradication, and heroes willing to rise up. We need healing, we need meaning."
This is where you become the victim. Both victim and persecutor. Unconsciously calling for the eradication of the collective man.
Everyone is doing this. The unconscious inversion and internalization of the Scapegoat is why we lack meaning. Fueled by the massive mimetic engine of the internet, we bring our own destruction on purpose.
Luckily the Scapegoat mechanism is made inoperable by being made conscious.
I may be one of the first to be made aware of this behavior within themself. Unconscious group mimesis is very difficult to properly articulate as conscious insight.
The first tendency of understanding the inversion of the Scapegoat, will be to use it to Scapegoat. You will see it in other people, and frame your mind in victim persecutor modality in relation to their inversion of the scapegoat. You have to be able to see it within yourself.
I have an idea on what exactly is causing the proposed lack of meaning. This comment is addressed to the author, and intended to point out a number of subconscious mimetic processes within the author's thinking.
I would like to start by pointing to a book, "the Scapegoat" by Rene Girard. If you would like further details in the Scapegoating mechanism look into Girard's work.
At a very basic layer the scapegoat is an ostracized other that codifies a societal hierarchy. Creating a defined center and margin.
Throughout history we collectively and unconsciously persecute the other, through group mimesis. This unconscious group mimicry gave rise to early primitive religion, culminating in the body of Christ.
Jesus took on the aspect of the scapegoat in it's pan ultimate form, as the wholely innocent persecuted other. His death signified a shift in thinking, the scapegoat mechanism was made conscious by Christ's crucifixion and became inoperable as a result.
This shift from archaic thinking began our march towards the unified technological society we see today.
Here is where meaning begins to fade. For a very specific reason that doesn't seem obvious.
We have begun to internalize the teachings of Jesus into unconscious group mimesis.
What that means is Christianity is becoming implicit biases, as opposed to having to be explicitly acted out.
Unconsciously we are mimicking Christ, as a collective; but it is in the imitation of Christ that the anti-Christ is born.
In our imitation of Christ we have unconsciously internalized the Scapegoat. Collectively acting out both innocent victim, and Persecutor.
The mimetic quality of online interactions has created as massive Scapegoating engine. Where we have collectively decided, it's us that are the problem. The inversion and internalization of the scapegoat has become a meme. We are committing mimetic suicide on a genocidal scale.
I will now show you how you have internalized the Scapegoat into your thinking. With a passage from the above article.
"The mendacity of man, in concert with inter-dimensional evil forces, renders us vulnerable to a malignancy more overwhelming than our various copes and dopes."
This opening to the passage shows the main stereotype of persecution. Dehumanization of the scapegoat. Not only by comparison to disease in the form of addiction, but comparison to malignant other worldly forces.
This puts you in the roll of persecutor.
In the next passage you use supporting arguments to your persecution.
"We distract ourselves through hobbies, or sex, or fandom, or drugs, or careers. But these are therapeutics. Therapeutics are death delays."
The end of the paragraph is where it gets interesting.
"Evil requires action and eradication, and heroes willing to rise up. We need healing, we need meaning."
This is where you become the victim. Both victim and persecutor. Unconsciously calling for the eradication of the collective man.
Everyone is doing this. The unconscious inversion and internalization of the Scapegoat is why we lack meaning. Fueled by the massive mimetic engine of the internet, we bring our own destruction on purpose.
Luckily the Scapegoat mechanism is made inoperable by being made conscious.
I may be one of the first to be made aware of this behavior within themself. Unconscious group mimesis is very difficult to properly articulate as conscious insight.
The first tendency of understanding the inversion of the Scapegoat, will be to use it to Scapegoat. You will see it in other people, and frame your mind in victim persecutor modality in relation to their inversion of the scapegoat. You have to be able to see it within yourself.