“All are drawn unwittingly into the structure of violent reciprocity -which they always think they are outside of- because they all initially come from the outside and mistake this positional and temporary advantage for a permanent and fundamental superiority.”
~René Girard
— René Girard Quotes (@Renegirard1923) August 19, 2018
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The froth of social media, with its chatter, perpetual moral one-upmanship and projection of a false self makes this thought especially germane – but ’twas ever thus.
Séamus Sweeney 