Yeah, I recently listened to Thiel talking about Girard on Tyler Cowan's podcast. Having read several books by Girard years ago, it seemed like he took almost the opposite conclusions from him that I had. In I See Satan Fall Like Lightning, Girard's conclusion (as I recall) is that Jesus broke the machine of justifying violence to control violence. The only options left for the world now are self-destruction or forgiveness. How you get from that to Thiel's politics is baffling.
Very insightful with well explained nuances of this theory, which is new to me. I do grow tired of insisting that our choices (in politics, religion, etc) should be based on what is right or equal to all instead of what’s easy or comfortable. We don’t allow time for adjustment and appropriate solutions. Example: a societal shift to more women in the workforce, creating childcare and family breakdowns in some cases, should necessitate our advice for women to just stay home and have more babies.
Yeah, I recently listened to Thiel talking about Girard on Tyler Cowan's podcast. Having read several books by Girard years ago, it seemed like he took almost the opposite conclusions from him that I had. In I See Satan Fall Like Lightning, Girard's conclusion (as I recall) is that Jesus broke the machine of justifying violence to control violence. The only options left for the world now are self-destruction or forgiveness. How you get from that to Thiel's politics is baffling.
Very insightful with well explained nuances of this theory, which is new to me. I do grow tired of insisting that our choices (in politics, religion, etc) should be based on what is right or equal to all instead of what’s easy or comfortable. We don’t allow time for adjustment and appropriate solutions. Example: a societal shift to more women in the workforce, creating childcare and family breakdowns in some cases, should necessitate our advice for women to just stay home and have more babies.