/lit/ - Literature

>>12054444 (nice repeating digits)
>it calls for the open hand and not the closed fist. it is part of the *charm* of the Church that it was able to resolve opposites into itself in ways that contributed to its majesty and did not detract from.
The church has explicitly been set up as an organization seeking reconciliation - dialectic leads to synthesis. Judaism is against reconciliation and undifferentiation - dialectic leads to extremism.
>or at least it's not trending in any directions that i would say are commensurate with what human beings are capable of in a genuinely Level-2 sense.
That's because you're wanting to view humanity from that perspective. I mean, I agree that if cooperation were possible, it would be the best possibility at the largest scales, but... that apocalyptic question hangs over us still, and it's lack of resolution makes Unironic Esoteric Fascism appealing.
>i'm absolutely willing to embrace paradox, which doesn't imply hypocrisy either.
Not always, but I would say in this case it does.
>it's poverty, ignorance, the sad passions that have to be worked on
Is the way to win a duel to refuse to fight?
Is it to turn the other cheek, or to fight back intelligently and with cunning?
And if the other side refuses to give up the fight, what do you do?
You lay down your sword - is that the heroic option in this world, perpetual Crucifixion? My refusal of that possibility is what has lead me here.
All this talk of duels is reminding me of Utena (definitely my favorite anime) and the duel songs.
Check the lyrics on the videos from this channel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak11WgTr7AM&list=RDAk11WgTr7AM&start_radio=1
>>12054486
"Aggression does not exist." Nobody ever believes they started it. The refusal to acknowledge this though is why conflict goes on. I acknowledge it - the Christians acknowledge it. So where's the problem?
If you have an a priori victim, they are the ULTIMATE aggressor, as Girard pointed out - "The Aggressor has always already been attacked." Which is what leads to scapegoating in the first place.
>If you want to move the plot beyond victimization narratives
Where should the plot go? If it's toward reconciliation and peace, those who refuse undifferentiation have to be addressed (I don't like this option because of my own tendency toward differentiation). If it's not toward reconciliation, then war and Unironic Esoteric Fascism become the only real attractive options.
Do nothing is also always a possibility, as is suicide, but those are both the "Might as well be dead" options.