Following Girard's analysis, Charlie Kirk is a scapegoat. He has unified the left as a miscreant and racist pig (ilhan omar), and for the right, he is a jesus like martyr (300k people at his funeral). His innocence makes him a scapegoat for one Mob with fanantical mimetic contagion, and his guilt makes him a scapegoat for the other leftist Mob of AOC, Jimmy Kimmel etc.. His death demonstrates the powerful cartharsis of a scapegoat, both sides seething with emotion as spirited animals. Girard 's theory is in plain sight over the last week since Charlie's death. And you correctly predict that Charlie's murder will not end the violence forever, or bring everyone together. But he did bring unity to the the seperate mobs. Civilizations are always built on a "founding murder", where everyone is aligned with the mob. All against one. Charlie is not a founding murder, but the scapegoat mechanism is in plain sight. The blood that poured out of Charlie;s neck has brought unity to the right, like I have never seen in decades, and moreso that George Floyd's death, which brought enormous unity to the #BLM mob. The violence continues unabated as you say, ... the cycle of violence will not end. But is punctuated by scapegoats throughout history, and sadly Charlie's murder created 10x more chapters of TurningPointUSA, than all of his rational debate at college campuses. Girard's theory is proven and on full display.
Following Girard's analysis, Charlie Kirk is a scapegoat. He has unified the left as a miscreant and racist pig (ilhan omar), and for the right, he is a jesus like martyr (300k people at his funeral). His innocence makes him a scapegoat for one Mob with fanantical mimetic contagion, and his guilt makes him a scapegoat for the other leftist Mob of AOC, Jimmy Kimmel etc.. His death demonstrates the powerful cartharsis of a scapegoat, both sides seething with emotion as spirited animals. Girard 's theory is in plain sight over the last week since Charlie's death. And you correctly predict that Charlie's murder will not end the violence forever, or bring everyone together. But he did bring unity to the the seperate mobs. Civilizations are always built on a "founding murder", where everyone is aligned with the mob. All against one. Charlie is not a founding murder, but the scapegoat mechanism is in plain sight. The blood that poured out of Charlie;s neck has brought unity to the right, like I have never seen in decades, and moreso that George Floyd's death, which brought enormous unity to the #BLM mob. The violence continues unabated as you say, ... the cycle of violence will not end. But is punctuated by scapegoats throughout history, and sadly Charlie's murder created 10x more chapters of TurningPointUSA, than all of his rational debate at college campuses. Girard's theory is proven and on full display.
Wonderful analysis, and spot on. Thank you for sharing.