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redemptive-violence-feels-right-but-still-needs-enemies

We expect the world put right when the bad are overcome and the good prevail; redemptive violence feels obvious. But a salvation won by force still depends on enemies and gathers unity by opposition. It moves within the same story, only with greater strength. Rests on: [[the-scapegoat-mechanism-buys-unity-through-a-blamed-other]]

Provenance

Original — no external source.

Holding

Zero holding — a leaf in the rests-on graph.

Rests on:

the-scapegoat-mechanism-buys-unity-through-a-blamed-other

Held by (1 claims rest on this):

turning-the-other-cheek-refuses-both-retaliation-and-submission