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“The targeting of the occupant of the center is always extremely dangerous and is most likely the original scapegoating (the scapegoating of marginal figures and groups is very much a modern appropriation of the concept—those with real or perceived power are scapegoated [that “perceived” can do a lot of work, though])—it necessarily prefigures civil war precisely in the hope that it can be unanimous.”

— Adam Katz, Thirdness and the Same Sentence · Jun 14, 2024 · Bouvard Substack