Comment on Peter Thiel on "Founder as Victim, Founder as God"Comments−gruseom14yThe victim/god identity, along with the scapegoat theory of culture described in the lecture, derives from the interesting French thinker (and Stanford prof) René Girard.−Eliezer14y(Of whom Peter Thiel is a known fan.)−elderberry14yit actually comes from batmanvengeful, vigilante, uses fear and intimidation, but fights crime and never kills peopleparanoid, schizoid, extremely brilliantorphan billionaire philanthropistextreme insider+outsider−jlipps14yI actually think Christopher Nolan or whoever else was involved in writing the recen batman movies are also familiar with Girard:http://www.jonathanlipps.com/blog/2008/07/the-dark-knight-an...
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The victim/god identity, along with the scapegoat theory of culture described in the lecture, derives from the interesting French thinker (and Stanford prof) René Girard.
(Of whom Peter Thiel is a known fan.)
it actually comes from batman
vengeful, vigilante, uses fear and intimidation, but fights crime and never kills people
paranoid, schizoid, extremely brilliant
orphan billionaire philanthropist
extreme insider+outsider
I actually think Christopher Nolan or whoever else was involved in writing the recen batman movies are also familiar with Girard:
http://www.jonathanlipps.com/blog/2008/07/the-dark-knight-an...