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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...

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