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Koenigsberg’s Law of Sacrifice
to prove the truth of their sacred ideologies.”
Dear Colleague,
According to my hypothesis, the Law of Sacrifice operates regardless of the nature of the ideology. We may like or may not like the ideology (judge it to be “good” or “bad”). According to this law, it doesn’t matter. Societies seek to validate (prove the truth of) their sacred ideologies by dying and killing for them.
One may sacrifice one’s own people—or kill “others.” Either way, the underlying dynamic is the same. A society generates episodes of killing, maiming and the destruction of property (wars, genocidal movements and/or acts of terror) in order to prove that its sacred ideology is powerful, real and true.
Please write to me at rakoenigsberg@earthlink.net providing evidence/documentation that either proves or falsifies the Law of Sacrifice.
Best regards,
Richard Koenigsberg
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Well over two hundred million people died as a result of violent acts generated by societies in the Twentieth Century. Collective forms of violence in the form of war, genocide and terrorism continue to dominate the Twenty-First Century. Journalists and historians provide accounts of the recurring episodes of political violence. But do we really understand the causes and meanings of what has occurred?
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