Though I dont ultimately agree with all of it, I found Rene Guenon’s description of human sacrifices to be fascinating.

I used to get hostility on forums for not piling on banned members. Something akin to “Yea he was an asshole and wrong about X, but I agree with him about Y, and theres no evidence he was a criminal as Z alleged.”

Mobs need to cull the independent voices, and they want to absolve themselves of guilt for the culling. So anyone reminds them of their guilt must be culled too, and everyone must be made to be complicit so the guilt is shared by all.

Ill take my shed in the woods, thank you.