967: #NewAmericanCivilWar: January 6 and the revenge cycle. Michael E Vlahos: @JHUWorldCrisis; #newamericancivilwar
Image: Engraving (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engraving) by Gustave Doré (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave_Dor%C3%A9) illustrating the Erinyes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erinyes) , chthonic (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chthonic) deities of vengeance and death. #NewAmericanCivilWar: January 6 and the revenge cycle. Michael E Vlahos: @JHUWorldCrisis; #newamericancivilwar Michael E Vlahos: @JHUWorldCrisis; Johns Hopkins; in re: Londinium. Tiberius elevated one of his servants, then feared that he’d try to succeed the emperor, so “erased” him. A revenge cycle is an inescapable snare, cannot be disentangled or escaped. The desire for revenge lays down unimpeachable authority, is too irresistible an affirmation of one’s own power to be foregone. Here: Blue has appealed to our better spirits, yet proposes to achieve reconciliation via massive public displays of punishment. Blue’s goal has been to overthrow the president since day one, which has caused much anger among his supporters. The rage has finally bubbled over, is now met with a desire to inflame it. Within one country: alienation, submission and punishment creates a revenge cycle. The women’s march on Versailles. Expect more moments of calm but easily followed by more violence. Today, violence threatened; at some point, violence threatened becomes actual violence.