Hammurabi Lives!
Things that recur and recur and recur may be telling you something.
The tribal law of retaliation, (Lex Talionis = Tit-for-Tat), was written by the ancient lawmaker Hammurabi during the period 2285-2242 BC. It has been ridiculed as crude and primitive but probably was a real philosophical advance for the time. It was actually an effort to eliminate tribal justice that would hold groups responsible for individual acts and individuals for group acts. The Feud. Hatfield and McCoy thinking.
What does this "primitive " thinking remind you of? Right. Identity politics.
Ours is a primitive time, disguised by Chanel and noble proclamations.
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