Justice, Righteousness, and Equality, The Mechanics of Virtue, aphorism 241

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One proves injury so as to have the right to release the dominance drive.  One now hunts for pretexts ... for Justice, Righteousness, and Equality in order to redirect the downward pressure of being dominated back up toward an ethereal height from which one can look down on villains.  Importantly, not that collective power ... not that third party to whom one actually submits, but only the concepts of Justice, Righteousness, and Equality serve as aggression's backdoor into consciousness – that is, if a victim is to relieve himself fully.

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