The Law of Group Polarization
And an invitation to a group that operates according to a different law.
First things first: I wrote a Substack post on the mimetic process of cancel culture that went out to premium subscribers only on Sunday—just in case you missed me.
Please bear with me for 30 seconds while I give you a short elevator pitch on going premium—because it’s related to some exciting things in the works—and then we’ll get straight to the Girardian topic of this week’s newsletter: polarization.
Let me be clear: you’ll still get the kind of value I hope you’ve come to expect here as a free subscriber. In this edition, I’m going to share with you one of the most fascinating pieces of research related to mimetic theory that I’ve ever come across.
But as the publication of Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life nears (June 1st, if you haven’t pre-ordered yet…), I’ll be transitioning a portion of these newsletters to premium subscribers only.
Anti-Mimetic was always meant to be “Wanting, Continued” in some respects—with the intention that it would lead to the formati…