Barry UnsworthThe mind is constituted to accept the god of the more powerful. If you have to choose between the god of the slave owner and the god of the enslaved, naturally you will choose the former .. .
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The Mind is not made to accept the god of the larger society or of the more powerful individual. It is made to accept the God of the one who is both the slave-owner and the enslaved.
Source: Sacred Hunger
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