Heros, Community & Voluntary Suffering (excerpt)

One of the things I've learned about the hero mythology that I really, really like, is seen in the figure of Christ. Two things are conjured up in that story. There's two kinds of heroes: There's the hero that goes out into the chaos, confronts the dragon of chaos, gathers the treasure as a consequence, and then shares it with the community. That's one. The other form of hero is the hero who stands up against the corrupt state, rattles the foundation of the state, has it collapse, and then reco...
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