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Parasitic Language Games: maintaining ambiguity to hide conflict while burning the commons ( naturalhazard.xyz )

“They are playing a game. They are playing at not playing a game. If I show them I see they are, I shall break the rules and they will punish me. I must play their game, of not seeing I see the game” - R. D. Laing

Excerpt from "Self and Others" on Ambiguity, Implication, and Double Binds ( naturalhazard.xyz )

When I first read Knots by R. D. Laing back in 2019 I got chills. I felt like I immediately recognized the sorts of interpersonal dynamics he was describing, and this was the first time I'd see someone shine such an intense spotlight on them. Since then Laing has been in the back of my mind, and recently I've been reading...

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