The Shamans and the Chieftain

Modern revenge culture, explained by Mrs. and Mr. Alito

            We have the rule of law so as not to have a culture of revenge.

            For much of human history, it was an eye for an eye, as we read in the Bible.  In a revenge culture, a chieftain decides who is to blame, and the shamans explain how the blood and chaos is just and necessary.

In the Greek tragedies of Aeschylus and Euripide…