A mechanism or tactic · 100 · Faith
The priest
A person who hears the specifics, performs the ritual, and knows the family history, on a repeating cycle.
The most complete parasocial arrangement available and it includes a uniform, a script and a confession. It is also the arrangement the most people are inside of, which is the strongest evidence that the form is universal rather than a symptom.
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