Anyone can see that infantile mimetic rivalry, mimesis^{unconstrained}, is everywhere in our world.

Mimesis^constrained is also everywhere, but tragically, or maybe, stupidly, as any reasonable person will tell you.

Why?

We do not have immediate, experiential access to “the unifying object that brings each one of us into relation”.  Instead, we have diverse symbolic orders, different specialized languages, interpellating us, each saying: “Within me is the object worth (competitively) sacrificing yourself for.”

“Within me is the object that will bring you into organization.”