Something Happened In Paradise: Thermidor In America: A Thesis, 1963-2008

Thermidor is just another way of saying Inquisition. At a point in time, the structure is in trouble. You either fix the structure, or you start shooting the people – in the life of a complex group called a society. The shooting of people in a complex group, randomly constituted – on account of the structure – is what we call an Inquisition.