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    It is not the case that An absolute standard with no institutional mediation is structurally more tyrannical than one administered through fallible priests who can grant absolution.

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    • 1.Priests become gatekeepers controlling access to moral redemption, enabling extortion, manipulation, and subjective favoritism disguised as mercy.
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    • 2.Institutional mediation obscures responsibility, making it harder to identify and punish injustice compared to transparent, impersonal rules.
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    • 3.Fallible priests administering absolute standards simply create two layers of tyranny: the standard plus institutional corruption compounding it.
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    • 1.Unmediated absolute standards demand perfect compliance with no mercy, creating psychological terror and impossible conformity pressures.
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    • 2.Institutional intermediaries create appeal mechanisms and discretionary judgment, allowing human dignity and contextual fairness in enforcement.
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    • 3.Absolute standards are often applied by whoever holds coercive power with no accountability, whereas institutions distribute power among fallible actors.
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