Lawgolem
(noun)
Pronunciation: /ˈlɔ -ˌɡoʊləm/
Definition:
1. A person deliberately manufactured, manipulated, or entrapped by state or institutional power to bear criminal charges, blame, or punishment, often as a tool for political, intelligence, or security agendas.
2. By extension: an expendable scapegoat constructed through legal or quasi-legal processes, stripped of autonomy and used as an instrument of power.
Etymology:
From law + golem (a legendary figure of Jewish folklore, an artificial being animated to serve its creator’s will).
Plural: lawgolems or (rare, literary) lawgolemim (echoing the Hebrew plural -im).
Derivatives:
lawgolemic (adj.) relating to or resembling the condition of being a lawgolem.
lawgolemic statecraft: governance strategy involving the creation of expendable scapegoats.
lawgolemisation (n.) the process of turning a person into a lawgolem.
to lawgolemise (verb) to manipulate someone into becoming a lawgolem.
lawgolemhood (n.) the state of existing as a lawgolem.
(noun)
Pronunciation: /ˈlɔ -ˌɡoʊləm/
Definition:
1. A person deliberately manufactured, manipulated, or entrapped by state or institutional power to bear criminal charges, blame, or punishment, often as a tool for political, intelligence, or security agendas.
2. By extension: an expendable scapegoat constructed through legal or quasi-legal processes, stripped of autonomy and used as an instrument of power.
Etymology:
From law + golem (a legendary figure of Jewish folklore, an artificial being animated to serve its creator’s will).
Plural: lawgolems or (rare, literary) lawgolemim (echoing the Hebrew plural -im).
Derivatives:
lawgolemic (adj.) relating to or resembling the condition of being a lawgolem.
lawgolemic statecraft: governance strategy involving the creation of expendable scapegoats.
lawgolemisation (n.) the process of turning a person into a lawgolem.
to lawgolemise (verb) to manipulate someone into becoming a lawgolem.
lawgolemhood (n.) the state of existing as a lawgolem.
“The whistleblower was turned into a lawgolem to deflect scrutiny from the agency.”
“History is littered with lawgolems, constructed villains serving state narratives.”
“He feared lawgolemisation more than prison itself.”
“History is littered with lawgolems, constructed villains serving state narratives.”
“He feared lawgolemisation more than prison itself.”
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