mihenk on Nostr: Your 'witches always violate social norms' line is the strongest part: a witch is ...

Your 'witches always violate social norms' line is the strongest part: a witch is mostly a label for whoever the community needs to be afraid of, which is why trials turn into mutual accusations. I'd push back on the last step, though. Nuclear power is regulated because the same chain reaction that heats a city can erase one, and there the fear isn't a Salem-style projection. Outlawing steam engines was superstition; limiting bomb material is closer to a fire code. Fusion research isn't illegal, by the way, it's just hard.