In abuse structures the abused and abuser are interchangeable positions.

Evidence

Of course, the dyschronic nature of the Overlook’s abusive causality — events stored in the psyche will yield their effects only after time has elapsed — has implications for Danny’s future as well. As Metz puts it: “When Jack chases Danny into the maze with ax in hand and states, ‘I’m right behind you Danny’, he is predicting Danny’s future as well as trying to scare the boy. […] [T]he patriarchal beast is within [Danny] as well.” Jack might as well be saying, “I’m just ahead of you, Danny”: I am what you will become. In the Overlook, a child is always being beaten, and the position of the abused and the position of the abuser are places in a structure. It is all-too-easy for the abused to become the abuser. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 544

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to ch25’s material on the death-drive superego and ch10’s objectification thesis. — connects to: Violent abuse and competitive protection are often indistinguishable in practice — Diego Gambetta, The Sicilian Mafia The Business of…, 493; Eradicative and status-maintaining violence are fundamentally different; Patriarchy, purity culture, and authoritarian clergy jointly create abuse-prone environments — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne: How White…, 632 (+1 more)
• ADDENDUM: Relevant to the sacrifice article’s interest in generational transmission of violence.

Broader Connections

• The discipline-abuse boundary reflects institutional social power, not empirical discontinuities in parental acts #corroborates (0.80) — , The Rod and the Child, 10371
• Violent abuse and competitive protection are often indistinguishable in practice #expands (0.75) — Diego Gambetta, The Sicilian Mafia The Business of…, 493
• Eradicative and status-maintaining violence are fundamentally different #qualifies (0.72)
• Patriarchy, purity culture, and authoritarian clergy jointly create abuse-prone environments #exemplifies (0.72) — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 632