Resisting the wave

of resisting wider adoption by the periphery through alienation of the semi-periphery by the core (via world systems theory)

the difference is there's not hegemon. thelema doesn't have a monopoly on providing a framework for freedom. and it doesn't have a monopoly on claiming to be the true church.

and to alienate the periphery is to cut off one's nose to spite the nose; both dumb and disfiguring.