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Neighbor (n.) can ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠be recognized only by someone close enough to his own wickedness; Sade was not, and neither was Freud.

A Neighbor (n.) serves ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠man to satisfy his aggression — exploited without pay, used sexually without consent, humiliated, tortured, killed; a list you could pass off as Sade.

A Neighbor (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not the fellow self we so easily turn into our reflection, but the one closest to us — the one we sometimes take in our arms, if only to make love to.

A Neighbor (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠an inert, impenetrable presence that hystericizes me — "love your neighbor" hides the abyss of radical Otherness lurking beneath the one who is like me.

A Neighbor (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the Thing — the (Evil) Thing that potentially lurks beneath every homely human face; Levinas's ethical domestication of the neighbor hides this monstrosity.