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Card #c853IR // #c853Synthesis

When two people are screaming opposite things at each other about the same object, suspect they share the same underlying problem, and the fight is the point, not the resolution.

— In our words · Source: The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)

[Use when]

Two people or factions are locked in an endless, symmetrical fight over the same thing, and you want to see the shared root instead of picking a side.

[Why it matters]

The fourth circle puts two groups in one punishment, each rolling weights and shouting the opposite charge — keep versus spend. The hoarder and the waster accuse each other, but they roll the same weight in the same circle; the difference is only direction. Both are slaves of money. The fight lets each side feel different from the other. A perfectly symmetrical fight, where each side is the other's mirror image, is usually one problem wearing two costumes.

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