"Bodily sacrifice is the totem core of nationalism, as it may be of all religion. At the behest of the group, the lifeblood of community members must be shed. Group solidarity flows from the value of the sacrifice. The totem god of society, which turns out to be society itself, cannot do without its worshipers any more than its worshippers can do without the god of society. It must possess and consume, it must EAT it worshippers to live. This is the totem secret and its greatest taboo."