"The idiot is a modern day heretic.

Etymologically, heresy means 'choice’.

Thus the heretic is one who commands free choice;

the courage to deviate from orthodoxy.

As a heretic, the idiot represents a figure of resistance opposing the violence of consensus.

The idiot preserves the domain of the outsider.

Today, in light of the increasingly coercive conformism, it is more urgent than ever to heighten heretical consciousness."

Byung-Chul Han, the Korean philosopher, "Psycho-politics Neoliberalism and New Technologies of Power".

The translator is using the word idiot when I think the intent is closer to "holy fool". Are you familiar with the symbolism and archetype of "THE FOOL" card in the Tarot deck?

To me this reads, "As a heretic, the 'holy fool' represents a figure of resistance opposing the violence of consensus". I would equate it to "the child' or "childlike fool" crying out "the emperor has no clothes"!

Are you a "Holy Fool" Michael?