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Excerp from william Hinton's "fanshen"

  • TheChemist [he/him]
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    2 months ago

    I have noticed lots of examples of people using religion to "justify" actions that are right at home with the playbook of a Snake Oil Salesman.

    • Jabril [none/use name]
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      2 months ago

      yeah it is quite literally the oldest trick in the book and the origination of class society

      • BlueMagaChud [any]
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        2 months ago

        I'd argue that animal husbandry was the start, but that's definitely the origin of the First Estate

        • Jabril [none/use name]
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          2 months ago

          yeah maybe so, I feel like people were practicing animal husbandry under primitive communism though right? I would assume the first instance of having a class divide socially would have required a religious concept to justify it