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[–] fosforus@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

People who live under constant oppression, inequality, and fear do.

Having a religion that claims that you're the greatest people on this planet helps.

edit You guys think that it doesn't help, or that Abrahamic religions aren't saying that? Help me understand.

[–] archomrade@midwest.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're describing roughly half the planet

[–] fosforus@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A remarkably small amount of people on this planet think they should be, no, make that deserve to be living in the area where biblical / quranic time people lived. But yeah, the amount of people who think they're the greatest people is probably much more than just half.

Even I may have been known to make that mistake every now and other second.