• WhatIsThePointAnyway@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN USED TO MANIPULATE PEOPLE! That’s all it has ever been. It’s used to hold power over people by preying on their fear of the unknown.

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      6 months ago

      Naw, not only manipulation. It’s also poor man’s philosophy. Humans like to have an answer for the big questions wether they know wtf they’re saying or not. I think something like religion is inevitable with the absence of explanations.

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      6 months ago

      It’s used to hold power over people

      Yes. It’s used by the rich to make people into stooges to do their bidding.

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      6 months ago

      And burning them at the stake if they didn’t do as told.

      It’s about power.