Warner Crocker1d ago

Humans do evil things to each other. We pretend other and hope to change that. We largely fail.

The root of most of the world's problems are simple.

EITHER:
There's a pile of $$ over there and I want it.

OR:
I made or have a pile of $$. I want more and no one else can have it.

Show thread👁Pooka🫣Boo🫵
@WarnerCrocker It's worse than that because underneath it all is religion. A particularly nasty piece of human culture that appeals to both authoritarianism in this life and the imaginary one of the supernatural. Faith is not knowledge; it's the opposite of it. It's an excuse to be immoral and unethical...
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Show threadWarner Crocker1d ago
@lednaBM Religion is also about $$
Show threadPaul Chambers🚧1d ago

@WarnerCrocker True to both points. A lot of the people on top get a lot of money, but I always considered religion as a tool to control the masses, as well as a frontline political tool. Just look at the compromise over the King James Bible between the then King of England and the up and coming Protestants... At the time, England had a lot of people and nations under it control.

When rulers lose the religion card, they seem to lose or be denied their power.

@lednaBM

Show thread👁Pooka🫣Boo🫵19h ago
@paul @WarnerCrocker Or, you can be like Stalin or Mao and etc. and just set yourself up as the dictator worth paying attention to!