• WhatIsThePointAnyway@lemmy.world
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    2 年前

    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.

    • MotoAsh@lemmy.world
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      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.

    • rayyy@lemmy.world
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      2 年前

      It’s used to hold power over people

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

    • Valmond@lemmy.world
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      And burning them at the stake if they didn’t do as told.

      It’s about power.