• Hegar@fedia.io
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    5 days ago

    New and arational beliefs seem to always proliferate at times at times of widespread cultural strain, especially when empires are starting to fall apart. Iconoclasm, the fists of righteous harmony and taiping christianity are the first examples I can think of.

    I suspect it’s (at least partly) an inevitable way that societies react to stress or change.

    • Ging@anarchist.nexus
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      4 days ago

      This all seems to check out honestly. I guess I just struggle to believe the lack of resilience that’s been demo’d. You are absolutely right though, the collapse is always faster than expected