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Unpopular Take:
Having superstition, religion and pseudo-science persisting and thriving in your society turns into systemic problems eventually. Including Genocide.
Why? Because it teaches people anti-empiricism, emotional "reasoning" and essentialising people. All these are the basis for every reactionary thought, conservative brainrot, religious extremism and eventually denying reality.
Studies back this up. Most of the alt-right are very religious, "skeptic" of science or inclined to mysticism. (Remember Ivermectin and Faith Healing? I do.) This shit even goes back to the OG Nazis in the Third Reich. They loved their mystical stuff and pseudo-science.
Why thing thinking pattern leads down the drain is very simple.There is no fundamental difference between between:
People cant be together because of their sign and
People cant be together because of their skin color
Both times the logic of this methode is the same. No truth, only vibes.
Why we should keep either is beyond me.
Agree, and I believe ideas like yours are more popular than you may think.
Its an unpopular take because people dont like it when you point out that their "healing crystals" might as well well be "sieg-heiling crystals".
I'm mad that that business idea would probably be more successful than it should be.
The difference is, people cannot choose their skin color, but they can choose which ideas to follow.