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    2 years ago

    Also fun fact. Human sacrifices aren’t really a thing outside of deeply hierarchical societies like the Aztecs and the Babylonians.

    Similarly, the caste system in many cultures of what’s now called “India” only really became as strict and hierarchical because of the British colonizers (doG bless the queen)

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      Idk about that. I mean what do you call the millions of people sacrificed yearly on the altar of profits to the invisible hand of the market and the god of trickle down (i.e. mammon)? /s

      …but actually we kill so many more people than any ancient civilization could possibly have ever done. Millions in war, sanctions, mismanagement of covid, impediments to food sovereignty, etc. so I’m only half joking.

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        Lol well I said “outside of deeply hierarchical societies”… I think the US fits the bill

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          lol gotcha. There is actually some merit to the idea that these bohemian grove type cults, even if not sincere cults to mammon, at least help the capitalist ruling class internally reconcile their gross dehumanization of the working class and their crimes against them.

          (I’m not an expert or anything - I’ve done very little digging but that idea makes sense to me. and I think overall the secret society and cult dynamic plays into that sense of othering the average person)

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            I’m sure you could write a convincing Nacirema-esque piece showing how much they really are cults to Mammon lol

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      Interesting, I never made the connection between the lvevel of hierarchies in a culture and the tendency towards human sacrifices.