FiveofSwords wrote:That's nice. But my definition of race did not involve religion.
Again, RACE (as a scientific classification) only existed starting in the 18th Century.
The Irish were one of the first victims of this fake science.
Before that, RELIGION had the same role as RACE. So it was actually RACISM that replaced
RELIGIONISM ... and both are socially-constructed. They are both fake.
The richest institutions on Earth have constantly invented (ie.
pulled out of their asses) ways of classifying human beings that would lead to their own pawns (racial or co-religionist) slaughtering "others" (religious or racial) in order to profit.
Inventing these fake categories is about *making a profit off of the resulting clashes.*
The slaughtering of Palestinians (in order to open up a real estate and oil exploration boom) is the most current example of this
Elite-manufactured hatred for other humans.And because humans are inclined to defend the rich and powerful and follow all the trends that they instigate, ordinary schmoes (like FiveofSwords) frequently regurgitate these ideas in order to kiss ass.
Many middle class and poor KKK members joined the organization for social-climbing reasons, and many of them improved their social status "doing jobs" for this organization.
Our gods speak to us as if we were children, and we respond by never growing up
(ie. marketing destroys epistemology)