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minus-squareRedSnt 👓♂️🖥️@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down2·16 days agoJust a casual dumb-dumb here, but I think you could’ve put any people in Europe and things would’ve turned out the same.
minus-squareDigitalDilemma@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·16 days agoI agree. People are people. The racist tone of the original question and the judging of history by modern standards just underlines that.
minus-squareMugita Sokio@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·edit-216 days agoMost wouldn’t be Catholic, but Catholic-adjacent. Islam, for example, has Catholicism tied into it (because the Qur’an was allegedly written by a Catholic nun), and so does Judaism (these practitioners use the Kabbalah… so does the Catholic Church).
minus-squareRedSnt 👓♂️🖥️@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up8·16 days agoMy atheist ass didn’t account for religion, but I think they would’ve found a way to excuse slavery and exploitation either way.
Just a casual dumb-dumb here, but I think you could’ve put any people in Europe and things would’ve turned out the same.
I agree. People are people. The racist tone of the original question and the judging of history by modern standards just underlines that.
Most wouldn’t be Catholic, but Catholic-adjacent. Islam, for example, has Catholicism tied into it (because the Qur’an was allegedly written by a Catholic nun), and so does Judaism (these practitioners use the Kabbalah… so does the Catholic Church).
My atheist ass didn’t account for religion, but I think they would’ve found a way to excuse slavery and exploitation either way.