(BTW: also buddhism was an aristocratic philosophy that was converted to a relig

(BTW: also buddhism was an aristocratic philosophy that was converted to a religion for the consumption of the peasantry. Same with hinduism. Same with the christian heresy we call Islam. There are only four properties that encourage supernatural religion: higher empathizing, higher neuroticism lower intelligence, and indoctrination. If you say ‘we need a religoin’ that’s true in the sense that we need a group strategy, that strategy structured as a debt, narratives to explain it, rituals to enforce it, and festivals to celebrate it. Why? Because this replicates the submission to the pack of the hunt feast cycle.)

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