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Barbelo of the Pleroma's avatar

I think the puritans and some other early American "settlers" were psychotic religious fanatics and they have passed their genetic and cultural capital down through generations, most prominently in New England, which never seems to grow tired of variations on witch burning. (Others like the quakers and German pacifists were mad chill.)

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libertate's avatar

Exactly right.

The American left has always been completely insane and has not really changed over time.

I am about 25% into *A Conservative History of the American Left* by Daniel J. Flynn, 2008.

They've always been nuts, they are nuts now, and they will always be nuts.

The difference now is that they have gained power.

God help us.

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timmy100's avatar

Maybe they were driven off from Europe for that reason :) I'd bet the same phenomena would continue with Mars colonists, the pure ones unlike the dirty disgusting Earth dwellers with unclean bodily fluids and fruit flies!

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VeryVer's avatar

There does seem to be something in us hardwired for spirituality.

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Aurora Bullealis's avatar

My ancrstral stock. I'd like to think I'm in that cool kids' group even today.

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