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You are never going to convince me the biggest vilain in the whole world is fucking religion. I hate religious people with all my heart
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Lot of faith in that analysis, I guess.
I do honestly think land ownership is the greatest evil. Because if houses aren't a commodity then a lot of problems (homelessness, hoarding, environmental damage, corporate bullshit, etc) start to be a lot harder to justify.
I think it's in the top 5:
Capitalism
Patriarchy
Racism (I consider this tied with patriarchy tbh)
Religion
People who take two seats on public transit with no justification
Patriarchy and religion are interchangeble
I don't necessarily agree but also I'm too tired to discuss rn ๐ญ but I value you for sharing your opinion ๐
Religion is a rationale for other evils. It is in itself not evil.
Patriarchy and racism (and many religions do that too) are all the same thing - chauvinism, the belief in the superiority of the own group. This also includes nationalism, homophobia, xenophobia and any other "I hate you because you are different"-isms
So I'd go with:
I think people blasting music on hiking trails is slightly above public transit.
Wildly better list. One of the failings of liberal/left minded people in recent decades has been to become list makers. "We will stand up for the rights of women [pause for applause], blacks [pause for applause], the elderly [pause for applause], etc...." sounds real nice until someone listening says "what about me?" It's a losing political strategy in a world where the words "All Americans" and "everyone" exist. At the absolute least, tag those words on the end.
To be clear since this keeps coming up from people who like to put words in other people's mouths then tell them those words are wrong, I am not saying laws can't protect/benefit marginalized groups. This is about communication.
Even though you hate religious people with all your heart?