• Debeli_Perun@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    There's a Chris Hedges - Sam Harris debate on YouTube you can watch in which Hedges brilliantly argues that desperate economic conditions actually lead people to turn to religious fanaticism as opposed to Sam Harris who argued that religion is fanaticism in itself.

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      1 year ago

      Then people should extend the same excuse to the Jewish people as well, who ended up in and with Israel because they faced genocide and exile multiple times in their history around the globe. From Arabs and Muslims as well, btw.

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        1 year ago

        That would make sense if Israelis today lived in economic desperation which they don't. Go watch the debate, it's very interesting.