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I'd argue that Epstein, Covid, and internet censorship touching everyone and everything had a greater impact. Those things you listed impacted Republican's trust in news for sure, but at this point even Jimmy Dore has a good laugh at the likes of Sam Harris and Neil deGrasse Tyson. It's basically, "do you trust your corporate overlords?" which doesn't require that one have a particular view on economic policy.

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It's amazing what religion does to a person. I wonder if we'll ever move beyond the worst thing ever created by the human race.

After Stalin, Mao, and Pol Pot, you think religion is the worst thing ever created by the human race?

Humans will engage in wars and genocides against other people just because they are other groups of humans. It doesn't matter what sort of thought process or ideology is used to justify it.

But sure, look up things such as "the Armenian Question". Religious genocides existed before the Shoah. Heck, read some of the bible to see some more examples. Human sacrifice also has a long, long tradition in various religions. While the toll for any particular human sacrifice will be few in number, iterated over centuries it adds up.

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