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Worldwide, belief in witches is increasing. Belief in witchcraft correlated with industrialization. As the world develops, more people a persecuted as witches.
by pyuser583 2y ago
Worldwide, belief in witches is increasing.
Belief in witchcraft correlated with industrialization. As the world develops, more people a persecuted as witches.
The UN has even gotten involved in this: https://www.ohchr.org/en/special-procedures/ie-albinism/witchcraft-and-human-rights https://www.ohchr.org/en/special-procedures/ie-albinism/witc...
- xen0 2y agoThat doesn't sound right... https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0276872 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal... The most industrialised countries in the dataset correlate with the lowest belief. But the population in those areas is not increasing much, unlike the others. Unfortunately, neither China nor India are in the dataset.
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