constantius

4 ms·

31.
by constantius 2mo ago
The idea that wars, epidemics, and catastrophes lead to wealth redistribution is the thesis of "The Great Leveler" by Walter Schneidel: it's not an absolute rule (and as far as I remember, another book was published to critic
32.
by constantius 2mo ago
I'm not using this to post religious flamebait, and to anyone thinking I'm attacking their faith: this is not my intent, and I'm for sure not singling out Christianity. I find history fascinating, especially the history of re
33.
by constantius 2mo ago
As a preamble, I don't want to attack your faith. However, the argument here is not that Christians side with the elite, but that the Church does. The Church has sided with the powerful again and again over the centuries, to great effe
34.
by constantius 2mo ago
Agreed, and the fact that he's not today recognised as a martyr is telling. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_M%C3%BCntzer
35.
by constantius 2mo ago
No religion is unscathed: joining with the powers that be and lagging behind every ethical development is the rule, for sure, but I had mistakenly believed that at least the founding had been devoid of the usual hypocrisies and blood. Alas.
36.
by constantius 2mo ago
i discovered this event by reading Sartre's play "The devil and the good lord" (Le diable et le bon dieu): not historical in any way, simply takes the uprising as context, but a masterpiece nonetheless.
37.
by constantius 2mo ago
Which speaks to Paul's credit.
38.
by constantius 3mo ago
An episode of history I had never heard about. 100-300,000 peasants killed. As someone who reads a lot about the early history of religion, the most interesting part of this for me was the role of Martin Luther, the founder of Protestantism
39.
German Peasants' War(en.wikipedia.org)
49 points by constantius 3mo ago|54 comments
40.
by constantius 3mo ago
Fair. I believe the Empire only ended with Byzantium, and as far as I know the edict was never repealed, but I do differentiate between Rome and Byzantium elsewhere, so I see the point.
41.
by constantius 3mo ago
Yes, the idea of empire as being something bigger than a kingdom is a popular misunderstanding. However, Rome (and Byzantium) were actually very good at integrating conquered populations into their culture. Very early in the empire, a law m
42.
by constantius 3mo ago
You seem to have decided that people who are against immigration are stupid, racist, authoritarian, and evil: by all.means, that's an understandable bias, as the most noticeable part of most countries' populations who hold this vi
43.
by constantius 3mo ago
I'm supporting your position elsewhere: mentioning to avoid being dismissed as right-wing/ethno-nationalist. However, support for migration is not a left or right issue. Accepting refugees might be (and I fully support that), but
44.
by constantius 3mo ago
The claim made was that all crime is linked to refugees. We can agree that the 'all' part was just the original commenters own biases, but that 'refugee' part is still unfounded based on your quotes. Refugees are a small
45.
by constantius 3mo ago
I will comment on this discussion elsewhere, but wanted to mention your contributions here have been disgraceful: providing a source that does not support your second (bigoted) claim, obviously feeling caught in your lies, and then weaselin
46.
by constantius 3mo ago
It is indeed unreasonable. No animal evolved solely to produce food for humans and to be property, and I think that's a major blindspot that people have, which allows them to believe into this idea. Buying an animal, restraining it in
47.
by constantius 3mo ago
That quote seems to be reinforcing my point but your excerpts indicate you disagree, so I'm.not sure why you posted this: I will assume you're disagreeing, sorry if I misunderstood. The adaptations in that quote are about the anim
48.
by constantius 3mo ago
I seriously feel like I'm being DDoS'd, because this position is so absurd and has so many counters to it (can you really not realise this?) that I don't know where to start. The definition of veganism includes more than just
49.
by constantius 3mo ago
How is this veganism? Or a form of it? It's by definition not vegan to consume animal products. I'm happy that the term is considered so virtuous that people want to self-identify as such (I've even heard meat-eaters say they
50.
by constantius 3mo ago
I always found it weird when people confidently speak from the wrong end. And the crab mentality of "it's only good there temporarily, then it'll.be the same shit as here" is tiring. If you had lived in the UK, you'
51.
by constantius 3mo ago
The sibling comment has more eloquent advice, but I'll add that you're neck deep in an echo chamber if that's how you react. Being vegan, mentioning that a country is difficult to live in as a vegan, in a thread about veganis
52.
by constantius 3mo ago
Examples of Christian (or any other religion's) priests taking the politically difficult view and living by their own precepts and stated values are few and far between. From the very beginning. Look into how the churchmen happily dest
53.
by constantius 3mo ago
Read my other answers.
54.
by constantius 3mo ago
I recognise your handle because I've vouched for a fair few of your comments: we're generally debating on the same side. My comment here is arguing against casual, and especially unbased, bigotry against men. Which your comment de
55.
by constantius 3mo ago
I actually appreciate your replies and the argument, not attempting to belittle you. My point is that, whatever your papers assert, the differences on carnism, in absolute terms, are so insignificant on the political/gender spectra tha
56.
by constantius 3mo ago
Thinking badly of right ideologies is justifiable, but being bigoted is wrong in any way. I answered your comment because it was purely about gender, nothing political, and because the claim about social media posts being a major barrier wa
57.
by constantius 3mo ago
What's the purpose of this caricature? You're talking about eating plant protein, what's the point of throwing in an atack on men, even a subset of them? Or do you really think that the main thing that bars us from eating les
58.
by constantius 3mo ago
Thanks for the overview: the common and intuitive view when transparency is attacked in this way is that the ruling class wants to protect themselves, and your list provides ample evidence. I hope the Parliament doesn't buy the story a
59.
by constantius 3mo ago
Agreed. The only goal of these skills/tricks/requests for humanising LLM writing is to be able to pass it off as your own, because they know it's shameful and want to avoid the opprobrium. Some will say it's just for the
60.
by constantius 3mo ago
90% of farmed animals globally are in factory farms: https://www.sentienceinstitute.org/global-animal-farming-est... I don't have data on the West specifically, but I'd be surprised if it's not 99%. "Fre

More ›