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The concept of democracy came about around that time too (at least the Greek one, which arguably wasn't the first but I digress)

The Athenian concept of democracy had existed for the better part of a millennium by the time Christianity appeared.

Yes, which is why the USSR never once in its history claimed to have built communism. The best they claimed was "developed socialism" with promises to build Communism someday

To be fair, this is pretty similar to the way American press covered the rise of German fascism at the time

Web browsing 101: if you see a hyperlink on social media, you can click on it and then look around to see if it contains more links with useful information, often in the header or footer of the page. Here I found one for you: https://xkcd.com/about/

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Sponsor block just uses crowd sourced submissions people vote on. No reason an ai bot couldn't submit entries too, if they're good they'll get upvoted

yeah would be willing to believe people are more tolerant of e.g. jumping spiders than other kinds

Trust me, this is how the average Russian felt about Ukraine 10 years ago (or even 3 years ago).

The answer is that soldiers follow orders, ones who don't, also don't last long in the military

bro why do you think he started the war

Is it really worth drawing significant attention to? It may feel nice as a gotcha but I really feel the emphasis should be that trans rights are worth protecting for their own sake

idk about you but i greatly value the opportunity to track nearby vehicles that are outside my field of vision without having to turn around constantly or wear one of those hats with rearview mirrors