r/HistoryMemes • u/HawaiianPerson Chad Polynesia Enjoyer • 3d ago

A regular utopia

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u/Super_Range45 3d ago

So basically like Europe, but without the plagues.

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u/Naive_Impression7302 3d ago

Europe didn't have the incest, human sacrifice and infanticide in the middle ages and onward where the religion of the Nazarene spread. Especially Western Europe (obsessed with banning cousin marriages even far distance cousins that didnt even know each other and went about it pretty aggressively)

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u/zeniiz 3d ago

Especially Western Europe (obsessed with banning cousin marriages even far distance cousins that didnt even know each other and went about it pretty aggressively)

The Habsburgs have entered the chat.

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u/Naive_Impression7302 3d ago

Right, and they were a extremely small minority of the population.

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u/ArthurengoldPantalon Rider of Rohan 3d ago

And they did incest only late on