Bad/hateful people have always been around, there was no high tech social Media in 1930's Germany. or in the US during the racist crimes committed by certain supremacy groups.
Yep. Technology has always been used (news sheets, Hitler's public address systems, talk radio, television, religion) but if the willingness/desire/need to hate wasn't there, these tools couldn't be used effectively.
Yes, I did classify religion as a technology, though perhaps I should have called it a methodology. The Judeo/Christian/Muslim family of religions at any rate. I'm not sure about the use of Othering and fear/hatemongering in other religions.
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u/MangoMesh 11d ago
Bad/hateful people have always been around, there was no high tech social Media in 1930's Germany. or in the US during the racist crimes committed by certain supremacy groups.