Thomas Wictor

Posts Tagged ‘total deaths Congo Free State’

Belgium as microcosm of western decay

The worst thing that ever happened to western culture was World War I. It drove Europeans insane forever, and it made Americans think that we have all the answers. Belgium is now a perfect museum display of what ails the west. Will we survive? I don’t know. Belgium talks a good game But talk is…

 

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No, monotheism hasn’t killed the most people

When it comes to wholesale slaughter, monotheism—the belief in one God—can’t hold a candle to polytheism, paganism, atheism, nationalism, political ideologies, and commerce. Two Indians told me today that monotheism is responsible for the most deaths in human history. Not even close. First, we have to agree on the terms of the discussion. What they…

 

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