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Monitoring the situation in Iran

These people cheering must really enjoy not having freedoms.

Amazing how a religion can brainwash humans so hard. The fear of inevitable death and the thought of eternal existence in some sort of paradise is a powerful drug.
I think that's how religion originally started. All the kings and priests made up fairy tale stories of gods and devils and shit to to calm the masses. While those elites stay rich, pig out and control the city, the peons who are easily influenced will believe anything. And when youre kept poor, you kind of got no choice to ride it out anyway..... unless they can overthrown the tyrant.

In countries with religion being unpopular or richer people, religion has little effect as they are smarter and can be self sufficent with good jobs
 
I think that's how religion originally started. All the kings and priests made up fairy tale stories of gods and devils and shit to to calm the masses.
More like control the masses by calming them while also convincing them there's a big brother watching them all the time, so better not conspire against the god-chosen king when you are alone.

But yes, that's my theory as well.
 
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