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by ben_palaskas 1807 days ago
That is weird because it doesn't offer salvation or answers for questions of existence or purpose or cosmology
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diego_moita 1807 days ago
Read "Sapiens", by Yuval Harari. He extensively discusses that.
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mistermann 1807 days ago
In the US, politics (Democracy) seems to be widely considered a "sacred institution", literally. If you observe how people talk about it in forums, this seems very true to me.
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