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Question Mark's avatar

On the topic of religion, Eric Kaufmann's lecture "Why the Religious will Inherit the Earth" is worth watching. Kaufmann argues that religious fundamentalists will eventually become the majority of the population due to their high fertility rates. The Amish, for example, are projected to have a population of 7 million people by the year 2100.

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The rise of the modern state and their offshoots (companies) might be something to do with it. States are much more capable these days than previously, and are providing welfare, health, education, justice and laws and policies for coordinating economies, etc, Prior to the modern era, they were little more than protection rackets. They still have a bit of that function today, but they are co-coordinating far more competently than previously.

With regard to wokeness, online mobs, etc. this appears to be something that largely exists online and in the media. There's a lack of law and regulation there, and anonymity is common, and the mob mentality naturally arises there.

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