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No, probably no ancient cultures were actually matriarchal. No, Jesus wasn't a nice guy just preaching peace and love. Probably psychedelics weren't the foundations of religion. That ancient culture with progressive values you like was likely actually also barbaric in other ways.

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Ancient cultures did not magically share our magnanimous values, they did not get enlightened or spontaneously do feminism. History is not a romantic affirmation of what we believe today, it was uglier and messier and more complicated than we think.

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Did I miss something; who is actually arguing this? Other than maybe like... Disney?

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I often hear people saying this stuff - jesus being a peace and love guy is a particularly common thing I hear

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Yeah that one is definitely a thing; I was more meaning the classic matriarchy/spontaneous feminism

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