everyone from Ben Shapiro to Liz Bruenig hates the idea that parents have tyrannical power over kids which...is not that surprising given their religious commitments.
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The Romans initially thought Christianity would crash the birthrate and be the death of society by keeping men from marrying and having kids (and Christianity probably beat some of its competitors like Mithraism by being more "family-friendly")
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And when Buddhism first came to China from the West ("the West" meaning India) the government was wildly reactionary against it for similar reasons -- it seemed to undermine fundamental Confucian values Han Yu's Remonstrance of the Buddha's Bone is a fun read
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Early Xtianity (some sects at least) was pretty remarkable wrt the active role of women IIRC. A lot of that was later suppressed
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@anarchomorphist the whole thread is interesting hmmm -
Aduh si Noah ini rada ngaco sih dr awal uda bikin klaim sweeping dan hiperbolis ngestraw si liz pula. Trus penafsiran monastery sbg pengganti pengasuhan oleh ortu itu jg rada hitam putih sih.
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