Paul GrahamVerified account

To believe that you have to be ignorant and brainwashed. The merely ignorant wouldn’t posit one way or the other on the “invention” of racism.

Unthinking would be more apt. It doesn't take much thought to realise that racism can't possibly be an invention of the last 200 years.

Racism certainly predates any semi-modern conceptualisation of capitalism. No? Disagree?

And psychology It’s called tribalism and is one of the most powerful instincts of humans & other animals (for good reason)

Agree it requires ignorance of nearly all of recorded history. But how would _just_ ignorance lead to knowing and believing someone else's wrong alternative theory?

You’re close but the main problem is people r just stupid. I’m figuring both u guys know your IQ but if u don’t, you’ll understand very quickly that you’re smart & most of the population isn’t. It really is that simple.