my wife just wondered "what if Islam is just a huge, civilization-scale manic episode?"
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ISIS emerged in the camps of the USA occupation, it honestly just seems like standard lateral meme transfer in a highly selective (read: lethal) environment. Powerful toxic memes arise that corrode all other memes and physically destroy those who would remove them.
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well, democratic evangelism sounds pretty manic too
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but I was thinking it applies to the classical Muslim world than to the formation of ISIS in specific (in fact, probably to all empires)
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Not sure I see much difference in Islam and any other religion at that scale.
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indeed. reminds me of Dr. House: "you talk to God, you're religious. God talks to you, you're insane"
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