Invention of satanic witchcraft by medieval authorities was met with skepticism

Post by jevgeni » Sat, Jul 04, 2020, 4:55 PM UTC

pbhjpbhj wrote: post #113

Retric wrote: post #108

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Agricultural Capitalism is listed as starting in 1350 by Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_capitalism But, it’s hard to pin down a date because individual ownership of the means of production is arguably the default state.

>individual ownership of the means of production is arguably the default state. // Could you flesh out that argument because I'd imagine that co-operative ownership was essential to the rise of civilisation.

Post by achillesheels » Sat, Jul 04, 2020, 5:13 PM UTC

adrianN wrote: post #134

achillesheels wrote: post #129

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Except that the Israeli “settlements” are on previously annexed land from 1967. It is more like an eminent domain seizure. And it is quite reasonable in theory to exercise sovereign power for such purposes to improve the land’s cultivation, so long as compensation is awarded (not sure if Israel gives it to the Palestinians)

I was under the impression that it's illegal to settle on occupied land and what Israel is doing is hence illegal under international law. Am I somehow misinformed?

Post by pjc50 » Sat, Jul 04, 2020, 5:17 PM UTC

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"There was a recent case of a Karen receiving mob justice to the point people began harassing the law firm her husband runs (granted she also works there), affecting their livelihood. We don’t want to get to a point in society where your character flaws destroy your life." To be clear, this was after it was filmed that the couple was pointing guns at peaceful protestors who were protesting on the street. The woman in…

I should have linked the event I was talking about, you are thinking about a different event: https://nypost.com/2020/06/09/tamara-harrians-husband-blames... What she did was indefensible, but her husband and his business is also having to reconcile this. I believe Al Franken took a juvenile photo of a reporter friend. I don’t think he was a senator at the time, I could be wrong. I think we will enter ‘full blinders…

Post by pjc50 » Sat, Jul 04, 2020, 5:21 PM UTC

achillesheels wrote: post #129

pjc50 wrote: post #53

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This is more or less how the Israeli "settlements" work; land is taken for "security" reasons and given to someone else. The Russian privatization post Communism also handed a large amount of state resources to the well connected, who are now in many ways more entrenched than they were under Communism.

Except that the Israeli “settlements” are on previously annexed land from 1967. It is more like an eminent domain seizure. And it is quite reasonable in theory to exercise sovereign power for such purposes to improve the land’s cultivation, so long as compensation is awarded (not sure if Israel gives it to the Palestinians)

Post by flowport » Sat, Jul 04, 2020, 5:24 PM UTC

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bediger4000 wrote: post #142

I'm struck by how the description of witch conventions matches the description of "elite pedovores" that the Qanon conspiracy people promote: "horrific assemblies where witches gathered and worshiped demons, had orgies, ate murdered babies and performed other abominable acts" The Qanon people are laughably inept, gullible and the thought leaders are probably grifters, but still, remarkable convergence between the wit…

> I'm struck by how the description of witch conventions matches the description of "elite pedovores" that the Qanon conspiracy people promote: Both the medieval fear of witches and the modern fear of "Hollywood elites" have their roots in anti-semitism. There's a reason witches were often portrayed with giant hook noses, after all. Judaism has often been negatively correlated with occult elitism, academia (see the a…