• @afraid_of_zombies
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    26 months ago

    You know that religion is a thing right? Virtually the entire human population worshiping long dead warlords (Mohammed, King David) cult leaders (Buddha, Krishna, Lao Tzu) and wholly fictional characters like Jesus.

    • @just_another_person
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      06 months ago

      Yes, but communicated to large groups over looooong periods of time. That is not necessary right night, increasing efficiency to broadcasting a message. Hence the “Golden Age” tag here.

      • @afraid_of_zombies
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        26 months ago

        Maybe. The other argument would be that since cult leaders can spread it fast counter movements can also attack fast. Plus since there is more information in the system the counters are more readily available. Pretty easy to convert some illiterates near starvation level of your magic man, lot harder to convince people who have Aristotle.

        If you got data I will be happy to look at it.

        • @just_another_person
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          16 months ago

          I don’t think data is even necessary in this case. Person A from any Internet connected place on the planet can communicate with the entire population of the Internet connect earth. This was never possible before.

          • @afraid_of_zombies
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            16 months ago

            Nor was it possible to find a billion hours of people talking on YouTube about why X is a bad idea.