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There isn't a rational argument for that. I'm not defending religion or even private property, I'm simply pointing out that religion is not something you can eradicate because it is an idea that emerges spontaneously from human psychology. Even if you murdered every follower of religion it will eventually re-emerge in a new - but still familiar - form. In addition, the idea of private property is not exclusive to religion. Religion just provides a convenient framework for justifying it.

Like I said, the underlying problem is greed and lust for power. There is no easy solution.

Well my argument is more than just saying "it's not the religion!" I'm saying that it's more than that. Religion is an effect, not a cause. The distinction is important because it helps us know what to do about it, and trying to eradicate religion isn't it. That's just like the "war on drugs" or the "war on terror." It's a fight that you can never win and that only causes more harm.

I agree that religion has no place in government, what I'm getting at is that there isn't anything unique about the Abrahamic religions that makes them more susceptible to being used to justify violence and oppression. In India right now Hindu nationalism forms the basis of their fascist government. In the past there have been countless belief systems of all sorts that were used as justifying dogmas for all manner of atrocities. I would argue that the Abrahamic religions have been shaped by the violence and oppression they've been used to justify and not the other way around, and that's true of all justifying dogmas which causes them to share many similarities.

And I say all this to push back against the idea that repressing the Abrahamic religions - or any religion for that matter - will do anything to stop the violence. In fact, repression of specific religions and of religion in general is quite common throughout history, and as I said before, it tends to form the basis of a new justifying dogma for violence and oppression rather than stopping it.

I don't understand how the speed of communication is relevant here, would you mind elaborating?

Your mistake is presuming that people elsewhere in the world are any different. We all have the capacity for both great good and great evil. Hell, in the US right now we are ramping up the oppression of immigrants and minorities in prelude to what could easily turn into a genocide if we do not change course.

It's also important to recognize that the Abrahamic religions are just what are currently used as post hoc justifications for settler-colonialism and imperialism. In the past other philosophies - religious or otherwise - were used and in the future there will be new ways of justifying atrocities. The underlying driver of war and conquest is greed, and that cannot be erased. Eradicating the Abrahamic religions like you suggest will not stop the killing, but would instead likely form the basis of a new justifying dogma.

Allow me to translate.

I form my worldview on vibes alone and am incapable of thinking for myself. My perception of people is entirely filtered through memes and sensationalist media.

Alright smart guy, what's the plan then? Please enlighten us dumb and incompetent leftists with the work of pure genius you're clearly keeping up your sleeve about how to counter the corporate media and their billions. We're all so excited to hear it.

You fell victim to a deliberate smear campaign designed to paint her in an uncharitable light. The neoliberal ghouls tried to use her image to greenwash their enterprise and she resisted. When she became aware of how she was being used she shifted strategies and the media dropped her like a sack of bricks and allowed the conservative smears to dominate the narrative about her. She was essentially radicalized by her experience trying to appeal to the powers that be and finding out first hand that they had no interest in correcting course. No corporate media would want her real story to become common knowledge.

That's a centrist liberal slogan that - thankfully - is falling by the wayside.

It's incredibly sad how easily people can fall for dishonest and disingenous propaganda. Do you have any actual beliefs or principles or do you just oppose anyone you were told to call a terrorist?

There is no such thing.

The CCP acts like just because the state owns major enterprises then the workers - through the state - own the means of production. That doesn't hold up when the state does not adequately represent the will of the workers. Never is this contradiction more clear than when the Chinese state suppresses workers' attempts to organize on their own terms.

China is communist in the same way that the US is democratic, which is to say that it's a sham to keep up appearances that is suspended when convenient for the few who hold real power.