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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
You can see the religious element in the MAGA rallies, in Bernie's rallies. It popped up in that pipeline protest that attracted thousands of people, many of whom weren't even sure what they were protesting. You saw it in #MeToo, which erupted from an investigation of a rapist (Weinstein) into a hurricane of accusations that continues to grow. You see it in the resurgence of right wing political parties in Europe. You just saw it elect a right winger in Brazil. It exists in our environmental movements, in pro-life movements. All of these things, any movement, are comprised enormously of people looking for direction and people desiring to signal to others. It's both a feature of and bug in our socializing instincts.
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It's fascinating that you include the exposure of a long history of documented sexual assault and violence (and really, whom among us was not aware the world was that way) on this list.
