(August 21, 2024 at 10:32 am)Leonardo17 Wrote: In medieval times, religion was the de-facto ideology of everyone.
And that's why the brutality done in the bad old days tended to justify itself in religious terms. Not always, but sometimes.
But I think recent times have proven that we are plenty capable of extreme brutality with non-religious ideologies as well. Perhaps we're better at distancing ourselves from the evil we do -- dropping bombs that are out of sight and out of mind. Or setting up policies that seem bureaucratic and bloodless, but end with misery for lots of people.
But this is just as brutal, and in fact more efficient at ruining people's lives.
