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He definitely used an odd definition of religion. However, having just left Texas and living there during part of a rise of ChristoFascism, I have a hard time seeing any positive in religion right now.

in all societies (even physically separated ones, the same argument he uses about sexism). However, his conclusion is the opposite: that rascism is not biologically rooted but rather is cultural. He does acknowledge that racism still abounds. So why are they different? He gives no good reason and, in fact, rebuts the popular arguments for a biological scaffold to support sexism.

And gods, he hates the modern world.

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He posits that rascism is a foolish social construct, but that sexism is clearly natural.

His argument is that since elephants and bonobos have matriarchal societies and since human societies are overwhelmingly (exclusively?) patriarchal, there must be a patriarchy genetic imperative. Interestingly, in his discussion of racism, he speaks for a while of the overwhelming prevalence of slavery as a custom…

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I learned a ton about American history that was never taught in my schools. Maybe I am particularly ignorant about U.S. history, but even if I am in the lower part, I still feel I am around average. Of course, high school courses really are just high-level overviews. Anyway, I really enjoyed it, but it certainly made me wonder why the Filipinos still like us.

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