Even before Trump, we were on the way to losing our democracy — but we did not pay attention. Now, we have no choice but to attend to it
  • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    19 hours ago

    Aztec human sacrifice and the brutal capital punishment implemented by European countries were both for the same thing: To maintain social order.

    Except the Aztecs sacrificed a lot fewer people to their gods than the Europeans sacrificed to their god of “justice.”