asaris

Yes, yes I do. The notion that all men/people/whatever were created equal comes from Christianity and nowhere else. Every society, from the Greek to the Viking to the Indian to the Chinese, had some sort of caste system, and more than that, never challenged or question the idea that people were inherently unequal. I'm not saying we've always practiced what we preach, but what we preach has had an effect.

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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."

"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."

-- Friedrich Nietzsche