Comment on Lemmy's gaining popularity, so I thought new people should see this.
JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 2 days agoDisingenuous or ignorant. By definition a Quaker or a Jain cannot commit brutality in the name of their beliefs. Conversely, an ideology which puts the collective before the individual, such as fascism or communism, is, a straightforward recipe for brutality.
Stovetop@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Quakers are just an extension of Christian ideology. Jainism I don’t know enough about, but any religious identity will eventually develop the concept of justified violence when faced with the existential threat of a larger rival religion.
JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Hair splitting. Some ideologies are more dangerous than others.
Stovetop@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Sure, not arguing that. But there’s no ideology that can completely preclude violence.