The abolition of the monasteries was our controlled experiment. Some of the new landowners did take care of the destitute, but in general, the position of the poor worsened. That's why, after 15… (View Post)

Protestants were mostly relaxed about sexual indiscretion. It was simony and the sale of indulgences that enraged them. (View Post)

FPT @Casino_Royale Trump’s success is based upon peddling an immensely popular political message; “Someone else is to blame”, for one’s own failure to get what one thinks one is entitled to. Fascism,… (View Post)

Maybe Vance poisoned Pope Francis. (View Post)

Slavery and torture are okay, provided they get outsourced, in the eyes of a lot of Western politicians. (View Post)