The religious believe that god made the world for us (humans), that we are to have dominion over all the entire planet. Now I ask; why the hell would god make a planet just for us, then cover over 70% of it with water, and not give us gills? Then god turns around and makes much the less than 30% that is still above water uninhabitable, only seasonally inhabitable, or deadly for humans? We have the Arctic, high altitudes, desserts, and...
Religion is bad enough on its own, but to worship a god who came to your people through genocide, rape, and enslavement is just ass backwards. If your ancestors didn’t have the wisdom to behead the missionaries, you should. Kill the missionary within you. If you must have a god, make sure it is one who is native to your people and your culture.
The economic and political state of Europe (and its colonial settler states like the US and Canada) has always been one of poverty and infighting whenever it has been denied access to the wealth of African and the rest of the so-called Third World. Up until the ear of European Colonization of the non-White world Western Europe had poverty rates of 75% or more. From the Dark Ages up to this time of European Austerity, it’s all based on the...