Florian Haas on Nostr: nprofile1q…4m624 Okay stop. Correlation ≠ causation. The enlightenment happened, ...
nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqwfj5gystuu05y2ssfu7eknl8aes4str77lt24qvyeffufqtw2uksq4m624 (nprofile…m624) Okay stop. Correlation ≠ causation.
The enlightenment happened, and mercantilism/imperialism happened. The latter fact doesn't invalidate the enlightenment.
The enlightenment emancipated us from appealing to divinity and its alleged worldly lieutenants all the time. And thus it rejected quackery, autocracy, and superstition. That doesn't "dress up" anything.
The fact that horrible people reject the enlightenment today just makes them horrible people, and the rejection inexcusable.
The enlightenment happened, and mercantilism/imperialism happened. The latter fact doesn't invalidate the enlightenment.
The enlightenment emancipated us from appealing to divinity and its alleged worldly lieutenants all the time. And thus it rejected quackery, autocracy, and superstition. That doesn't "dress up" anything.
The fact that horrible people reject the enlightenment today just makes them horrible people, and the rejection inexcusable.