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Deep State Witch

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12. Australians Say

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Mon May 26, 2025, 11:18 AM

May 26

When we were in Australia in 2008, my husband and I learned a truism that has stuck with us ever since: America got the Puritans, and Australia got the criminals. Australia got the better deal.

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Why America is nuts: Blame the Pilgrims [View all] marmar May 26 OP

Great interview. sop May 26 #1

Obviously I'm know little about this subject, but the majority of the Pilgrim's offspring surfered May 26 #2

Education. paleotn May 26 #6

Thanks. That does explain a lot. Arguably, the red states are less educated and more evangelical. surfered May 26 #8

Another good book is "Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire" dedl67 May 26 #3

Very interesting BoRaGard May 26 #4

meh. mopinko May 26 #5

And hardly unique to Christianity. It's an old story, rehashed for millennia. paleotn May 26 #7

Thanks for the recommendation. Another one for the reading list. Timeflyer May 26 #9

Evangelicalism is a doomsday cult. A death cult. paleotn May 26 #10

I heard a saying that hoosierspud May 26 #11

Australians Say Deep State Witch May 26 #12

Puritan was not a self-applied term and not a denomination GreatGazoo May 26 #13