there were signs all around my uni that said "dump your socialist boyfriend" for like NO reason 😭😭

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[–] -2 points 6 months ago (11 children)

Yes we are the only country on earth with religious fundamentalists

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  • [–] 19 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child)

    Oh absolutely not, but the USA is without a doubt the silliest one at that.

    In most countries political figures are boring by default. Maybe a few outliers but all in all blander than oatmeal with water instead of milk.

    Do I even need to start describing the USA?

    You guys have fucking wrestling in front of the White House that’s being wrecked to build a ginormous ballroom on top of a “secret” bunker. I could go on for pages but I’m gonna end up in tldr territory very quickly.

    (Also, it was just a play on a Monty python quote)

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Well compared to most European countries you are sure clear winners

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    All what you're saying and more are big problems by European standards. And yet, the most insane Polish catholic will be seen as moderate woke by the most enlightened American public. Polland's remarkably high religious observance is actually 30% of Catholics attended a mass at least once a year, according to 2024 numbers that I could find. Which actually down from 50% over last three decades with continuing downwards trend.
    So yeah, if you look for very specific things like Pentecostsls in Romania, you can find some anomalies that you can then spin as a catastrophe, but the fact that you needed to do this anomaly hunt in the first place says enough.

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    Victor Orban is also very much not Polish, but what does it matter, right?
    Anyway, sure, you're technically correct, the most insane Polish Catholic is insane. Serves me right for trying to insert some literary flér of hyperbole in this serious scientific conversation.
    We were talking about popluational trends and statistics though, in which case I will explicitly say that I'm talking about "median" population, not literaly the extreme 0.1%

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    The Vatican is #1, but we're the only other "Western Democracy" that is having a major resurgence of fundies in power. There's always been a problem, but never have they had so much sway. And we're not better off for it.

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