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		metalspot on Aug 12, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We need scientific dissidents academia started as a branch of the church and retains the same institutional structure to this day. the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

BSEdlMMldESB on Aug 12, 2023 [–]

the church started as the government and this is sometimes very confusing.

metalspot on Aug 12, 2023 | [–]

> very confusing

or very clarifying when you realize that the same institutions will do the same things no matter what name you put on them.

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