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TrixieH0bbitses t1_j1dske6 wrote

Reply to comment by luckylebron in Afghan Men Stand in Support of Women After Taliban College Ban by BlitzOrion

Disenfranchising women is extremely important for authoritarian religious regimes. It's honestly the number one priority. The particular faith or what it teaches don't matter.

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Big_Deetz t1_j1ebwwq wrote

Less people with power means less groups to appease to concentrate power.

You want to disenfranchise a lot of groups. The more active powerful groups, the less able a government can control people. That includes minorities, LGBTQ people, the disabled, any smaller religious groups, etc. Women are no 1 though as that takes away half right off the bat.

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washoutr6 t1_j1fqead wrote

53%, literally repressing the weaker majority.

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NJTRILLZ973 t1_j1hmgl7 wrote

Check your math 53/100 47/100

Which is the majority?

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TobiasMasonPark t1_j1gg21k wrote

Thing about people is, we tend to not like being enslaved. They can try but it won’t work forever.

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