I think that we flatter ourselves with the belief that mankind has somehow fundamentally advanced past things like burning witches and the Spanish Inquisition.
What the last two years have taught me is that there is absolutely nothing different between your everyday Joe in 2020 and in 1520. Only the technology has changed. It's frighteningly easy to whip up a mob of NPCs into the modern day version of a witch burning, and they lack even the basic introspection that would let them see the parallel.
I think that we flatter ourselves with the belief that mankind has somehow fundamentally advanced past things like burning witches and the Spanish Inquisition.
What the last two years have taught me is that there is absolutely nothing different between your everyday Joe in 2020 and in 1520. Only the technology has changed. It's frighteningly easy to whip up a mob of NPCs into the modern day version of a witch burning, and they lack even the basic introspection that would let them see the parallel.
you know, when these people say "we are the daughters of the witches you didn't burn", they're not kidding...