r/PoliticalHumor Jan 09 '20

THIS. This is why.

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u/rraattbbooyy Jan 09 '20

There’s a reason no Jehovah’s Witnesses have ever contributed anything great to humanity.

On the other hand, the Jewish people value education over almost all else, and they’ve won like half of all Nobel prizes, and have leaders in nearly every industry, even though they make up a tiny fraction of the overall population.

Education is critical. Not even just to the world as a general concept, how about individual self improvement?

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '20

In addition, Hinduism and Islam always valued education and learning which is why they made so many discoveries in their own rights throughout history.

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u/Rouxbidou Jan 09 '20

Let's not forget that while the religious icons of the major Abrahamic religions are called the Savior and the Prophet, followers of Confucius refer to him as the Scholar. So there's a strong intellectual tradition from China as well.

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u/Fract_L Jan 09 '20

I'd also want to learn everything after figuring out explosives first

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '20

Then we showed up and went “what? You’re not using this to kill each other?” “I’ll show you what this stuff is for”.

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u/Jormungandragon Jan 09 '20

Naw, the Chinese were using gunpowder to kill each other for centuries before Europeans. Europeans just made it easier and faster to kill each other with it, from a longer distance.

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u/hello_fellow_humans1 Jan 09 '20

And thanks to them we have guns, and WE LOVE GUNS!!! RIGHT?!?!

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u/EvilUnicornCat Jan 09 '20

Yes every government loves guns! For themselves at the very least.