Date: July 24th, 2025 10:08 PM Author: Autoadmit hellscape (retired)
People think the Puritans were what they were from some mass formation psychosis or trauma related to the English monarchy, not that it was a reasonable if severe spiritual-militant necessity to keep their sanity intact during encounters with a strange, alien, unformed, and blood-soaked land
Similar situation with the Israelis imo, although they settled their territory with the ethics of militant Socialism rather than Christian theological rigor and tight communal oversight