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““Whenever someone casually refers to “the history of civilization” in a way that does not jibe with the history of civilization as I extensively, constantly, read about it, I like to research their favorite books to see where they are getting their information. In most of these cases all their favorite books have titles like Christmas, Guns, and Integrity.””

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“Persecuting religious minorities is always ill-advised, every single time it occurs in history. I have never in my research found an instance where a…

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“Do you know my absolute favorite story about the author of The Age of Innocence ? It’s that she did all of her writing,…

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“Male writers, especially male writers during the 1960s, somehow tricked people into thinking that they were demigods because they had an understanding of language.”

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“It is telling that, historically, quarantines extended primarily to those who had less wealth, power, and social clout.”

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“If you were a peasant and someone said, “If you live in a sewer, the bubonic plague won’t kill you,” your reaction likely wouldn’t…

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“Ask the Aztecs and the Incas whether or not they would have liked to have access to vaccines. Oh, wait, you can't. They're dead.…

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