Hey, if the stars and planets affect people's behaviour... Just saying.
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Sorry to go all Godwin's law, but astrology can and has been used as a tool of oppression. Nazi Germany had a state-sponsored astrologer, Karl Ernst Krafft, appointed by Deputy Führer Rudolf Hess and Chief Propagandist Joseph Goebbels. Krafft was employed to write astrological propaganda that justified anti-semitism on the basis of celestial events. He was also tasked with using astrological observations to predict threats to the Führer Adolf Hitler and offer military advice.
Ultimately, it's not the stars and Moon that do the oppression, just whoever is in charge of divining their meaning, which is also pretty much how religious oppression works.
It's almost as if certain types of people want to be assholes but want an irrefutable entity to say it's okay.
Never trust someone else's imaginary friend over one's own.
Here's a thought: go one further. Kill all gods & masters.
We will only be free when the last monarch is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.
Repair world hunger with a woodchipper & fertilizer tumbler... Yeet The Rich.
Eh not giving up my kinks, but everyone needs to have the right to say no or it's not fun.
(sorry, the homebrewed anamist theism is too fun right now, and i got a puppy boy that's counting on me so... upvotes for thoroughness and enthusiasm)
Religion is a lot like genitals, enjoy yours in places that people are cool with that happening but only share them with the willing and don't be an asshole just because someone else's are different.
Religion has been the single most detrimental invention of humankind since civilization's dawn.
To the other point, since nearly that same catalyzing point in our history, undying Truth itself can be found in the loving eyes of a goodest boy. (source: my own life has been saved by one on more than a few occasions and ways. 🙇🏼♂️🐕🥰)
Nancy Reagan had an astrologer.
Nancy Reagan has an astrologer.
Does he pack a shovel if she calls him?
Changed my verb tense. :)
Reagan too. Basically his whole second term was just his astrologer.
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Given the chance, Saturn would remove women's right to vote.
Typical Saturn energy.
Dammit Saturn I thought you were cool
A belief system that makes claims which are demonstrably untrue is susceptible to being used to oppress people (or elevate them unnecessarily).
Astrology is bunk. Yes I am fun at parties.
It is legit frustrating to see "my superstition never hurt anyone" in the minority very quickly become "we're rounding up all the non-believers" as soon as that same group get an ounce of power.
FFS, waves hand at Israel. Also, the Mormons, the Scientologists, Jonestown...
Astrology has specifically oppressed swaths of women in the Indian subcontinent. Search for "manglik" for starters.
I’ve seen plenty of instances of people being treated unfairly and unjustly due to religious astrology beliefs. Especially women (of Indian descent, also Chinese but my experience is more limited there).
Extremely white bitch. I got it too!
It turns out shit people will use anything as an excuse to be shit. Makes dating hard(er).
my boy andres had a girl reject him just because he's a vigo
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If the moon doesn't oppress women, then why is the menstrual cycle the same length as the lunar cycle?
Checkmate, ~~atheists~~ astrologists!
Thats only cis women though.
And also some trans men.
And some genderqueers.
So...
in other news, you're not racist if you only oppress 98% of black people but allow a small number through.
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I dunno, I've heard many women and gays complaining that Mercury is retrograding them, or something. /s
Additionally, the stars and moon actually exist.
there's one star that is oppressing albino women and gays though
Only people can oppress people.
A lot of folk religions exalt third genders and women into religious positions. It is the major world religions who put down women and third genders are the problem.
One could argue that they lift people up, since there's a slight canceling of the effect of Earth's gravity when they're over head. Conversely, the opposite is true when they're on the other side of the planet.
The gravitational effect is only meaningful from the Moon and the Sun.
The Moon obviously affects the tides, and is very, very slowly making our days longer.
The Sun is ... you know, the center of the Solar System, defines our entire orbit, our year.
Nothing else is massive enough or close enough to have a meaningful gravitational impact.
Right, the post mentions "the Moon and stars." Last I checked, the Moon is still the Moon and the Sun is a star.
Also, I didn't say anything about the effect being meaningful. An effect that is non-zero is still an effect even if it is negligible.
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