It's actually waves of religious extremism. Ebbs and flows. It can be, and has been, fought before. The problem is that it never fully dies out.

I'd like to think that reason can eventually win. If only because the religious extremists keep taking it to, well, extremes. This drives people away from the belief, because why the fuck would you ever believe in the shit the extremists preach?

They tell you that you're worthless, that you should bow and scrape while they ignore every single tenet of their own religion. Holiness becomes removed from actions and becomes and excuse for terrible behavior.

But then the extremist are forced to back off, or their little sect of greed worship dies out when the grifter claiming to be a preacher dies or gets sent to prison, and the cycle is primed to begin again when a new sect of Christianity pops up to start recruiting in an area, often by first attacking non-Christian education options.

Thanks, I'm just as confused, but at least I understand now that that's OK.

It's toddler logic

I'm glad you understand, then

That's the point. It's supposed to be simple without thinking because the people it's aimed towards are also simple without thinking

You had me up to your endorsement of Blue Maga. I see you like your politicians made by old money in an unholy propaganda combination of military and anti-establishment (oxymoron alert)

I didn't like him from the start when he had an ear piece in being fed lines from political operatives. So contrived it hurts. I suppose you agree with these wealthy people that this mercenary with a covered up Nazi tattoo is ggggrrreeeaaattt!

Not stupid; gullible. Ape-like.

The "propaganda" is thousands of years old.

The point of propaganda is to make you stupid. Everyone has been exposed to propaganda of one form or another throughout their life, anyone is susceptible. You don't have to be stupid to fall for it, but when you do, you are a little (or a lot) more stuoid.