[brazukadev]

> they were quite religious, arguably to a fault

to what fault, slavery?

[learingsci]

Slavery was ended for largely religious reasons so unless you think slavery is a good thing then that wouldn’t make sense. I was thinking more of rigid and highly dogmatic moral beliefs that cause people to condemn heretics. “Anyone who disagrees with me is a nazi/witch” sort of stuff. It’s a very American thing I would argue, but it seems to be spreading quite quickly.