Comments by "Mark Pawelek" (@mark4asp) on "Whatifalthist" channel.

  1. Did you mean to say that the lie is: "liberalism and openness" would tend to progress? Either way - it's what the postmodernist said 60 years ago. Yawn - life is an old record player stuck on the same groove. Heard this one so many times.
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  2. "The greatest lie" to be revealed. <- Tease post. With no summary. Seriously folks - there are so many of these greatest lies that I feel some kind soul should collect them all and post the summary of the greatest lies. Yet every lie wants tot be greatest. None are interested in being merely great. The all aspire to be the lie of lies. Sorry folks - there is no lie of lies - no "lie to rule them all".
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  3. "Millions of human sacrifices to please the Sun God" <- No. Aztecs did not sacrifice to "please the sun God". "According to Aztec cosmology, the sun god Huitzilopochtli was waging a constant war against darkness, and if the darkness won, the world would end. The keep the sun moving across the sky and preserve their very lives, the Aztecs had to feed Huitzilopochtli with human hearts and blood". Aztecs believed their human sacrifices were needed to keep the world working. When the Spanish banned human sacrifice the Aztec priests literally told them that such a ban would end the world.
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