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> Turns out, a closed-off, hierarchical community isn't something to emulate.

Very true. There is a quote, often misattributed, about how power corrupts. To lazy to google it, sorry.

> Doesn't help that a lot of them only get an eighth grade education:

That is 5 years more than some ultraorthodox jews get, check out link [1] here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35336142




> That is 5 years more than some ultraorthodox jews get, check out link [1] here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35336142

Proof that happy religious communities are all different, but ugly, controlling, abusive groups share many of the same characteristics.


I recently learned that the Bible wasn't translated into Russian until the 19th century.

The Church/elders always go for information control.


Russians peasants could not read and write at that time. Educated minority could read and write ... and those actually learned foreign languages too. Even by the start of WWI, the illiteracy in Russia was super high.


You have to be open too all -- like a public toilet.




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