[W]hen a group of people make something sacred, the members of the cult lose the ability to think clearly about it. Morality binds and blinds. (Jonathan Haidt)

[W]hen a group of people make something sacred, the members of the cult lose the ability to think clearly about it. Morality binds and blinds.

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