like in Vietnamese history textbooks they will (correctly) tell you that medieval Vietnamese dynasties struck different emphases on Buddhism vs Confucianism but they were firmly in the same category whether as competitors or as mutual influences

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If I really wanted East Asian historians to kill me, I’d just make a very bold statement about how Confucianism is primarily a religion because the Joseon Dynasty persecuted Buddhists.

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i think if you read briefly about the history of codifying religious identity in india you come away realising that the paradigm of 'religion' as it exists in christianity and islam (as an *identity*) is rarely fully translatable to other societies

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Uma 7th live this week seems pretty unlikely at this point if the talents haven't received their visas as of today https://vxtwitter.com/umamusume_eng/status/2112016006331945286

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there is still time to stop this

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