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[โ€“] Praxinoscope@lemm.ee 8 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

The Holocaust may have played a role

[โ€“] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 11 points 5 hours ago

Not a huge one. The far bigger factor is that it doesn't try to convert people, while Islam and Christianity both do/have, often at the tip of the sword