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Re:Without Belief in a God, but Never Without Belief in a Devil by galdosdi on Sunday August 20, 2023 @11:56AM (#37200326)
Yes, perfect examples. Those all happened after the invention of the printing press and were fueled by newspapers and/or pamphlets, etc, to allow communication to flow much more quickly and efficiently.

There was a time when the printing press was regarded as as scary a technology as radio would be later, TV would be later, and social media is today.

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Re:Without Belief in a God, but Never Without Belief in a Devil by tchaffee on Sunday August 20, 2023 @12:35PM (#37200678)
The claim was newspapers and radio. While the printing press may have played a role I don't think it's an accurate characterization to say the Revolutionary War was caused by newspapers fueling outrage. The causation is actually more likely reversed. The pamphlets were a result of outrage.
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