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The last century has seen a stupidly large number of deaths as a result of non-vegan philosophies.
The last century has seen a stupidly large number of deaths as a result of non-ecological philosophies.
The last century has seen a stupidly large number of deaths as a result of non-biosophical philosophies.
The last century has seen a stupidly large number of deaths as a result of non-taoist philosophies.
The last century has seen a stupidly large number of deaths as a result of non-Jainist philosophies.
. . . . and so on.
What point is being made here ?
There seems to be an argument made that non-religious philosophies were the cause of much of the 20th century's bloodshed because they were non-religious.
Which is a silly argument for many many reasons.
What is important to realise is that those programs that killed so many people were entirely religious in nature, totalitarian, dogmatic, absolutist, all subservient to the state or the dear leader.
This view that a large number of deaths were the result of non-religiosity paints the world as a comically crude dichotomy, you are either religious or non-religious and any (and all) actions taken by anyone outside of religion can be ascribed to the group as a whole.
So we have the Conservative party and the Labour party - and we have a man who has absolutely no interest in party politics - this man goes on to murder another man - the Conservative party announce how they are sickened by yet another killing by a non-Conservative.