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calpaterson
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> Almost no one in previous history had an ability to directly target poor, uneducated masses which their own content created in their own bedroom.
Yes they did - where do you think Martin Luther composed his 95 theses?
anigbrowl
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Printing technology was the new hotness of his time.
https://www.history.com/news/printing-press-renaissance
MisterBastahrd
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He didn't target poor, uneducated masses. He targeted the most educated people in his society, the clerics of the Catholic church.
throwaway8879
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He translated the new testament from Greek to German. That helped the poor more than anybody else.
MisterBastahrd
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And how many people could read his 95 Thesis in that era again?
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Yes they did - where do you think Martin Luther composed his 95 theses?