anchor: yeah well i mean i don't mean to well i guess i do in a way sometimes i think a religion has a lot to do with that i think that that uh because of those countries countries a lot you know where such Catholic influence and i think the Catholic religion itself was was such a dominant factor as far as keeping the people down so to speak
positive: The influence of Catholicism was a major means of oppression in those countries.
negative: Sometimes I feel that Buddhism ruled the area with an iron fist.