Also the witch hunts were part of the violent transition from feudalism to capitalism. It was about limiting women’s access to birth control and growing the workforce. “Witches” were usually the midwives of their villages. Women had to be alienated from control over their own bodies before they could be forced into subservient roles as housewives and baby making machines.

Disenfranchising minorities, and especially women, has always been part of the capitalist playbook to keep us oppressed and attacking one another rather than uniting against them.