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Originally Posted by Trexller
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oh right
i guess i never consider communists to be atheists, with the state functioning as the worship figure or some such bs.
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Every time I see those fighter jets flying overhead when I watch football, I think of civic religion. Or Joel Osteen / Kenneth Copeland types, sort of doing the cup game between capital and faith.
I think our propaganda is better than the Bolsheviks and Maoists, easily. And we do it from both ends, both state and faith, versus their state-only approach. I'm sure there's exceptions in both histories.
I haven't yet read The Enchantments of Mammon. I'm sure there's better ways to articulate this.