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Wheat and gunpowder were also major ingredients in the revolution. The fact that the revolution was anti-religion tells us nothing about the wisdom of being ant
by mikeash 8y ago
Wheat and gunpowder were also major ingredients in the revolution. The fact that the revolution was anti-religion tells us nothing about the wisdom of being anti-religion, any more than the Crusades tell us about the wisdom of being religious.
- remarkEon 8y ago>The fact that the revolution was anti-religion... It's more helpful to think of Communism as just another kind of religion.
- mikeash 8y agoIndeed. The structures are more or less the same, just the names change.
- remarkEon 8y agoIt has a lot of the same narrative structures, yes, and there’s lots of symbology and people playing the roles of High Priests etc. Of course, so does consumerist Capitalism. The symbology there is just corporate symbology coupled with dogmatic adherence to “free markets”.