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>The fact that the revolution was anti-religion... It's more helpful to think of Communism as just another kind of religion.
by 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”.