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The number of similarities between modern leftism and organized religion is uncanny. You've outlined the "blind faith in regulation" aspect but the more you loo
by gosub100 3y ago
The number of similarities between modern leftism and organized religion is uncanny. You've outlined the "blind faith in regulation" aspect but the more you look the more you find. They have their own scapegoat, epic struggle, sacred figures, sacrilege, science denialism, 2nd coming, it just keeps going. I wonder if it's residual from centuries of religious rules ingrained in us. I strongly suspect there's an intermediate between biological instinct/ evolution and learned behavior. I think the leftists are still chained to the pattern of worship just without the traditional deity.
- kthejoker2 3y agoYou have it almost right except the idea this is limited to some subset of humanity instead of all of us.
- gosub100 3y agovery likely: we have a "channel" in our DNA to worship, from our ancestry (N-thousand/million years ago) where we were starving to death, chasing woolly mammoths. Those who prayed and concentrated/unified their collective energy to make it 1 more kilometer and finally killed their prey survived. Those who gave it "the ole college try" didn't pass on their DNA because they starved.