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I beg to differ on the monopoly of religion over the power of hierarchies. Take the military by example. They have a remarkably good track record of literally
by crpatino 11y ago
I beg to differ on the monopoly of religion over the power of hierarchies.
Take the military by example. They have a remarkably good track record of literally sending men to die, in full knowledge that their chances or survival are negligible.
There are many other less dramatic cases: at work in both the private and public sector, at the school's social dynamic, at charitable organizations, and yes in the church.
- sliverstorm 11y agoBut militaries don't form hippie communes, at least that I've ever heard of.
- crpatino 11y agoAnd hippies don't go to war either. But how is that relevant to the point of religion being the only way to make people work against their own interest.
- sliverstorm 11y agoYou missed what the point was. The statement was that historically communes only work out when founded on religion.
- sliverstorm 11y agoAh, I now realize you were objecting to this: Religion usually has a built-in power structure that nothing else has been able to replicate. I wasn't sufficiently clear. I meant within the context of "things that have been used as a basis for communes", religion stands alone.