The sino-soviet split and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race
For every communist we lose we'll pick up two red-baiters in the suburbs.
the only way to reach across the aisle is forcefully with something pointy in your hand
all local black clergy withdrew
the parasitic PMC "community leadership" are class traitors? Very weird
it is unfortunate truth that the church does wonderful work for the poor, but it does it specifically in exchange for ideological fealty.
People do things for selfish reasons. That doesn't devalue the benefit of the works themselves. Leftists would do well to study and imitate the religious model, if for no other reason than it's proven so effective for so long. Liberation Theology has a place in the leftist's toolkit.
The explicitly Feudalist (Christ is called “LORD” in the King James Version for a reason!) process of withholding basic needs in exchange for oaths of loyalty, forcing people to proclaim that the entirety of this earth, with its limited time and resources, is simply a waiting room for an eternity of freedom, is not only a terrible lie, it is meant specifically to weaken the urge to resist injustice.
The appeal to a fictitious spiritual regent is double-edged. It irritates the libertarians and anarchists, as it implies a certain higher authority than one's own choice. At the same time, it creates a position above and beyond that of any earthly authority and establishing a code of conduct that is believed to hold to all individuals equally.
A theory of universal morality is incredibly useful for a leftist agitator, particularly when married to a criticism of elites as debauched or entitled. But the tenants of this universal morality must be established in favor of left-wing politics.
The ideology is specifically anti-materialist and reduces the much needed sense of urgency and strategy that a materialist analysis of politics, economy, ecology, and class warfare brings.
Materialist ideologies can very often be short-sighted and selfish in their own right. The ideas of a universal community, an inter-generational duty, and a classless morality are necessary precursors of sustainable leftist governance. By contrast, the simple pursuit of business cycle gains are as damaging to both environmental health and human rights under communism as capitalism.
Liberation theologists, univeralist unitarians, christian socialists, etc. are unfortunately the minority. The vast majority have deeply conservative ideology and structures.
The majority of Americans have conservative dogma ingrained in them in both the religious and secular spheres.
This is a challenge of propaganda, not a consequence of religious views over secular ones. Joe Biden's secularist "We Believe Science" shit has been no more effective at curbing climate change or police violence or disease prevention than George Bush Jr's Evangelism.
you can hold all people to be equal without needing to apply a theory of divine authority to your own beliefs
You don't need divine authority. But you do need something beyond the simple secular decree of the state.
Organized religion is one proven effective tool for establishing a community that recognizes moral tenants beyond what secular capitalists wish to allow.
