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  • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    It is a state of, fake thought? Synthetic understanding? False coincidence?

    You can still be religious and be socialist, but you can't use your religion outside your personal life or use it as a tool for understanding the conditions of the working class under capitalism. Otherwise you just get weird protestant work ethic shit tied to a romanticized ideal of the worker.

    I guess it's kinda like personal property and private property.

    • Mardoniush [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      This is where liberation theologists break with Marx. Yes, it can be used as an opiate, but synthesised with a proper understanding of Historical Materialism, it can also be a great driver against oppression. Jesus came bearing a sword, after all.

    • Gonzalo [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      you can’t use your religion outside your personal life or use it as a tool for understanding the conditions of the working class under capitalism. Otherwise you just get weird protestant work ethic shit

      Hard disagree. You wind up with prosperity gospel shit when you value capitalism more than your faith.

    • dave297 [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      there is genuinely useful information in the Bible about how to combine theory and Praxis.