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It's capitalism :marx-guns-blazing:

  • tamagotchicowboy [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    No argument there, not to mention myths can speak to cultural symbols of multiple eras, get re-cast, forgotten and irrelevant, etc. I thought that was neat seeing some lib academic tying symbolism and economics together, though as you point out they fail their history of production pretty hard.

    • GreenTeaRedFlag [any]
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      2 years ago

      I'm gonna say I don't think economics and mythology will ever precisely map onto each other. Only thing like that is the prosperity gospel, and that's a school of thought running counter to most of Christian mythology.