ThisMachinePostsHog [they/them, he/him] to The Dredge Tank • 17 hours agoGenocide is evil and we won't defeat it unless we vote for the candidate who promised ironclad support for the party that is committing the genocide.imagemessage-square57 fedilinkarrow-up1138file-text
arrow-up1138imageGenocide is evil and we won't defeat it unless we vote for the candidate who promised ironclad support for the party that is committing the genocide.ThisMachinePostsHog [they/them, he/him] to The Dredge Tank • 17 hours agomessage-square57 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarebuckykat [none/use name]hexbear9·8 hours agoThe Secret is Calvinism for brunch liberals link
minus-squareUlyssesT [he/him]hexbear8·8 hours agoIf good things happen to privileged rich assholes, it's because they manifested those good things correctly. If the poors don't have good things happen to them, it's because they didn't do "the Secret" magic correctly and got what's coming to them. Yeah that kind of checks out. link
minus-squarebuckykat [none/use name]hexbear4·7 hours agoAnd just like in regular Calvinism, you can tell who's virtuous by how rich and "successful" they are within capitalism. It's a secular version of specifically the amerikkkan prosperity gospel branch of Calvinism. link
The Secret is Calvinism for brunch liberals
If good things happen to privileged rich assholes, it's because they manifested those good things correctly.
If the poors don't have good things happen to them, it's because they didn't do "the Secret" magic correctly and got what's coming to them.
Yeah that kind of checks out.
And just like in regular Calvinism, you can tell who's virtuous by how rich and "successful" they are within capitalism. It's a secular version of specifically the amerikkkan prosperity gospel branch of Calvinism.