RE: Capitalism - the Ultimate Religion
October 2, 2010 at 5:10 pm
(This post was last modified: October 2, 2010 at 5:12 pm by Existentialist.)
(October 2, 2010 at 4:27 pm)Ashendant Wrote: There was also never a true capitalistic or a true democracy(maybe ancient athens?) country for that matter...
Capitalism is in pretty much every country now. I don't know what people mean by "true" or "pure" capitalism anyway. Capitalism is an intelligently-manipulated, flexible, simultaneously oppressive and liberating concept anyway. The insistence on describing the impossibility of its "purity"or "trueness" seems to be aimed at liberal self-congratulation, and it seems to be almost every single atheist on this website takes the same line. The message is, yes capitalism is potentially oppressive but we liberals have designed mechanisms to make it as benign as possible to the largest possible number of people. That's part of the creed. When I say capitalism is a religion, I don't just mean it's like a religion. It actually is one. It shouldn't be surprising to us, it is the one true, universal religion that all other religions subordinate themselves to. The other religions bequeathed their belief systems to the world in the form of capitalism long before they entered their extended death throes which are now well advanced. Not long from now, atheists who have been successfully distracted will be able to say Look, the religions have died! while completely failing to spot the one big, all-pervasive, universal religion to which they are all fully subscribed, replete with all the trappings of the old religions: patriarchy, sin, guilt, blasphemy, belief and rationalistic enlightenment dogma to name but a few.
