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Capitalism and fascism (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Same. I always wondered how ideas like giving what you can, loving thy neighbour, and forgiveness to the extreme somehow results in Supply Side Jesus, "Protestant work ethic", jail time for addictions, "law and order" politics, etc..

These people have strayed so far from the teachings and I'm not sure how they can claim to follow them and then blame homeless people for being homeless.

[–] ours 2 points 4 months ago

Exactly, like all religions anybody can dig into the texts and find a justification for their personal and political views but the Jesus I was brought up with, while I don't believe he existed, had some pretty decent key points (forgiveness, love, sharing, empathy, charity...). These contrast strongly with the judgemental, conservative, nationalist, racist "Christians".

They would probably have hung this "rebellious, commie jew" themselves today if their much-awaited second coming had taken place.