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Time to bring that back (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by Stamets to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

How about telling the poor that if they work hard eventually they’ll be millionaires? Or telling them that a lower capital gains tax will improve their spending power? What about telling them that cheap drugs are penalized 100:1 to more expensive drugs?

This is capitalists every step of the way. Not the US constitution. But they aren't telling you that you might go to hell if you don't tithe. They are holding the word of their god over your head and making you feel guilty if you don't believe hard enough.

The ideas of your Jesus of Nazareth are noble enough on the surface. But they still insist you submit to a higher authority, and those higher authorities always have a human that you actually submit to and give money to. Funny how that works...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

You are entirely missing the point that it isnt religion or capitalism, but ALL human led power structures that lean this way over time