The Theology of Marxism. Most people think of Marxism as an economic theory or, perhaps, a social theory. This isn’t sufficient. Marxism, strange as it may sound, is a theology, the basis for a religion.

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[–]Tiwaking 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Islam is the religion of Violence
Christianity is the religion of Salvation
Marxism is the religion of Abject Failure

[–]chadwickofwv 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I disagree. Marxism is the religion of evil.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

it's a philosophy, there are a lot of stupid philosophies throughout the ages but it's not accurate to call them religions. Do you think it's a religion because millions believe in something that is false? It's not spiritual like religion and promotes atheism.

[–]Alan_Crowe 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I've listened for twelve minutes and he is still in the name dropping and chit-chat phase of his three hours.

I stuck it out for twelve minutes because I find this a fascinating topic and asked r/neology for a word for the thing for which communism and Islam are equally paradigmatic examples

[–]Chipit[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Listen when you're doing other things, like cleaning the house or working out. It might take several sessions to finish one podcast. This guy is good.

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It’s the opposite of religion: it is surely not a relationship with ultimate reality. Marxists tend to invent their own reality, because “reality is unfair”.