1-Teleological narrative: Communism offers a worldview with a clear historical purpose, such as the class struggle culminating in a classless society, resembling the eschatological narratives of traditional religions (e.g., the idea of a "paradise" or "salvation"). The idealized "communist future" functions as a transcendent goal.
2-Dogmas and orthodoxy: Communism, especially in its Marxist-Leninist form, presents canonical texts (e.g., Capital or the Communist Manifesto) and a "correct" interpretation of history and society, with little room for dissent. This resembles the orthodoxy of organized religions.
3-Rituals and symbols: Communist movements often adopt rituals, such as celebrations of revolutionary dates, anthems, flags, and cults of personality (e.g., Lenin, Mao, or Che Guevara), which reinforce social cohesion and devotion to the cause, similar to religious practices.
4-Morality and sacrifice: Communism demands loyalty, personal sacrifice, and adherence to a moral code (e.g., proletarian solidarity), often prioritizing the collective over the individual, echoing the ethics of many religions.
5-Faith in transformation: The belief in a radical transformation of society, even in the face of contrary evidence or practical difficulties, can be compared to religious faith, particularly in its resistance to empirical questioning.
>>2504044>Communism is a failed pseudo-theology but I'm not going to say its a civic religionhow generous of you, a person who doesn't know what he's talking about, and whose idiotic opinion does not matter, to "grant" Communists the magnanimous favor of not slandering communism as a civic religion, while simultaneously, and nevertheless, seeing communism as a "failed pseudo-theology."
Would you like communism more if it was a successful real theology? Because last time I checked theology was a tool for manipulating the masses into obeying the ruling class.
>>2502966>are you a traditionalist by any chanceim not, dont even know what i believe, just think communists are disingenuous.
>>2503821>Are you a transwoman?no
>>2502499>TeleologicalMisinterpretation of Marxism, though it is a usefull one and I am not going to actively stop it among the masses
>Dogmas and orthodoxySure to some extend. But all ideological frameworks have a canon, and this canon is ever shifting to support cohesion.
>Symbols and ritualsOk and? Isn't it more that religion is ritual with superstition, rather than ritual being religious? Is celebrating your birthday a religious thing?
>Faith in transformationTo accuse the slave of being religious in his belief that he must free himself and his drive that one day his people will be free, is the height of misanthropic intellectualism.
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>Morality and sacrificeThis is actually just a fundamental building block of human society, miss Thatcher. Adherence to behaviour that protects the in group and sacrifice for the in group is basic human behaviour.
Everything you listed as "religious" is actually just things that religion has incorporated.
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