>belief is embodied through practice, not just felt in the mind
>credibility enhancing displays is "proof" that people "should" believe harder than ideology
>research shows kids will follow what you practice harder than what you preach
>if you tell them to brush their teeth but never brush your own teeth, they'll conclude it must not be that important
so if you just teach the kids communism but don't actually practice it, they'll just decide you're a windbag.
Communism isn't a religion, but these insights from religious studies should be useful for teaching communists how to build an actual praxis that outlasts revolution and a few generations of iron fisted rule
oh also
nonreligious, ex-religious, and religious people care equally about fairness and not harming people, but religious and ex-religious people care more about purity, authority, and loyalty than nonreligious people
>>2811783>xyz study by hegelspookster university talking about moral norms as if they are transhistorical transrelational valuesA lotta people will say that they support fairness in abstract but then vote for policies that harm poor amazon wagies so they can have cheaper labubus. Even on a purely interpersonal basis i've seen libs disown their parents because they don't want the burden of taking care of them. How tf are you gonna preach about taking care of the vulnerable when you do ts in your personal life brodie
Tldr moral values surveys are worth less than the papers they used to print the questionnaires
>>2811784>How tf are you gonna preach about taking care of the vulnerable when you do ts in your personal life brodieHardly a hypocrisy,
I cant take care of my parents -> I wish society as a whole took care of elderly makes perfect sense.
>>2811785Charity starts at home though
In order for society at large to do this, people need to start doing it at home
>>2811784This
Despite all the whining about racism and sexism on here, anons will still ogle and chase women, bemoan lack of young beautiful women and feel disgust towards brown skinned men