This comes down to the real meaning of the NRx statement that progressivism is a religion. It's not a sneer; a way to say "ha ha! look at those idiots with their irrational belief" Religions are *powerful* because they provide a Schelling point for cooperation between strangershttps://twitter.com/DavidSharp84/status/1231054950748295173 …
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Oracle isn't a single actor and relies on agents to protect its interests - agents that might *also* be more loyal to progressivism than to Oracle. Other employers aren't going to punish workers for being disloyal to Oracle for the same reason - their managers might be progs
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IOW, progs have a cooperative framework outside and above the money economy. This is the framework for NRx saying that merchants can't rule; only priests or warriors can rule
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The left has put in a ton of work over the years to lessen that cost (and at the same time, impose an ever-greater one on us), providing supportive infrastructure where needed.
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Very much so. At the same time the biggest change over recent years IMO is that social networks make the benefits bigger - progs can "keep receipts" for prog credit which now can function more smoothly as an alternative superior currency.
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