In actuality, most religions exist symbiotically with their social and material contexts.
@LukewSavage Hitchens's Marxism was based on romantic memories of the exhilaration of 1968, not any sort of historical materialism.
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@HeerJeet I agree, though he claimed to be a historical materialist to the end.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet He basically had a crude/linear notion of historical progress which could be articulated in either Marxist or liberal terms. -
@LukewSavage Yes, I think that's an astute reading and cuts to the heart of what was wrong with CH. - Show replies
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