In actuality, most religions exist symbiotically with their social and material contexts.
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@LukewSavage Very true. Hitchens's understanding of religion was a flight from the complexity of a true historical materialist account.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@LukewSavage Hitchens's claims to be a Marxist of any sort was always dubious. He had other virtues but he was not a dialectical thinker.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@LukewSavage There's some parallels with Sidney Hook, who also saw himself as being heir to Marx even when he supported Reagan.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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@LukewSavage Another parallel is with historian Martin J. Sklar, who called himself socialist even as he defended G.W. Bush & attacked Obama
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