Leftism understood as secularised protestantism is an extension of religious ideas into politics. This is something that will always proceed badly probably even if the religious ideas were true. Even if the light of god dwells within everyone you'd still....
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I think that's just a case of good luck, terrible theology could happen to suggest a good political idea, good theology could be given political generalisation that turns out to be disastrous, so still better to keep those realms separate
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is that possible though, politics without theology?
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No harm in trying, I think it would come with looking at pol questions in a more technical way. What I'm thinking is that you don't have to fight the religious ideas at the root of the politics... maybe all people are fundamentally equal in some sense, doesn't mean they should...
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all get the vote, or have the same bank balances
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right, theology doesn't override pragmatic considerations, but the same applies vice versa
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Yes, I...I think
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Never has so much rested on an ellipsis.
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I don't think most people would agree with that. Capital has certainly existed throughout history but appealing to a Greek agora or even medieval merchant capital is sort of like a communist appealing to "primitive communist" hunter-gatherers.
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It requires (ideologically?) affirming capital as the Thing, or making Braudel’s distinction between capitalism and a more ancient free enterprise. Both obviously being opposed to capitalism as a historical and contingent mode of production, so yes certainly contentious.
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Capital exists. Is that really controversial?
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Sure, capital exists just as humans, matter, dark energy and nature exist. What they ARE is far less certain...
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