A New Secular Religion
OK. Here is the deal. Communism is a secular religion. Now we could attack it by countering with religion which means attacking not only the economic understanding but in addition you have to make a non-believer a believer. That is a two factor problem.
Easier to reduce it to a one factor problem. Define a secular religion that makes a republic work. We could call it Educated Patriotism.
Let me start with the first precept:
Here is the second:
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"I slept with faith and found a corpse in my arms on awakening; I drank and danced all night with doubt and found her a virgin in the morning."
Unfortunately, I see a fundamental need for belief in something. Like having something to anchor a fabric/fractal on.
Carried too far, doubt will slowly be filled in by a creeping certainty, even as those within its grasp see themselves as open-minded.
I suspect that is what is currently happening to the Left.
I'm a fan of AC too!
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