barrbaric [he/him]

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  • I’m curious, which socialist causes would you say have been helped in a major way by religion? I know liberation theology exists but that’s about the extent of my knowledge, and my baseline knowledge says that of the current and former AES projects, while there might be some religious base supporting the cause in latin america, I am unfamiliar with the specifics.

    On a separate note, I would argue that the relationship between religion and support for left-wing causes is unlikely to be the same in the imperial core as in formerly colonized countries. As you say, the creation of a nationalist, anti-colonial movement has been useful historically in countries like China, Vietnam, and Cuba, but obviously we wouldn’t expect an American communist movement to seriously attempt to rally around the flag. Similarly, I wouldn’t expect a revolution in the US to attempt to ally with the domestic bourgeoisie as they did in China.