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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Wut

The Red Scare tried very, very hard to link atheism with socialism, and not only did people believe it, it wasn't particularly wrong.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

"The church" meaning an established instition of faith with ties to a state has been a source of legitmacy for monarchies and aristocracies

they also tend to enforce other hierarchies like patriarchy and of course clerigical