Comment on Why do most religious conservatives support capitalist ideology?
the_dopamine_fiend@lemmy.world 1 year agoThere’s an authoritarian theme to it all. They believe their god to be all-powerful and all-just. Therefore, that god must reward good actions and punish bad ones. The reward that our global society seems to run the most on is money. Therefore, any actions that gain you a lot of money must be good actions, thereby justifying the means of capitalism.
poplargrove@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Even if not entirely accurate, here’s a passage of satirical theology from Terry Prachett’s Small Gods that I absolutely love: