Inspired by some of the discussion in this thread. I don’t think it’s appropriate place for that discussion there, but hey why not have a separate thread for it

If I think religion is not good in general, am I Reddit and cringe and basically Richard Dawkins?

  • Muad'Dibber@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
    101·
    6 days ago

    This is correct, reddit atheism is basically just islamophobia / western supremacy dressed in an atheist garb.

    It’s basis comes from the 90s-2000s US imperialist wars on Iraq and the Middle East, and defenses of western imperialism from an anti-religious standpoint:

    Hidden beneath a superficial rationalism, they provide a seemingly intellectual defense of imperialism, push islamophobia, and use it to create a smokescreen for the injustices of global capitalism. 2,3

    • geneva_convenience@lemmy.mlEnglish
      4·
      6 days ago

      I used to think so too but the actual past was far earlier than 90’s imperialism. It was at the core of the ‘enlightenment’.

      Darwin was notoriously obsessed with proving the white man (not woman) was the ultimate specimen.

      The video I linked covers quite a lot more history, I timestamped the colonial era but even figures such as Hegel which inspired Marx had some pretty edgy ideas about religion and race. That is discussed in a segment before it.