Which will wither away first, religion or the state? I'm actually not trying to do a sectarianism, I'm not even sure I'm an anarchist any more, merely making the point that if we ever do get to embark on a socialist project with the goal of communism, religion should be down near the bottom of the list of things we should worry about. I think people should be free to practice whatever religion they wish, regardless of how silly it seems to me. I think our energy should be focused squarely on repressing bourgeois interests directly. I know religion can be an entry to counter-revolutionary sentiment, but it doesn't necessarily have to be. I say you can worship how you want, but the minute you act against the worker's state go directly to :gulag:
know religion can be an entry to counter-revolutionary sentiment, but it doesn’t necessarily have to be. I say you can worship how you want, but the minute you act against the worker’s state go directly to gulag
i agree with you entirely and I wish i had better answers on what the difference between a "legitimate" religion and a bourgeois cult/mafia is (the "church" of scientology for instance has a private navy called Sea Org). As you suggested these organizations can be used as powerful tools for organizing the bourgeoisie as a class, and their petit bourgeois reactionary minions. I don't know what best way to combat that is.
Well they definitely can't keep their Navy. Hopefully we get the chance to find out, but I imagine the ones that are going to be a problem will tell on themselves fairly early on.
Which will wither away first, religion or the state? I'm actually not trying to do a sectarianism, I'm not even sure I'm an anarchist any more, merely making the point that if we ever do get to embark on a socialist project with the goal of communism, religion should be down near the bottom of the list of things we should worry about. I think people should be free to practice whatever religion they wish, regardless of how silly it seems to me. I think our energy should be focused squarely on repressing bourgeois interests directly. I know religion can be an entry to counter-revolutionary sentiment, but it doesn't necessarily have to be. I say you can worship how you want, but the minute you act against the worker's state go directly to :gulag:
i agree with you entirely and I wish i had better answers on what the difference between a "legitimate" religion and a bourgeois cult/mafia is (the "church" of scientology for instance has a private navy called Sea Org). As you suggested these organizations can be used as powerful tools for organizing the bourgeoisie as a class, and their petit bourgeois reactionary minions. I don't know what best way to combat that is.
Well they definitely can't keep their Navy. Hopefully we get the chance to find out, but I imagine the ones that are going to be a problem will tell on themselves fairly early on.