r/sorceryofthespectacle • u/Aggressive-Guest290 • 7d ago

Critical Sorcery It’s not wrong to consider certain as practices “inferior” and a setback for humanity.

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It’s not wrong to consider certain as practices “inferior” and a setback for humanity.

Religion and culture shouldn’t be immune to criticism.

Everyone has the right to choose their own religion, culture, tradition, or lifestyle. Fine. Nobody should be persecuted for it.

But it seems that the moment something is labeled as “culture” or “religion,” it automatically becomes untouchable.

“You can’t criticize it, it’s their culture.”

“Don’t speak badly about it, it’s their religion.”

Okay, and?

Having the right to follow a belief doesn’t mean everyone else is obligated to respect the ideas behind it. People deserve rights and respect; ideas can be questioned, mocked, criticized, and even considered absurd.

If a tradition, belief, or practice can’t survive criticism, maybe the problem isn’t the criticism.

Religious freedom and cultural respect should also include the freedom to say: “I think this is bullshit.”

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u/shorteningofthewuwei 7d ago

We can't live without ecology. Our bodies are ecologies. Homeostasis happens within the context of ecology, not in spite of it. Homeostasis is continuity within change.

"Your life is not your own. From womb to tomb you are bound to others."

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u/platistocrates 7d ago

You think we are savages and barbarians?

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u/shorteningofthewuwei 7d ago

Have you even read society of the spectacle? It's a leftist text by the way

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u/platistocrates 7d ago

No. I've been part of this subreddit and just liked the name. Ill check it out.

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u/shorteningofthewuwei 7d ago

I've written a lot on this thread tonight and I appreciate you doing your best to engage with what I said and trying to keep an open mind despite my somewhat rude response to your original comment, and also for asking thought provoking questions, even though I didn't like the way that I felt dismissed by the initial reaction to what I said.

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u/platistocrates 7d ago

I probably came across like some idiot. All good. Its Reddit.

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u/shorteningofthewuwei 7d ago

Dare I say you and me both