ThisMachinePostsHog [they/them, he/him]@hexbear.net to The Dredge Tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agoGenocide is evil and we won't defeat it unless we vote for the candidate who promised ironclad support for the party that is committing the genocide.hexbear.netimagemessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1148arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1145arrow-down1imageGenocide is evil and we won't defeat it unless we vote for the candidate who promised ironclad support for the party that is committing the genocide.hexbear.netThisMachinePostsHog [they/them, he/him]@hexbear.net to The Dredge Tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square57fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareUlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 months ago“The Secret” is just solipsism for brunch liberals.
minus-squarebuckykat [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoThe Secret is Calvinism for brunch liberals
minus-squareUlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoIf good things happen to privileged rich assholes, it’s because they manifested those good things correctly. If the poors don’t have good things happen to them, it’s because they didn’t do “the Secret” magic correctly and got what’s coming to them. Yeah that kind of checks out.
minus-squarebuckykat [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoAnd just like in regular Calvinism, you can tell who’s virtuous by how rich and “successful” they are within capitalism. It’s a secular version of specifically the amerikkkan prosperity gospel branch of Calvinism.
“The Secret” is just solipsism for brunch liberals.
The Secret is Calvinism for brunch liberals
If good things happen to privileged rich assholes, it’s because they manifested those good things correctly.
If the poors don’t have good things happen to them, it’s because they didn’t do “the Secret” magic correctly and got what’s coming to them.
Yeah that kind of checks out.
And just like in regular Calvinism, you can tell who’s virtuous by how rich and “successful” they are within capitalism. It’s a secular version of specifically the amerikkkan prosperity gospel branch of Calvinism.