lol gotcha. There is actually some merit to the idea that these bohemian grove type cults, even if not sincere cults to mammon, at least help the capitalist ruling class internally reconcile their gross dehumanization of the working class and their crimes against them.
(I’m not an expert or anything - I’ve done very little digging but that idea makes sense to me. and I think overall the secret society and cult dynamic plays into that sense of othering the average person)
Lol well I said “outside of deeply hierarchical societies”… I think the US fits the bill
lol gotcha. There is actually some merit to the idea that these bohemian grove type cults, even if not sincere cults to mammon, at least help the capitalist ruling class internally reconcile their gross dehumanization of the working class and their crimes against them.
(I’m not an expert or anything - I’ve done very little digging but that idea makes sense to me. and I think overall the secret society and cult dynamic plays into that sense of othering the average person)
I’m sure you could write a convincing Nacirema-esque piece showing how much they really are cults to Mammon lol