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user-inactivated · 3056 days ago · link · · parent · post: What became of the Christian intellectuals?
Which of these things was still true in 1945?Aristocrats don't need their peasants breeding like rabbits and thinking toil is good for them because original sin; America isn't an agrarian economy anymore. Capitalists don't need preachers telling people wage slavery is good for them because original sin, there isn't a viable alternative so the proles' misery doesn't matter and economists do a better job keeping the professional class in line.