Contemporary Christian monasticism is a middle class pursuit, designed primarily for the participation of the ‘White’ bourgeoisie (with the odd exception). As the church is a middle class entity that uncritically supports the suffering-inducing capitalist system, it likes to recruit its monks and nuns from the very class it represents.
Tag: working-class
Defending Vietnam (My Reply to Miko Peled)
The movement of dialectical historical assessment, must always be in the direction of the workers, and away from their exploiters – the bourgeoisie.
Do Not Worship Cause and Effect
Religion as it currently exists (even its good manifestation) keeps humanity at a certain level of thought, and does not allow any progress beyond this point. The working class, simply for evolutionary purposes, must progress beyond the limitations of theology for the betterment of the psychological and physical health of humanity.
Tories Out! London March (16.7.2016)
Down with the Tory Junta! Power to Jeremy Corbyn!
Memorial to the Stupidity of Capitalists
The rightwing Christian, capitalist, gun-loving Republican George W Bush, in 2007, agreed to raise a fascistic statue in Washington, supposedly for the ‘Victims of Communism’. This has been part of a far-wider assault on post-Soviet Russia, and the continued attempt by the US to undermine and destroy Communist China.
Lenin: On Being a Professional Revolutionary
Empower yourself – do not wait for others to validate your life!