I dont have to believe anything about politics to observe what a Bolshevik or Maoist revolution looks like, it's sickening. Unfortunately America has been steadily subverted that direction over time.
If by "unfettered capitalism" you mean an unregulated market/economy, this is clearly far from true. We tax the shit out of everything, have endless legislation from elected officials and unelected like the FDA. And government has steadily grown in authority and proportion.
Socialist states promote atheism because religion takes maintenance of moral values away from the state and entrusts it to a third party.
The Protestant revolution took understanding of morality away from the Catholic Church and gave it to the people.
The people are the best judges of their own morality, but they still need an instruction manual, and that's what a properly implemented and benevolent religious system grants them, and that's why Socialists hate it.
Communist countries have been our greatest example of atheist societies, doesn't look too appealing to me.
That's because your political and religious beliefs are completely intertwined. It's a real problem in America.
I dont have to believe anything about politics to observe what a Bolshevik or Maoist revolution looks like, it's sickening. Unfortunately America has been steadily subverted that direction over time.
It's unironically unfettered capitalism.
If by "unfettered capitalism" you mean an unregulated market/economy, this is clearly far from true. We tax the shit out of everything, have endless legislation from elected officials and unelected like the FDA. And government has steadily grown in authority and proportion.
Socialist states promote atheism because religion takes maintenance of moral values away from the state and entrusts it to a third party.
The Protestant revolution took understanding of morality away from the Catholic Church and gave it to the people.
The people are the best judges of their own morality, but they still need an instruction manual, and that's what a properly implemented and benevolent religious system grants them, and that's why Socialists hate it.