False Religions & Political Systems

How Political Values Subvert True Religion

Sometimes reflecting on the past can be a bit perplexing. How could I, as an Orthodox Christian have ever taken “Mencius Moldbug” seriously? Maybe it’s because I started reading him rather late, and his arguments were a little more refined. In his Open Letter to Open Minded Progressives, and A Gentle Introduction…he was more subtle in his Atheistic views. By the time I read Moldbug, I concluded that I wasn’t much a fan of Democracy and had an admiration for The Christian Imperial Empire now known as Byzantium. Moldbug seemed to me at the time to offer a systematic manner to deconstruct a “normies” Worldview, and thus get them a little closer to mine. At the time, I was more agreeable to detaching an Autocratic System from the true Faith. I no longer believe that, but that’s an article for another day. However, reading the Chief Jew Elf’s early posts has shocked me for a number of reasons. For one, it just isn’t good. Reading it now, it doesn’t seem insightful, but rather a geek desperately trying to be edgy. But I didn’t realize how big of a fedora hat he really wore. One of his early posts, “Why do atheists believe in Religion?,” he basically explains that religious people are delusional, but that’s okay so long as their beliefs don’t lead to disruptive behavior. I suspect this guy would have agreed with Diocletian that Christianity was inherently seditious because of their refusal to light incense to Caesar, and sacrifice to the Pagan gods. Maybe not the best movement for a Christian to be a part of. Ironically, most adherents were either Catholic or Orthodox Christian. There do seem to be suggestions in his works that religious institutions can be useful utilities. But, despite Curtis’s best efforts to demean the religious, he makes the most important point that he has ever made in the process. In fact, Yarvin’s articulation of this concept in his later work really struck me. It made me realize that the Orthodox Church really is the biggest enemy of Liberal Democracy, and really any other Utopian Political Ideology. Really there isn’t much of a distinction between the false religions of the World, and Political “Systems.” The truth is, in the absence of formal religion, people often replace it with a Utopian Political System. If they still bother maintaining a formal religion, their “political values” supersede or are blended with the dogma of their religion.