Between MOASS, TJLC, qanon, pizzagate, and a whole lot of other weird internet bullshit I've seen over the last 5-7 years, I've slowly become convinced that a lot of the messianic, apocalyptic, cult-like behavior that we typically attribute to the 'evils' of religion don't actually require religion. Have you seen what Elon reply guys are like in 2023? I dare you to tell me that Musky wouldn't be able to gather a few hundred dudebros and start Xtown in Guyana if he wanted to
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in reply to @huldratigress's post:
Lmfao did this guy reinvent Georgism? Fascinating lol
You know I gotta respect being such a dramatic success of capitalism and still wanting to create this sort of project with a significantly tweaked economic system. I dunno how much it would actually fix but assuming this doesn't end up some sort of glorified company town, good luck tbh
no, yeah, you're absolutely right (it's still the case that there are other problems that we think it's fair to lay at the feet of large-scale organized religions, such as persecution of minorities)
We all have problems, theres just a subset of people who want the solution to be a messiah who raises them above the masses.
So much more dramatic than personal oblivion.
I think he should do that, tbh
Fixate his whole attention on that until the project either miraculously works or descends into cannibalism