In a recent post John Michael Greer has continued to bring to light how a religious impulse underlies the current governmental crises. Not as the superficial coverage narrates a battle between conservatives and progressives, but how all these contending forces share in the overall religion of Progress. Reason with a capital R, as much as Fundamentalism, is just another manifestation of a religious impulse. The seeming paradox, the logjam of unintended consequences clogging the efforts of the champions of Reason, only make sense if we recognize they are acting out rituals. There is no more wisdom in their machinations than can be found in any other decaying remnant of any dying religion.
It's Religion
It's Religion
It's Religion
In a recent post John Michael Greer has continued to bring to light how a religious impulse underlies the current governmental crises. Not as the superficial coverage narrates a battle between conservatives and progressives, but how all these contending forces share in the overall religion of Progress. Reason with a capital R, as much as Fundamentalism, is just another manifestation of a religious impulse. The seeming paradox, the logjam of unintended consequences clogging the efforts of the champions of Reason, only make sense if we recognize they are acting out rituals. There is no more wisdom in their machinations than can be found in any other decaying remnant of any dying religion.