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Secular Morality

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The Immorality of the Capitalist System Is a Big Thing, Right?

To become wealthy requires a kind of immorality, or what i would call immorality that makes possible success in the capitalist system. I just think you're just not going to be wealthy, like, thats my point. In other ways they're totally distinct. That religious morality really licenses you to enjoy in a way that it did. It doesn't offend,. Like, the accumulation of wealth just doesn't offend it. And i think that's a, that's a big thing. The lesson is easy. So it's easy. This is part of the reason why i don't really like the handmaid's tale.

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