Do you see ideology such as socialism and nationalism in the book? You mention the naty party and its rituals and so on, which were very, very ba in its kind of brand a. Do you see them as performing the same function as religion? They do, but they don't do it as well,. And that's the problem, i think. What's missing here appears to be this transcendental effect  of feeling that you're direct contact with some greater force or spiritual force.

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