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The Politics of Constraint in Islam
In Ramadan you are expected to be giving to the poor. So there is a political dimension to this of reflecting on those who are not like you in the same socioeconomic situation. I don't have any faith in keto, making better citizens who care about each other. It's capitalism that produces these various diets and these various practices of self actualization and constraint. And it ultimately will not satisfy us.