Theology for Atheists, Art, & the Gnosis of Contradiction w/Helen Rollins
Talk Gnosis
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Is There a Utopian Future in the United States?
We are caught within a dissatisfying reality so utopia in this contradictory universe cannot logically exist that's a whole other talk but what we do to sustain the image of utopia which maybe keeps us comforted from our like difficult reality. Because we can't access utopia logically we sustain the illusion of the possibility of a utopia by either casting scapegoats or enemies who are the reason why the utopia doesn't exist. I would read Marx in in a philosophical way rather than a drug-trivial way and he had a very good reading of capitalism. If you love capitalism this might be the way that it could be perfected or made better or a market system can be tamed right
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