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#Doctrines

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small circle 🕊 in calmness<p>Via HN:</p><p>&gt; "..there is now a widespread tendency to argue that one can only defend <a href="https://social.coop/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> by <a href="https://social.coop/tags/totalitarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>totalitarian</span></a> methods. If one loves democracy, the argument runs, one must crush its enemies by no matter what means. And who are its <a href="https://social.coop/tags/enemies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enemies</span></a>? It always appears that they are not only those who attack it openly and consciously, but those who ‘objectively’ endanger it by spreading mistaken <a href="https://social.coop/tags/doctrines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doctrines</span></a>. In other words, defending democracy involves destroying all <a href="https://social.coop/tags/independence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>independence</span></a> of thought"</p><p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/GeorgeOrwell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeorgeOrwell</span></a></p>
Mark Davies<p>By co-opting <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christianity</span></a> for imperial purposes, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Constantine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constantine</span></a> effectively held the keys to heaven and hell (through enforcement of imperially approved church <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/doctrines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doctrines</span></a> that excluded persons from the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/church" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>church</span></a> who held different views), tools which <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/empires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>empires</span></a> have used through the ages to manipulate the masses and justify imperial expansion and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>colonialism</span></a> under the guise of Christian mission.</p>
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