Does this kind of crudity, cage-matches and motorcycle stunts on the closest thing a secular state has to sacred ground, actually work for anyone?
I mean I get it. The US is under the thrall of a cult and an oligarchy, and so this caters to an audience of one. But is there someone else in the US that actually enjoys this?
More or less, though the US civil religion doesn’t infer diety or an afterlife. But there is a solemnity about Abraham Lincoln and the speeches that he gave during the process of freeing the slaves, that from that point on the US aspired to be a country in which the notion that all men are created equal would be ever inclusive.
The reality is far more debatable, even today. Especially today in which a small group of reactionaries have seized power and are seeking to enforce hierarchy and even reverse some of the steps towards inclusion. But that doesn’t stop faith in the United States, that it aspires to equality and plurality and will at some point include an even greater part of the population into the fold of the mainstream.
Does this kind of crudity, cage-matches and motorcycle stunts on the closest thing a secular state has to sacred ground, actually work for anyone?
I mean I get it. The US is under the thrall of a cult and an oligarchy, and so this caters to an audience of one. But is there someone else in the US that actually enjoys this?
Secular lol? You’re describing civil religion. It’s by far the most dominant religion on the planet.
More or less, though the US civil religion doesn’t infer diety or an afterlife. But there is a solemnity about Abraham Lincoln and the speeches that he gave during the process of freeing the slaves, that from that point on the US aspired to be a country in which the notion that all men are created equal would be ever inclusive.
The reality is far more debatable, even today. Especially today in which a small group of reactionaries have seized power and are seeking to enforce hierarchy and even reverse some of the steps towards inclusion. But that doesn’t stop faith in the United States, that it aspires to equality and plurality and will at some point include an even greater part of the population into the fold of the mainstream.