Puritanism of the rich

[Joel Katz]

>From: Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net>
>To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: Puritanism of the rich
>Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2004 12:10:52 -0500
>
>On Tue, 2004-11-09 at 10:32, Otto wrote:
> > Puritanism of the rich
> >
> > Bush's ideology has its roots in 17th century preaching that the world
> > exists to be conquered
>
>Not sure the Republicans NEED any ideology in the year 2004 except
>ANYTHING GOES. Today the real business of politics is getting and/or
>staying rich. Having God on one's side has became just a SIDEshow.


real belief is for the morons, the cannon fodder.  today's theocrapalism is, 
conversely, real ideology: the  profession of faith as an openly secret 
signal that you don't believe at all.  just like you have to say, 'hi, how 
are you?' to satisfy people that you don't give a shit, who would be 
offended if you didn't ask.

well, it's not as if christianity wasn't always about cheap magic tricks, 
anyway.

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