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Re:Ask HN: Something you’ve done your whole life that you re... by svieira on Monday January 30, 2023 @11:00AM (#34581453)
> I think we should start explicitly worshipping the concept of civilization and progress

Isn't this exactly what the French Revolution's first wave, the Nazis, the Soviets, and the Maoists all did? Or are you suggesting something more explicitly Hegelian like the religion of "The sign of the T" from Brave New World (though that religion was focused on production not transformation)?

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Re:Ask HN: Something you’ve done your whole life that you re... by sovietswag on Monday January 30, 2023 @11:29AM (#34582050)
An interesting idea from the Soviet Union: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/God-Building
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