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Re:Ivan Illich: A Forgotten Prophet Whose Time Has Come (2021) by pas on Monday October 30, 2023 @01:47PM (#38072918)
One argument is that we simply replaced the archaic (religion-focused) dogma with a modern (consumerist, individualist, hyperpoliticized) one, but their function is the same, to serve as complex death denial rituals.
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Re:Ivan Illich: A Forgotten Prophet Whose Time Has Come (2021) by thfuran on Monday October 30, 2023 @04:12PM (#38075077)
That doesn't sound likely to be a compelling argument.
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Re:Ivan Illich: A Forgotten Prophet Whose Time Has Come (2021) by pas on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @06:04AM (#38082448)
Hm, consider it the flaw of my botched paraphrasing/summarizing/application of it, and maybe give it another chance in a better form:

https://www.philosophizethis.org/podcast/episode-158-the-cre... (the URL is misleading, it's about Ernest Becker's ideas, there's a transcript too ... if for some reason that link doesn't work, you can listen to it here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-43zh_za_eQ )

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