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Re:America stopped caring how poor kids do in school by contagiousflow on Wednesday February 19, 2025 @11:03AM (#43103593)
What do you mean by "essentially religious reasons"
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Re:America stopped caring how poor kids do in school by scarab92 on Wednesday February 19, 2025 @11:07AM (#43103636)
Progressivism is really a form of religion, disguised as a political system.

It has all the hallmarks of a religion, except perhaps redemption.

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Re:America stopped caring how poor kids do in school by dragonwriter on Wednesday February 19, 2025 @11:10AM (#43103679)
> Progressivism is really a form of religion, disguised as a political system.

No more than all political (and otherwise ideological or values-based) systems are; there's no “disguise” in involved.

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Re:America stopped caring how poor kids do in school by s1artibartfast on Wednesday February 19, 2025 @01:39PM (#43105667)
I think this sentiment gets at a more interesting idea, which is the increasing convergence/conflation of government and society in the minds of participants. That is to say, government is the primary, if not only avenue for voicing and acting on personal/cultural values.
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Re:America stopped caring how poor kids do in school by contagiousflow on Wednesday February 19, 2025 @11:10AM (#43103688)
Can you give me some examples of parallels? I'm not really seeing the equivalence?
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