quirkygenius
Since: Oct, 2014
Mar 13th 2016 at 11:03:55 PM
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I am curious about the statement from Hitchens under Outgrown Such Silly Supersitions. The text claims that Hitchens called Juche and the Cult of Personality surrounding the Kims a quasi-state religion. While there is a grain of truth to it, when and where did Hitchens say that? If there is no proof, it looks like an assumption that while plausible is unverifiable with Hitchen's death.
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Jhonny
Since: Jan, 2016
Mar 14th 2016 at 8:18:32 PM
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He talks about it in this video
, you be the judge whether my wording does his justice.
quirkygenius
Since: Oct, 2014
Mar 15th 2016 at 3:19:00 AM
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I saw the video, and I think the wording fits. Thank you for clarifying.
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Jhonny
Since: Jan, 2016
Severen
Since: May, 2010
Dec 19th 2013 at 6:30:04 PM
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I added a caption (after much editing woes) under the pic. I think it fits nicely, and I hope everyone approves.
Hitchens and religion again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQyvPANfCxM
see this video (among many others) where he many convincingly makes the case just how totalitarianism is a "political religion" (Which by the way is a common area of research within political science). Please don't make a strawman out of his views and present just how and why he found Stalin, Mao, Juche and all the others to be similar to religion or indeed religions by themselves...