Religion

Institutions and Superstitions
Religion

Institutions and Superstitions

“The German state patronized modern capitalism, perverting it to the support of feudal political institutions; and the German philosophers patronized modern science, perverting it to the support of animistic superstition.” ~Max Eastman

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Materialistic Religion
Marxism

Materialistic Religion

“Marx and Engels were defending against scientific materialism–against that attitude which constitutes at least the simple common-sense starting point of science–a materialistic religion.” ~Max Eastman

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Socialist Religion
Socialism

Socialist Religion

“Marxism was a step from utopian socialism to a socialist religion–a scheme for convincing the believer that the universe itself is producing a better society… ” ~Max Eastman

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Socialist Dogma
Socialism

Socialist Dogma

“The separation of church and state is one of the main measures of protection against tyranny. But the Marxian religion makes this separation impossible…” ~Max Eastman

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Science
Religion

Science is…

Science is: “patience in investigation and clarity in calculation; singleness of purpose; the power to suspend judgement, to remain, if need be, for a lifetime in doubt…” ~Max Eastman

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Dialectic Thinking?
Socialism

Dialectic Thinking?

“Not only is there no such thing as dialectic thinking, but there is no such superintellectual knowledge of the exact nature of the universe as that to which an alleged dialectic thinking pretends to give access.” ~Max Eastman

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Wish-Fulfilling
Marxism

Dialectic Philosophy

“Marx’s dialectic philosophy, with all its wish to be scientific, and to even out-science the scientists, is a survival of … wish-fulfillment thoughts about the world.” ~Max Eastman

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Superscientific
Marxism

Superscientific

Marxism “is superscientific, metaphysical–religious in the truest sense of the term. It is a scheme for reading the ideal purpose of the communists…” ~Max Eastman

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World Robot
Marxism

The World Robot

“Far from abandoning ‘all philosophy’ for science, Marx did not even abandon Hegel’s philosophy. He merely replaced Hegel’s World Spirit with a World Robot…” ~Max Eastman

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Such a Religion
Religion

Such a Religion as This

“The Marxian policy is to root out all warm and personal religions, and at the same time destroy wonder and a sense of the world’s mystery, by putting a cold and impersonal religion in their place… ~Max Eastman

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