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Cake day: June 6th, 2026

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  • He was saying that people need someone to tell them on Sunday that working until you die for nothing is fine because it’ll all be great after you die. He made a strong argument for religion just being another capitalist tool that keeps the people in line, doped up just enough to work another week. Sure, if opiate addiction in response to abuse is human, then that’s pretty damn human.

    He even argued that religion mirrors the hierarchical structures of the government it exists under, which is pretty spot on.

    I never took his writing to be pro-religion.






  • Outside of suburban hell people of vastly different economic situations generally live right near each other.

    For instance, next door from me are two dudes who couldn’t afford a fridge for the first couple months they lived here, they work and study, the next neighbor owns the entire building and his own contracting company.

    There person in the story could truly be suffering, but it’s sold as “lol Karen got owned”.