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Is there a specific reason LeVeyanists/LaVeyan Satanists tend to be anti-communist? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 6 days ago by 666@lemmygrad.ml to c/comradeship@lemmygrad.ml

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Don't get me wrong, I know Anton LaVey is a huge piece of shit regarding his flirtations with fascist attitudes and eugenics. I've known a few of them and they tend to have straight up obnoxious opinions on communists despite the fact that we both share a lot of the same criticisms of religion. Then there's LaVeyanist groups attacking leftist groups as well.

Generally, it seems like there's a lot of left-leaning ones with a good mass of reactionaries with a anti-theist bend. Is there a reason the anti-communism comes into play here though?

Could also purely be anecdote. Reason I post is because I'm curious on the thoughts you all have.

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[–] Sherman@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I could not have said it better myself. Just being against things is not really enough to build up a society of substance and the little they do stand on is nonsense that'll scatter the masses anyway. It's cool for a couple of moments when you want to break out of a haunted religious upbringing, but a well-rounded ideology needs to develop later if you actually want to affect change and have an accurate analysis of reality beyond catering to self-indulgence.

[–] cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Just being against things is not really enough to build up a society of substance

Exactly. It's not enough to be against something, you have to be for something else. It's why i don't much like it when some people on the left just describe themselves as vaguely anti-capitalist. It's good to be against capitalism but what are you actually for? In the case of communists it is clear: we have a well defined vision of the kind of society we want to build. We are for socialism.