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I get tired of the argument from conservatives that the US was founded on Christian ideals, because it wasn’t. Instead it was designed to resemble Christianity, much like how Christmas co-opted Saturnalia. The US Civic religion was meant to bring together disparate groups of people with a common belief system. At some point I think this religion actually replaced Christianity in the US. If those J6 rioters had looked up they would’ve seen the Apotheosis of Washington and realized that’s who they are actually worshipping.
I don’t even know how much they intended for it to become a replacement religion. These were enlightenment philosophers. It was their grandchildren forming a religion around it. A secular nation building monuments to its models makes a certain sense, but they become deified. And as you say we sit in the shadow of statues of our fellow humans.
And the thing is I’m not even immune to all this. I live in fear of American nationalism but by fuck sometimes I still find myself appealing to the authority of men who I believe to be genuinely monstrous. I still struggle to remove Lincoln from his pedestal.