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Do reactionaries have a monopoly on paganism? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 6 months ago by thefreepenguinalt@lemmygrad.ml to c/comradeship@lemmygrad.ml

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I often see that norse paganism is often espouted by neofascists. I also notice stuff about how reactionaries have co-opted slavic paganism with this whole kolovrat stuff. Is this just a result of reactionaries being the loud minority and drowning out any left-wing pagan voices or do reactionaries actually have a monopoly on paganism?

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[–] huf@hexbear.net 7 points 6 months ago

eh, i think the roots of european behavior lie more in the way they consciously modelled themselves after the roman empire. the hypocrisy (rome never starts aggressive wars you see, they just need to defend the republic by going halfway across the world to burn everything down) , the slavery, the elite sucking up all the wealth, the sense of superiority over others (rome's version wasnt our modern racial hierarchy, but it was something in the same genre), etc...

the vikings were opportunistic pirates, sure, but mainly they were traders. and they didnt leave much of an institutional imprint.