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

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Yes. They do. For at least three reasons I can think of:

it is all about "going back to the roots", aka throwing out societal progress (and we have progressed societally, make no mistake)
it is not tied to the "uncool", establishment religions, such as Christianity. Makes it a perfect outlet for wannabe rebels
as all religions, it is inherently idealistic and most likely undialectic.