A religion may be discerned in capitalism—that is to say, capitalism serves essentially to allay the same anxieties, torments, and disturbances to which the so-called religions offered answers.”
— Walter Benjamin, “Capitalism as Religion”
So-Called Religions
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Religion answers the unanswerable. Capitalism does not. Walter Benjamin was a philosopher and an idealist, the combination of the two made him unqualified to have an educated discussion.
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