The opposite of empathy is pyscopathy. And religion, by threatening eternal torture to all those who empathize with other human beings (inspite of their differences) more than they love a pysopathic “god” - who not only murders humanity with plagues, famine, and a “great flood,” but also threatens each of us with eternal torments for daring to love human diversity more than an immaterial god who acts like a spoiled rotten adolescent when he doesn’t get enough attention and worship - only works to turn the water of the former into the wine of the latter.
Capitalism is a religion. That's all it is. It is thought of as simply a way of organizing and running your economy, but it can only ever end up killing the "unchosen."And the "chosen" are the ones who were given great wealth, by God, or course. And they, like Abraham, are only too happy to sacrifice a world of Isaacs, if that is what their God of money commands. Look at the EpiPen ad AIDS medication controversy, when Mylan raised the price over 500% and Martin Shkreli jacked up the prices of AIDS meds, just because they could, not because they needed to make bigger profits. And look at the 70 fold price increase on a drug treatment for Muscular Dystrophy, charging $89,000.00 per year. For Spinal Muscular atrophy, they charge $750,000 for first year and $300K thereafter. In this way, capitalism sells long life the way the Catholic Church once sold salvation through indulgences. Both are highly respected and adored by the other, despite Jesus overturning the ...
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