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It teaches people passivity, rather than taking an active role in pursuing their own best interests. You don't have to be a Communist to believe that.



I think you're confusing passivity with pacifism. Many religions do teach the practitioners to stand up and make changes, though maybe not through the use of violence.



I was really thinking about the Catholic Church in Latin America. The Vatican initially supported Liberation Theology, which advocated for the rights of the poor. When the Polish Pope came along he did his best to squash such silly notions.

"Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives." John Stuart Mill America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. Oscar Wilde He who dies with the most toys is nonetheless dead.