First, I don’t know where I have to put this kind of question on Lemmy so I’m asking it here. Marx viewed religion as a negative force, often referring to it as the ‘opiate of the masses.’ If someone is religious and also identifies as a Marxist, do you think that’s contradictory, or is it just a matter of mislabeling themselves? Would it be more accurate for them to call themselves a socialist instead of a Marxist?
Many people, including myself, reject Marxism because it’s a metanarritive just like Christianity.
Metanarritive just means one big story to explain history. Christians believe all of history is just a struggle between God and the Devil for souls, Marxism its a struggle for political power between haves and have nots. Metanarritive isn’t satisfied with explaining the past either, it also predicts the future. I can’t be the first to notice Marxists awaiting the revolution looks a lot like Christians awaiting rapture.