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Igel

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22. When a state is merged with an ideology,

Reply to Duppers (Reply #19)

Thu Feb 28, 2019, 07:14 PM

Feb 2019

it becomes repressive.

Adherents of the ideology don't worship the state, per se; the state becomes the means for adherents and supporters to find that their "just" and "right" views are properly imposed on others. It doesn't matter if that state is right, left, or theocratic.

Many repressive state start out as repressive movements. As soon as there's a single "justice" and there's no tolerance for opposing viewpoints (because they're all evil), it's veering towards "just us."

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What religious Governments today are not repressive? [View all] edhopper Feb 2019 OP

Clearly not HopeAgain Feb 2019 #1

UK? N/t wryter2000 Feb 2019 #2

The UK might have an official church edhopper Feb 2019 #3

Technicalities. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2019 #6

Technically Great Britain is a theocracy, since the Queen is the head of the Church of England marylandblue Feb 2019 #4

The UK in name only edhopper Feb 2019 #7

It is now, but it got there in stages. marylandblue Feb 2019 #12

Theoretically possible edhopper Feb 2019 #14

It's all relative. Western governments are straining today marylandblue Feb 2019 #15

Good points edhopper Feb 2019 #16

I think India would have something to say about that Lordquinton Mar 2019 #24

All liberal democracies have been imperialistic marylandblue Mar 2019 #29

That may be Lordquinton Mar 2019 #31

England went through a prolonged religious Voltaire2 Mar 2019 #28

US politicians also have to pretend to be religious marylandblue Mar 2019 #30

akihito is technically head of state rampartc Feb 2019 #5

I would hesitate to call Japan tolerant. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2019 #9

true rampartc Feb 2019 #11

Japanese government today is not repressive. marylandblue Feb 2019 #13

Here is a map and a list with a very limited view Mariana Feb 2019 #8

The problem with this organization's map edhopper Feb 2019 #10

It's so hard to be Christian Lordquinton Mar 2019 #25

Where religion and government are entangled, MineralMan Feb 2019 #17

This has been a good exercise. trotsky Feb 2019 #18

Excellent post! Duppers Feb 2019 #19

Well certainly not by most of us here. :) trotsky Feb 2019 #20

When it comes to nationalism... Duppers Feb 2019 #21

When a state is merged with an ideology, Igel Feb 2019 #22

And yet theocratic states have a higher tendency to be repressive. trotsky Mar 2019 #23

What is that country? Nepal? Bhutan? Probably Buddhist. They have a ministry of happiness. Karadeniz Mar 2019 #26

Bhutan prohibits non Buddhist missionary bullshit. Voltaire2 Mar 2019 #27