I really need to do more studying and write an essay on how Americanism is a genuine folk religion which reveres capital and the vague concept of âthe free marketâ as a god of providence to be pleased in order to lead a prosperous life, also that the founding fathers are prophetic, perhaps even messianic figures who basically gave birth to this god through the revolutionary war, and that the vast majority of conservative Christians in America revere capital more than the god they claim to serve in an ironic sort of golden calf situation.
I think youâre just stupid, bro
Apotheosis of Washington
1800â1802 John James Barralet
There is a trend amongst depictions of the founding fathers to show them as literal christ figures, a trend that started very early in the nationâs life.
Iâd also like to point out Washington & Lincoln Apotheosis, artist unknown, about 1865, the same year as lincolnâs assasination
The personification of America in the form of Columbia, a goddess of both the land and the concepts that America tends to inhabit. A pre-anime Hetalia. She was often used in depictions of Manifest Destiny, a religions ideal that stated that America, by Godâs will, must go from coast to coast.
American Progress by, John Gast, 1872. Note the indigenous people cast in literal darkness, away from the light. The religions deification of America relies upon colonialism and white supremacy
Like, there are actual studies on this stuff. Look up âAmerican civil religionâ if youâre struggling for search terms. Or âAmerican founder worship.â
also worth noting the vatican lists americanism as a specific official heresy. so even beyond the mountains of scholarship on the religion of americanism from various religious & secular perspectives, the roman catholic church itself officially recognises it as a religious heresy in the general region of idolatry that can be used in official church courts as grounds for excommunication. and itâs a religious view thatâs drilled into americans so aggressively that to them it seems perfectly natural, whereas to most of the rest of the world âamericaâ seems more like a terrifying mind control cult than a country. this has led to large swathes of american catholics being members of a different religion than that of all the worlds other catholic populations and is a big part of how they became the closest thing to a pan-catholic in-joke, a global laughing stock if you will
Bioshock Infinite wasnât ideal but making this subtext into text was probably one of the better things it did. Real interesting vibe, and they didnât have to work hard to get there.
Iâd like to remind everyone that Mormonism is a form of this âAmericanismâ
Also. There is never a moment to hand it to the Catholics, theyâre also colonial bastards.
Under no circumstances is catholocism, or the pope, âbasedâ
a broken clock is right twice a day but that doesnt mean you should trust it for telling the time
