“You do, you know,” said The Lady. “Everyone has gods. You just don’t think they’re gods.”

- Terry Pratchett

    • Shou@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      Does he? I suppose he does. Being an economist on the counterweight continent.

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      5 months ago

      Yeah, exactly. Capitalism and the state are also gods. This sort of thing is, I hear, explored very deeply in Terry’s friend Neil’s book American Gods.