Calvinism. It's always Calvinism.
A lot of conservative ideology and motivation can always be chalked up to the belief that the rich are better than you. That wealth and prosperity is a result of being a better class of person. "You have student loans? That is a personal failing on your part. Not my problem!"
May 5, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Calvinism. It's always Calvinism.
i see it as an expression of the calvinism lodged deep in the american psyche.
And idk to a lot of people that's disappointing? We certainly deserve to have driven ourselves to extinction based on our behavior in some ways. We will not be forced to adapt to a lower energy intensity lifestyle. The power company will install batteries at the local substation and thats that
July 16, 2026 at 6:07 PM
i see it as an expression of the calvinism lodged deep in the american psyche.
both calvinism and the fundamentalist apocalypticism that also has deep roots in american life.
July 16, 2026 at 6:08 PM
both calvinism and the fundamentalist apocalypticism that also has deep roots in american life.
Lutheranism was fine and good but Calvinism was a mistake
March 11, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Lutheranism was fine and good but Calvinism was a mistake
Calvinism was a mistake
At root this is the most depraved thing about right wing evangelical Christianity: asking god for forgiveness is about meaning it and proving through your actions that you mean it, not “God whispered to me that I’m all good so shut the fuck up about it already lol”
March 5, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Calvinism was a mistake
this is Calvinism with leftist characteristics
I think it is important for people to understand that Obama was also evil and that at least some of why people reject that (albeit not all as Shaun’s post somewhat implies) is down to aesthetics.
June 16, 2025 at 12:35 AM
this is Calvinism with leftist characteristics
it’s secularized calvinism
May 19, 2024 at 12:10 AM
it’s secularized calvinism
It's Calvinism but the only Elect are Jedi.
September 26, 2026 at 3:15 PM
It's Calvinism but the only Elect are Jedi.
This administration is the intersection of Calvinism with Calvinball.
April 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This administration is the intersection of Calvinism with Calvinball.
becoming radicalized into anti-calvinism
January 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
becoming radicalized into anti-calvinism
its like a hedonistic calvinism
Hegseth really brings home how Evangelical Christianity got so much market share in America: it's the religion that asks less of you once you convert
January 15, 2025 at 6:35 AM
its like a hedonistic calvinism
This is just Calvinism
February 3, 2026 at 12:10 AM
This is just Calvinism
a kind of degenerate calvinism or vice calvinism does seem like a thing that underpins modern evaneglicalism
February 14, 2025 at 6:15 AM
a kind of degenerate calvinism or vice calvinism does seem like a thing that underpins modern evaneglicalism
It's amazing how the rationalists have basically just re-invented Calvinism for the AI age.
September 25, 2026 at 2:29 PM
It's amazing how the rationalists have basically just re-invented Calvinism for the AI age.
The 1-2 punch of Calvinism and Prosperity Gospel has done an absolute number on American Christians.
October 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The 1-2 punch of Calvinism and Prosperity Gospel has done an absolute number on American Christians.
AI People Stop Reinventing Calvinism From First Principles Challenge
August 25, 2026 at 8:46 PM
AI People Stop Reinventing Calvinism From First Principles Challenge
Calvinism (Maoist Tendency)
January 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Calvinism (Maoist Tendency)
Secular Calvinism with a Marxist gloss
October 1, 2024 at 2:08 AM
Secular Calvinism with a Marxist gloss
MAHA is basically Calvinism for people too nervous to believe in an angry God.
they are the fittest on the basis of their “good genes” and anyone who does not succeed like they have must lack those “good genes” are thus deserve nothing.
July 13, 2025 at 3:42 PM
MAHA is basically Calvinism for people too nervous to believe in an angry God.
i blame calvinism tbh
ok so what gets called "gender ideology" is jsut like "be who and how you want" and what gets called "not ideology" is like "follow these specific unwritten rules and perform these forbidden rituals according to the circumstances of your birth"
February 22, 2025 at 1:47 PM
i blame calvinism tbh
this too, is Leftist Calvinism
July 14, 2026 at 9:28 PM
this too, is Leftist Calvinism
Calvinism was a mistake.
August 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Calvinism was a mistake.
-calvinism without jesus-
April 18, 2025 at 11:31 PM
-calvinism without jesus-