I often see that norse paganism is often espouted by neofascists. I also notice stuff about how reactionaries have co-opted slavic paganism with this whole kolovrat stuff. Is this just a result of reactionaries being the loud minority and drowning out any left-wing pagan voices or do reactionaries actually have a monopoly on paganism?

  • Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml
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    4 months ago

    Yes. They do. For at least three reasons I can think of:

    • it is all about “going back to the roots”, aka throwing out societal progress (and we have progressed societally, make no mistake)
    • it is not tied to the “uncool”, establishment religions, such as Christianity. Makes it a perfect outlet for wannabe rebels
    • as all religions, it is inherently idealistic and most likely undialectic.