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*absence of the right to have pleasure alone in general | *absence of the right to have pleasure alone in general | ||
*absence of [[property rights|true property rights]] | *absence of [[property rights|true property rights]] | ||
| − | *coerced performance of symbolic labors, especially for youth (such as reciting the | + | *coerced performance of symbolic labors, especially for youth (such as reciting the Koran in original Arabic, often without understanding it, until it is memorized); completion of these symbolic labors is likely to be made a de facto requirement to attain higher socio-economic status |
*coerced burning of, or otherwise sacrifice of, food (this aspect does not exist in modern-day theocracies, having been replaced by an increase in symbolic labor) | *coerced burning of, or otherwise sacrifice of, food (this aspect does not exist in modern-day theocracies, having been replaced by an increase in symbolic labor) | ||
Latest revision as of 15:11, 13 April 2011
Theocracy is an ideology that is based upon vicarious autotheism- the sense that oneself and like-minded people collectively constitute a monotheist god. Theocracy is the typical manifestation of authoritarian collectivism, though authoritarian collectivism often has a secular veneer. Authoritarian collectivism is characterized by a sense of paternalism.
Common aspects of theocracy include:
- absence of the right of suicide
- absence of the right of abortion
- absence of the right of genital integrity
- absence of the right to use contraception
- absence of the right of polyamory
- absence of the right of prostitution
- absence of the right to view attractive parts of people other than those of one's spouse
- absence of the right to masturbate
- absence of the right to eat alone
- absence of the right to have pleasure alone in general
- absence of true property rights
- coerced performance of symbolic labors, especially for youth (such as reciting the Koran in original Arabic, often without understanding it, until it is memorized); completion of these symbolic labors is likely to be made a de facto requirement to attain higher socio-economic status
- coerced burning of, or otherwise sacrifice of, food (this aspect does not exist in modern-day theocracies, having been replaced by an increase in symbolic labor)
Since all true ideologies are part of a large 2-dimensional spectrum, theocracy is adjacent to, and can be blended with, certain other ideologies. Those blended ideologies are:
