Ep. 1957 Politics: the New Religion

The Tom Woods Show

Tom Woods

Politics, Economics, Libertarian, Government, News

4.8 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Ever since 1789 and the French Revolution, politics in the West has come to resemble a religion with its dogmas, heretics, and messianic language. In our own day, this is especially evident among the "woke" crowd, but the phenomenon itself is an old one. Special Offer: We love our monthly Happily date box — it's full of games, recipes, and activities that bring us closer together. With a different theme each month, it's something we're always thrilled to receive. Take 50% off your first date at

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0:00.0	The Tom Wood Show Episode 1957.
0:03.4	Prepare to set fire to the index card of allowable opinion.
0:07.9	Your daily dose of Liberty Education starts here.
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0:39.6	Hi everybody, Tom Woods here.
0:41.1	Well, today I want to talk about politics and religion, politics as a religion.
0:46.5	And I'm thinking about an article that Paul Gottfried wrote on this exact subject that appeared
0:53.2	in Chronicles magazine, which he edits.
0:56.2	And that article, which I will link to at tomwoods.com slash 1957,
1:00.6	is called Politics is the New Religion.
1:02.8	Before I get to that, I want to share a few thoughts of my own.
1:06.0	And I want to start with something that I know some of you will think is trivial.
1:10.0	But it's an email that I found while I was looking for something else this morning.
1:14.0	And it turns out it's actually kind of helpful.
1:17.2	And it's an email I wrote last year to my newsletter list in June, June of 2020.
1:22.6	And it had to do with the group, the Dixie Chicks.
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