Why has politics replaced religion in Western civilization? it seems like people will gradually extremeitize themselves to ideologies that don't make sense like nazism, communism, and liberterianism,
>>3228894
the political party's determine our character and morality
politics have always been a part of people's lives. even if you were a serf with no power whatsoever you would still be interested in your lord's holdings, or even if you were a roman slave you'd still like to know how your city is being ran.
churches arenĀ“t very good at managing states
>>3228929
That still doesn't answer OP's question. I'd say that secularizarion has made people rely on political identity more than before
Christianity was castrated during the French Revolution and ideologies basically became new age religions. When you remove God, the state becomes God.
>>3228894
t. the radical centrist