Nietzsche called Christianity "slave morality" because he saw it as people accepting their poverty with the promise of reward in another life while the "masters" reaped all the benefits on earth.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago

And he was right, of course.

[–] SmoothIsFast@citizensgaming.com 7 points 8 months ago

I mean it's ideals definetly started with people getting fed up over how money was getting aggregated, then it started getting tied to religion and the Roman empire coopted it to control any narratives, turning what was probably the first instance of eat the rich into we shall just wait to be rewarded. Like the turn the cheek phase was not meant to be submissive, it was meant to tell you how to make sure the slave owner when beeting you left a mark which was a way to earn freedom at that point in time. That got coopted into meaning to take punishment and not complain, which is fucking nuts. Guessing it's why there are so many Jesus like story's from that time frame about a dude born from a virgin, walking on water, etc. they tried numerous times to coopt the movement till it worked with Christianity.