THE REAL POLITICAL INNOVATION OF CHRISTIANITY by Daniel Gurpide I think that the

THE REAL POLITICAL INNOVATION OF CHRISTIANITY

by Daniel Gurpide

I think that the real political innovation of Christianity, as opposed to Judaism, was the invention of Communism (private property is theft and commerce, its instrument), unifying three groups of people -who had been dispersed till then- by promising that the last shall be the first- 1/the idiots (“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven”)+ 2/ the poor (“blessed are those who hunger and thirst…”) + 3/the criminal (“blessed are those who are persecuted…”) and offering them a charismatic leadership (the Messiah who will bring the Kingdom of Heaven).

This formula has been re-enacted since then whenever there has been prosperity to be coveted (Roman Empire, Renaissance, Industrial Revolution) and a powerful instrument to transmit the message has been literature: imagine the damage done by the novels of Charles Dickens or Victor Hugo. Les Misérables has been one of the biggest successes of popular culture, its author became rich by inventing a story based on falsehood, exaggeration, distortion, and sentimentalism.