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Has anyone noticed the similarities between the modern Gnostic ideas and Marxism? They both essentially have the same world view but one applies its ideas to the spiritual world and the other the material world.

Modern Gnosticism posits that there is a small group of entities which created an imperfect world which exists in order to extract our suffering for their own benefit. Similarly, Marxism says that our imperfect economic system is created by a select few people in order to extract the wealth generated by labor of the masses.

Essentially, both ideas boil down to this idea of the world as structured between the 'exploiter' and the 'exploited'. Working within both the systems of the 'Demiurgic' and Capitalist worlds there is no way remove yourself from either side of the equation. Either you resign yourself to being a victim of exploitation or you 'join in' and decide to help the exploiters. In this analogy a Satanist is equivalent to a mid level manager which makes a lot of sense when you think about it.

What do you guys think? Does this comparison make sense?
gpt
Tell me you've no idea what Marxism is without outright saying it: the post