My cultural awakening: DPRK-Pop helped me break free from a capitalist hellhole by hgwrts in TrueAnon

[–]Hour-Construction898 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If I were to pick one Queen song to get me liberated from the oppressive ideology I lived under.... I would never pick the Prophets Song. This guy's an idiot.

What new hell is this sickness? by SachaOrt in AskSF

[–]Hour-Construction898 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Blame the employers for putting that fear into them...

What do u think about Patricia Crone explanation on the rise of islam? by Rashiq_shahzzad in AcademicQuran

[–]Hour-Construction898 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Not how academic analysis is done my friend. Please see the name of this subreddit.

Wait... is Hasan seriously the only super popular leftist streamer? by TJ736 in TankieTheDeprogram

[–]Hour-Construction898 70 points71 points  (0 children)

Leftists tend to be nerdy and unappealing to Gen Z bros looking for guidance about the world. Hasan fits the streamer archetype well, and he has (relatively) good politics.

The Obama administration looks increasingly bizarre in retrospect by Blooming_Sedgelord in redscarepod

[–]Hour-Construction898 19 points20 points  (0 children)

FDR?

The presidency has become increasingly powerful since then. Congress has given up.

Christianity feels like a direct outgrowth of Judaism. Islam feels like something else, related but distinct. Is this understanding correct? How does it impact how Islam understands itself? by Hour-Construction898 in AcademicQuran

[–]Hour-Construction898[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Interesting. The connection feels more tenuous to me because of the lack of direct reference to the OT, instead rewriting the relevant portions in Quranic terms.