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rogue yam writesI read NRO daily and my understanding is that Derb is a capitalist who believes in God and America. I don't understand how you came to such a contrasting understanding.

Quote from this article: "Fundamentally (if you’ll pardon the expression) I can’t take religion that seriously. I see it the way Marx saw it, as an epiphenomenon, part of the “superstructure” of human society. (Though I disagree with Marx on the nature of the substructure.)"

This was embedded in "Derbs' riff on why Islam isn't a threat to the west, because scholarly books about Islam's roots bore him. This guy is obviously a heavy thinker.

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"Fundamentally (if you’ll pardon the expression) I can’t take religion that seriously. I see it the way Marx saw it, as an epiphenomenon, part of the “superstructure” of human society. (Though I disagree with Marx on the nature of the substructure.)"

Yes, I've read some of his other stuff.

But when he goes on like this, I begin to think he's channeling Kim Philby.

In other words, a Limey Poofter Marxist troll infesting NR.

Cheers!