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| | Politically, atheists tend to lean towards the [[leftism|left]] (see: [[Secular left]] and [[Atheism and politics]]). According to the [[University of Cambridge]], historically, the "most notable spread of atheism was achieved through the success of the 1917 [[Russian Revolution]], which brought the [[Marxism-Leninism|Marxist-Leninists]] to power."<ref name="Marxism-Leninsim">{{cite web|url = http://www.investigatingatheism.info/marxism.html|title =Marxism|publisher = [[University of Cambridge]]|quote=The most notable spread of atheism was achieved through the success of the 1917 Russian Revolution, which brought the Marxist-Leninists to power. For the first time in history, atheism thus became the official ideology of a state.|year=2008|accessdate = 2011–03–15}}</ref> See also: [[Atheism and communism]] | | Politically, atheists tend to lean towards the [[leftism|left]] (see: [[Secular left]] and [[Atheism and politics]]). According to the [[University of Cambridge]], historically, the "most notable spread of atheism was achieved through the success of the 1917 [[Russian Revolution]], which brought the [[Marxism-Leninism|Marxist-Leninists]] to power."<ref name="Marxism-Leninsim">{{cite web|url = http://www.investigatingatheism.info/marxism.html|title =Marxism|publisher = [[University of Cambridge]]|quote=The most notable spread of atheism was achieved through the success of the 1917 Russian Revolution, which brought the Marxist-Leninists to power. For the first time in history, atheism thus became the official ideology of a state.|year=2008|accessdate = 2011–03–15}}</ref> See also: [[Atheism and communism]] |
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| − | Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr. wrote at the ''[[Mises Institute|Mises Wire]]'': | + | Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr. wrote at the ''[[Mises Institute|Mises Wire]]'': "Uniformity is stressed in all leftist [[utopia]]s, paradises in which everybody is the same, envy is dead, and the enemy is either dead, lives outside the gates, or is utterly humiliated. Leftism loathes differences, deviations, stratifications. ... The word “one” is its symbol: one language, one race, one class, one ideology, one ritual, one type of school, one law for everybody, one flag, one coat of arms, one centralized world state."<ref>[https://mises.org/wire/unique-evil-left The Unique Evil of the Left] by Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr., Mises Wire/Mises Institute</ref> |
| − | {{Cquote|Uniformity is stressed in all leftist [[utopia]]s, paradises in which everybody is the same, envy is dead, and the enemy is either dead, lives outside the gates, or is utterly humiliated. Leftism loathes differences, deviations, stratifications. ... The word “one” is its symbol: one language, one race, one class, one ideology, one ritual, one type of school, one law for everybody, one flag, one coat of arms, one centralized world state.<ref>[https://mises.org/wire/unique-evil-left The Unique Evil of the Left] by Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr., Mises Wire/Mises Institute</ref>}}
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| | The [[ex-atheists|ex-atheist]] [[John C. Wright (author)|John C. Wright]] wrote: | | The [[ex-atheists|ex-atheist]] [[John C. Wright (author)|John C. Wright]] wrote: |