Is Hedonism the new religion?

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he·don·ism

Philosophy. The ethical doctrine holding that only what is pleasant or has pleasant consequences is intrinsically good.

Isn't this considered a dogma by many people nowadays ? Saying you don't believe in hedonism is as much a taboo as being an atheist was in more religious times.

The purpose of hedonism is comparable to other religions, too. Religions were a tool for the upper class to keep the people from revolting. If you believe in life after death, it doesn't matter much if your life sucks.

Capitalists are the upper class today, and they use hedonism to let people put their minds off of their depressing lives. In stead of comforting themselves with an afterlife they comfort themselves with the notion that at least they had pleasure in their lives.

Just as religion leads to ignorance, pleasure does so, too. In the mind of the hedonist, all other ways of life seem absurd. Pleasure is the new God.

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