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Why aesthetics matter to the success of ideologies and movements

Today marks the beginning of a new era at The Classical Futurist. As announced last month, we will now publish single essays on a fortnightly basis, starting with this piece on aesthetics. We also have an exciting collaboration in the works, which we’ll announce in due time. Stay tuned! The most successful ideology of all time is arguably Christianity. It is two thousand years old, has about two and a half billion adherents, and has been the dominant religion of most of the most powerful countries. Few belief systems have come close, although the other big religions are in the same order…

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