“You do, you know,” said The Lady. “Everyone has gods. You just don’t think they’re gods.”

- Terry Pratchett

  • @Twodozeneggs
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    26 months ago

    I take it more like that the emperor that twoflower serves is their god, they just call him emperor instead

    • @[email protected]OP
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      16 months ago

      Yeah, exactly. Capitalism and the state are also gods. This sort of thing is, I hear, explored very deeply in Terry’s friend Neil’s book American Gods.