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An_Old_Big_Tree wrote (edited )

That's a thing more liberal 'anarchists' generally say, or a rhetorical move to appeal to liberals, afaik.

If you were religious, the hierarchy wouldn't seem very unjust.

replace key terms and you get
"if you were statist, the state wouldn't seem very unjust"
"if you were capitalist, capitalism wouldn't seem very unjust"
Which should hopefully make it clear that this approach does not apply.

Anarchists are against all systemic/structural hierarchy. With regards to religion, this usually amounts at least to an anti-clericalism (as part of the same move against political mediation that is found in the critique of politicians and mediation by any 'experts'), and a rejection of any transcendent spiritual entity's ability to determine our lives or ethics.

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