Meslier’s approach to politics is heavily influenced by his approach to religion. Certainly, he argues that religion only started as a way for politicians to hide their true motives and justify their rule and once religion was accepted by the people, it only further legitimized the rule and gave them the right to subjugate the people how they pleased under the guise of religion (Meslier, 2009). Thus, all religion is false and should be understood primarily as a motivation to keep those in power, powerful and wealthy, and continue to subordinate those who lack power. Consequently, he argues that religion, specifically Christianity, authorizes and tolerates unjust rule, tyranny, and inequality in many ways and provides many examples (Meslier, 2009).

The first example comes from the great inequities in the state of men (Meslie, 2009). He notes that Christianity supposedly purports that all men are equal and have equal right to live good lives, but at the same time, there is a huge disparity between those who have good lives and those who suffer. Society is structured in a hierarchical fashion so that things can function properly, but the structure of the society is not justly hierarchical, it is unjust and tyrannical.

            Differences are not based on merits or achievement ad instead of trying to make these differences just, they are used to justify the power differences to glorify those with power and shame those who lack it (Meslier, 2009). He then traces the origin of nobility to groups of people who were sneaky, conniving, and power hungry and yet are considered God ordained in their power. They maintain tyrannical power structures and subjugate the workers who provide for them all the goods and wealth they acquire (Meslier, 2009. In this way, although Christianity supposedly cares about equal treatment for equally important people, the religious institutions that give divinity to the rulers, allow for them to subjugate others. If this religion was truly the word of God, they would not allow these gross inequities and violation of gospel to occur, but they do and thus it cannot be the word of God; instead, they use a man-made religion as a way to allow these inequities to occur and even exaggerate them (Meslier, 2009).

            The next example comes from the fact that religion allows useless men to subjugate useful people (Meslier, 2009). Meslier notes that many jobs, especially those done by the rich and powerful, provide no value or utility to society and well-being. They make money from rent or other methods that provide no value to people and instead take what little the subjugated have for themselves. These people clearly do not provide any benefit to society, they only take, and yet the church and government does not do anything about it, in fact, many of these types of people have government or religious ties (Meslier, 2009). Further, religion allows that some men hoard goods for themselves and ignore the people who actually need them (Meslier, 2009).The people who live together in a community, who share the same land that produces the goods, should be equally well fed, housed, clothed, cared for etc. since they all provide utility to their community, but in reality, there are those who take what is produced and hoard it for themselves or make money from it and not share the wealth of the land with their community. Those who work the hardest to provide goods are usually the ones who receive the least from it while the tyrants in power reap countless more benefits; and so, the good suffer how the wicked are supposed to suffer while the wicked thrive like the good should (Meslier, 2009). A religion that allows this to happen, to allow the tyrants to accumulate goods for themselves while thoe who produce the goods wither away in poverty, is not a just or divine religion, it only serves the purpose of allowing those in power to maintain it and grow their wealth (Meslier, 2009).

            Finally, Meslier shows that the monarchy is a tyranny and religion is used as a tool to allow this tyranny to occur. He says that the monarchs of the world rule tyrannically and their religions tell them they are divine and born to rule, so they rule by oppression. They tax their subjects into oblivion in all ways possible to take the goods the subjects made for themselves (Meslier, 2009). He goes on to say that there is no room for disobedience because the monarchy says their rule to be God given and thus their wishes, laws, and desires God given as well. So, to go against their wishes is to go against God and thus their subjects fear for their safety if they attempt to break free from the yolk of oppression (Meslier, 2009). Finally, Meslier argues that these inequities are exacerbated by the church who backs the monarch and tyranny (Meslier, 2009). The Church professes the, often made up, value of the monarchs and stresses the divinity of them to the people. They encourage the monarchs to do as they please, to accumulate more wealth for themselves, and the Church, and they do so under the guise of religion. There is no way that a religion that does these things can be true or divine, rather it can only be a man-made tool used to maintain power and wealth (Meslie, 2009).

            After highlighting the abuses people face under the tyrannical rule of the monarchy justified with religion, Meslier shows how better life would be with a communal type of governance and living without religion (Meslier, 2009). Meslier argues for a type of communalism by showing if men lived together and the goods produced by the land was shared by everyone all people would be content and happy. No one would lack necessities and so no one would be hateful toward others, no one would steal, or kill for money or food (Meslier, 2009). In this type of governance, the people would be free from the yolk of the monarchy, of tyranny, of false religions all of which perpetuate and oppression and subjugation of the people. He argues that the people under the yolk provide everything the powerful and rich have and that it is only from the acceptance of being under the yolk that the tyrants have power. Without the people submitting to them they are nothing, they have nothing, and their power is gone (Meslier, 2009). Consequently, to be free and to live well, to not be oppressed, to be given what you deserve, the people must break free from the yolk of oppression. They must recognize that religion does nothing but tell falsities and lies to keep you subservient and that the monarchs and tyrants who rule them are evil, unjust, and nothing close to divine (Melsier, 2009).

            In a communal system, children would be educated equally in science, art, and morality (Meslier, 2009). People would take useful jobs that provide some utility and benefit to the community. There are many types of benefits a person could bring, produce of goods, education, or thought, but regardless all would provide the community with utility to ensure that everyone gives and everyone receive (Meslier, 2009). Lastly, everything should be owned as a community and goods should be distributed as needed and seen fit by the wisest and most just in the community (Meslier, 2009). Everyone would be better off because they would have insurance of necessity and assurance their work and good deeds were matched by everyone else (Meslier, 2009).

            Lastly Meslier ends his writing with a fervent and powerful message of political revolution (Meslier, 2009). He argues that as long as people allow themselves to be exploited by the system of politics and religion they will always suffer. So, he says, they need to reject all faith in religion and unjust rule (Meslier, 2009). But rejection alone is not enough, they need to unite to revolt against tyranny and overthrow the monarchs and religious institutions that keep them oppressed. As long as the people unite and work together to join against tyranny and religion, they can be saved from this subjugation (Meslier, 2009). Once they are overthrown, they must replace them with intellect and reason, not more religion. They must focus on justice for all and work so communalism, which would benefit everyone, is put into place and so that no one has to be subjugated by religion and politics as they once were.

With his arguments combining religion and politics, Meslier argues for a radical communal style of living where everyone owns everything, where goods are distributed equally, where everyone provides utility to their community, and where reason and intellect replace religion. This approach is radically different than the oppressive monarchy France, and much of Europe, was currently under, and in fact seems to be a type of pre-Marx communism.