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keithbvadu2

(36,724 posts)
3. Dominionists. Theocracy. We have plenty of folks who want to be the Christian Ayatollah of America
Sat Oct 9, 2021, 12:59 PM
Oct 2021

Dominionists. Theocracy.

We have plenty of folks who want to be the Christian Ayatollah of America.

What will they say/do when it is not their version of Christianity in charge?

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/americas-true-history-of-religious-tolerance-61312684/?no-ist=

Madison also made a point that any believer of any religion should understand: that the government sanction of a religion was, in essence, a threat to religion. "Who does not see," he wrote, "that the same authority which can establish Christianity, in exclusion of all other Religions, may establish with the same ease any particular sect of Christians, in exclusion of all other Sects?" Madison was writing from his memory of Baptist ministers being arrested in his native Virginia.

Many Protestants/Catholics consider each other to be false Christians.

haele

(12,645 posts)
4. They really want an Emperor. Once the Emperor passes, the successor
Sat Oct 9, 2021, 01:00 PM
Oct 2021

Will be picked by committee of elites, just like a Pope.
The unwashed masses may think they're getting a King, with Princess Ivanka and Prince Junior, but the apparatchiks will ensure a Strong Man Populist (rather than a truly vapid idiot) will always end up being in charge so they can fight it out for themselves who will be the power behind the Throne.

Haele

GoodRaisin

(8,920 posts)
6. I don't think the plutocracy cares what their authoritarian figure head is called
Sat Oct 9, 2021, 01:03 PM
Oct 2021

as long as they are calling all the shots.

Dawson Leery

(19,348 posts)
10. Conservatives always look to a strong man for absolute rule.
Sat Oct 9, 2021, 01:21 PM
Oct 2021

In that respect, Trump is a true conservative.

Mysterian

(4,574 posts)
12. Fascists are weak-minded fools who need a "strong man" to tell them they are superior to others
Sat Oct 9, 2021, 01:39 PM
Oct 2021

As long as the fools are told they are better than the "others," they will follow their leader to complete and utter destruction.

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