On Crossfire, with Tom Braden, Bob Novak, and some guy named John Lofton, Frank Zappa coins a new term. Complete video here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9...
He got the fascist part right.
The theocracy though, that he got wrong. Our leaders only pay lip service to God: their true drive is money.
This isn’t a theocracy: it’s a broligarchy.
Theocracy is always about lip service. The ones who are actually about service to God aren’t concerned with power. Religion, as an institution, just provides a convenient “moral” claim to power to be exploited by power-hungry individuals.
Theocrats invoke the divine to rule. That’s not Trump’s and his rich backer’s modus operandi. Trump only mentions God in passing when it comes to conning religious-minded people.
Trump is not the end all be all of political aspiration. His flavor was not the dominant streak at the time of this interview. Before, and beside, his relatively recent claim to political power were, and are, claims predicated on theocratic moral justification.
The laws banning abortion and porn are directly based on the Christian ideology of these people. It may not be your version and they may be hypocrites, but it’s still theocracy.
My understanding of actual theocracies might be wrong, but I imagine that the people on top of such structures know 100% absolutely that religion is just a tool to oppress and control the people.
You are going to see a rise of Dominionism in action over the next 4+ years. As long as Dominionism isn’t in direct opposition to the oligarchy, it will continue to rise. See project 2025, prayer in schools, mandatory displays of the ten commandments, federal money going to religious schools, churches endorsing the republican party and not losing their tax-exempt statuses, etc…
Every time a christian does something wrong, their christianity card gets revoked. Every other group has to collectively bare the responsibilities of a very few.
He got the fascist part right.
The theocracy though, that he got wrong. Our leaders only pay lip service to God: their true drive is money.
This isn’t a theocracy: it’s a broligarchy.
Theocracy is always about lip service. The ones who are actually about service to God aren’t concerned with power. Religion, as an institution, just provides a convenient “moral” claim to power to be exploited by power-hungry individuals.
Theocrats invoke the divine to rule. That’s not Trump’s and his rich backer’s modus operandi. Trump only mentions God in passing when it comes to conning religious-minded people.
Trump is not the end all be all of political aspiration. His flavor was not the dominant streak at the time of this interview. Before, and beside, his relatively recent claim to political power were, and are, claims predicated on theocratic moral justification.
The laws banning abortion and porn are directly based on the Christian ideology of these people. It may not be your version and they may be hypocrites, but it’s still theocracy.
Theocrats are rarely true believers. We’re headed towards the mammonite theocracy
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My understanding of actual theocracies might be wrong, but I imagine that the people on top of such structures know 100% absolutely that religion is just a tool to oppress and control the people.
One might argue theocracy was always a grift.
You are going to see a rise of Dominionism in action over the next 4+ years. As long as Dominionism isn’t in direct opposition to the oligarchy, it will continue to rise. See project 2025, prayer in schools, mandatory displays of the ten commandments, federal money going to religious schools, churches endorsing the republican party and not losing their tax-exempt statuses, etc…
Christian Zionism is in rude health in the US.
Every time a christian does something wrong, their christianity card gets revoked. Every other group has to collectively bare the responsibilities of a very few.