2024 Election - Thread #1

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Ouch: https://boingboing.net/2023/11/06/trump-...itics.html

Will not read the referenced WaPo article, it is behind a semi-paywall (pay us, or make an account, i.e. give us your email).
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/...cond-term/

If this is propaganda, it's believable propaganda -- ref. repeated chanting of "lock her up", for example.

One step closer to "If This Goes On—", with religion replaced by profit. (Then again, The Sermon on the Mount is pretty clear about serving God and mammon.)

Heh. I seem to have it in my head that there are strains of Christianity with the belief, paraphrased "Being rich is god showing approval of you and your behaviour". I do not remember any names for these strains. Methinks, if they exist, that they are placing worship of mammon straight beside worship of Jesus. And by now, likely way above, profit is religion is christian. To them. Kindness ? There is no profit in that.

I believe the phrase you're looking for is "Prosperity Gospel" and it's pernicious.

Thanks ... Searching ... Found https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosperity_theology
And look at that, in the section on recent history is:

The inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States featured prayers from two preachers known for advocating prosperity theology.[49] Paula White, one of Trump's spiritual advisers, gave the invocation.

No true surprise there.