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0 pointsrglullis1y ago0 comments

> So they may not be "direct" rulers, they are major power players.

So are all the other countless media companies, tech corporations, Hollywood, labor unions, pharma companies, academia...

From this list, which one do you think is more intertwined with Government affairs? The Catholic Church or Amazon? The Mormons or Blueshield? Seventh Day Adventists or Disney? The Baptists or General Motors? The Anglicans or FOX News?

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wat100001y ago

Catholics and SDAs don't have a whole lot of political influence here, but evangelicals are basically running the place now.

rglullisOP1y ago

Even those "running the place" are doing it within the democratic system established and managed by the State. You can try to twist as hard you can, but to think that the US has become some form of Theocracy is absurd.

I am not going to argue that the democratic institutions are not under attack, but I am arguing that there is no key religious figure remotely close to take power and become the head of State, at any level whatsoever.

bdangubic1y ago

if you are the one controlling the head of State you don’t have to actually be the head of State

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