cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/12367209

“Welcome to the end of democracy!” Posobiec declared. “We’re here to overthrow it completely. We didn’t get all the way there on January 6th, but we will endeavor to get rid of it and replace it with this right here,” he said, holding his fist in the air. “That’s right, because all glory is not to government, all glory to God.”

Steve Bannon, former White House adviser, is heard in the background exclaiming, “All right! Amen!”

All Republicans are perfectly happy with the idea of having a (Christo-)fascist dictatorship in power in the U.S. . All that they care about is that the dictatorship rewards them with money and power. I know Republicans like this, people you might think were just ordinary folks, and they’re masters of telling themselves stories to justify their violence and thievery and masters at not seeing anything that might cause cognitive dissonance, to the extent that they’re capable of that at all.

  • FenrirIII@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Religion makes people dumb and easily manipulated. Fascism just takes advantage of that.

    • xePBMg9@lemmynsfw.com
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      9 months ago

      I am not a fan of religion. But I would address poor education and low living standards first.

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          9 months ago

          “Dur hur, religion make people dumb” received exactly the kind of reply it deserved.

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            9 months ago

            Well, it’s a demonstrable fact that there is a high correlation of heavily religious districts in the US and districts with low education. Whether one causes the other, or they both have a common cause, is up for debate.

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                  9 months ago

                  Nope, the above claim is the stupid ass take. That’s why I called it out.

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                    9 months ago

                    Indeed, all your comments here above are stupid takes, as shown by the downvotes. Thanks for agreeing with us.

                    Now tell me, do you think your god is all-loving before or after he committed genocide multiple times (including on animals and babies)?

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                9 months ago

                We call kids stupid for believing in Santa, so what is the difference between that and believing in a sky daddy?

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                  9 months ago

                  I see the stupidity of the top comment in this thread is catching. My condolences.

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              9 months ago

              The same stupid ass take as above, and just as stupid.

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                9 months ago

                You can keep repeating this, doesn’t make it any more true.

                Did your god not grant you with the intelligence needed for better responses?

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                  9 months ago

                  Ignorant, knee-jerk bigotry deserves no intelligent response, only contempt.

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            9 months ago

            You sound like you have a lot of hate in your heart. I’ll be praying for you 🙏

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              You are in no position to judge the state of my heart, but should you feel moved to pray on my behalf, it is appreciated.