Adam Gabbatt reports on Katherine Stewart's book Money, Lies and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy, "which sees Stewart explore the "'antidemocratic movement' – an unholy mix of Christian nationalists, billionaire oligarchs and conservative ideologues who have seized control of the Republican party, and aim to fundamentally change the US."
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“'Money is a huge part of the story, meaning that huge concentrations of wealth have destabilized the political system. Second, lies, or conscious disinformation, is a huge feature of this movement. And third God, because the most important ideological framework for the largest part of this movement is Christian nationalism,' Stewart said."
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Benjamin Cremer responds to his fellow white Christians who have put Trump back into the White House:
"In a world where Christianity has fused itself with authoritarianism, following Jesus will make you look like a heretic. Follow Jesus anyway."
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https://benjamin-cremer.kit.com/posts/following-jesus-under-the-shadow-of-caesar
"We're on the cusp of total fascist takeover. It's hard to know what to say at such a moment. ...
The awful people about to take power are a bunch of horrifying religious creeps and segregationist eugenicist oligarchs;"
~ A.R. Moxon
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https://www.the-reframe.com/demolishing-the-billionaire-scam/?ref=the-reframe-newsletter
(continued from /4) "they call themselves things like 'christian' and 'conservative' and 'republican,' and they insist they are the only good and normal people, but (according to the religious book they brandish at protests but never seem to read), a tree is recognized by its fruit."
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