It’s been heading that way for years it’s just getting faster
It isn’t black-and-white; but on a spectrum with democracy on one end and Christofascism on the other, we are moving toward the Christofascist side. The election of Mike Johnson as speaker is a pretty big sign of that.
Johnson tried to overturn the election, and he blames most of America’s issues on people not going to church enough or people not being his idea of Christian. He wants to dismantle social security and make everyone reliant on churches. It’s fucked.
The best thing we can do to push our country away from Christofascism is to vote as many republicans out of office as we can (and while we can). We need a blue wave in 2024
Feels more like the knee-jerk reactions one would have trying to leave a christofascist state tbh. They are losing their grip and this is how they act.
Well, one political party is. But that’s about it. The demographics for both elements are shrinking in the general populous. So this is more about media sensationalism of a shrinking minority with growing extremism and an increasing attempt to gain power and control without the backing of the populous.
It’s been the right’s goal all along. It’s specifically against our constitution.
We are seeing the impact of Mega Churches and their tax-free status, combined with a Republican Party that has been losing voters, and has been gerrymandering our nation to stay relevant.
These are problems we need to fix if we want to hold on to democracy.
May the lord open /s
Yes
As an outsider I find it difficult to believe a country like the United States would allow itself to move away from democracy and descend into autocracy / dictatorship with an emphasis on religion & god.
That is how it looks from the outside. The weird religious right seem to make the most noise and it needs to be quietened down, or risk become pariahs on the world stage. Remember, the countries you go to war against (Islamic for example) are run by religious nuts and that is the way you “appear” to be heading.
Do the religious folks there actually believe in the supernatural, or is it simply a useful excuse to fuck over people that they hate for some reason?
For some of us, it’s already turned.
It has been heading that way for many, many years. [Frank Zappa](https://youtu.be/fam5wRXcoQE?si=6gkwZ2SeSGb6yAlT) could see it in 1986, and anyone paying attention has been taking note of it in the following 3 plus decades. Republicans have gotten way too cozy with the Christian religion. This is not what the founding fathers ever had in mind.
“The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.” – Thomas Jefferson
Yes, if voters don’t wake up soon, the U.S. will be ruled by the Taliban 2.0 , U.S. version. Fight these horrible christofascists with everything and every vote you can!
Yes and I’ve been around for 64 years and have seen some pretty strange politics but we are headed down the same path as other countries that installed nationalist, fascist dictators.
Not reflective of the American society/demographic, however, these y’allqada fuckers love to chase power and impose their nonsense on the rest of society. Should be over in 5-10 years.
Skinner voice: Yes. Yes, it is.
The US as a whole? It’s leaning there with this SCOTUS.
But on a state by state basis absolutely
Yes, but Christian’s are also losing power as a share of voters. If everyone came out to vote Christian’s would be a minority in the US in just a few years. The question is will voting still matter by then?
America: where the people cry “STOP INDOCTRINATING OUR KIDS!!!” whilst raising them on bible passages, forcing them to go to church, and wanting them to live by religious rules made thousands of years ago.
Land of the free….
Back when I started at university, in the late 60’s, the Christian fundamentalist students said their ‘church’ had a plan to take over the Republican party and make the US a Theocracy. Seems their plan is working.
Hope that the handmaids tale is prophetic. At this point idiocracy is coming true
Turn…ING???
Has been for a long time now. Tell me, do your require all of your children to proclaim allegiance to ‘god and country’ every day by law? If so you are a chistofascist state.
Keep your religion out of my life this is America!
In 1932 the Nazis only got 37% of the vote. They still managed to rise to power.
It really all depends on if we reelect trump next year. The country will either keep on keeping on or it will nose dive into a christofacist state almost immediately.
I think ‘is being turned into’ is a better description.
If MAGA ever wins again, yes.
Turning? We’ve been heading toward this for decades.
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* https://old.reddit.com/r/economy/comments/gza212/dominionists_say_crises_and_trumps_reelection/ftf1atm/ ; ‘”Fascism Anyone?” by Laurence W. Britt; Free Inquiry, Spring 2003, Volume 23, Number 2’ is in “SectionID: fxtgtp6”
* https://old.reddit.com/r/EndlessWar/comments/17itfan/mike_johnson_conducted_seminars_promoting_the_us/k6wlwkz/ ; the direct video link for the submitted article/link is at ‘The Real News Network, “The Trump movement is turning America fascist w/Jeff Sharlet | The Chris Hedges Report”‘
It’s been heading that way for years it’s just getting faster
It isn’t black-and-white; but on a spectrum with democracy on one end and Christofascism on the other, we are moving toward the Christofascist side. The election of Mike Johnson as speaker is a pretty big sign of that.
Johnson tried to overturn the election, and he blames most of America’s issues on people not going to church enough or people not being his idea of Christian. He wants to dismantle social security and make everyone reliant on churches. It’s fucked.
The best thing we can do to push our country away from Christofascism is to vote as many republicans out of office as we can (and while we can). We need a blue wave in 2024
https://democrats.org/
Yes. Next question..
Feels more like the knee-jerk reactions one would have trying to leave a christofascist state tbh. They are losing their grip and this is how they act.
Well, one political party is. But that’s about it. The demographics for both elements are shrinking in the general populous. So this is more about media sensationalism of a shrinking minority with growing extremism and an increasing attempt to gain power and control without the backing of the populous.
It’s been the right’s goal all along. It’s specifically against our constitution.
We are seeing the impact of Mega Churches and their tax-free status, combined with a Republican Party that has been losing voters, and has been gerrymandering our nation to stay relevant.
These are problems we need to fix if we want to hold on to democracy.
May the lord open /s
Yes
As an outsider I find it difficult to believe a country like the United States would allow itself to move away from democracy and descend into autocracy / dictatorship with an emphasis on religion & god.
That is how it looks from the outside. The weird religious right seem to make the most noise and it needs to be quietened down, or risk become pariahs on the world stage. Remember, the countries you go to war against (Islamic for example) are run by religious nuts and that is the way you “appear” to be heading.
Do the religious folks there actually believe in the supernatural, or is it simply a useful excuse to fuck over people that they hate for some reason?
For some of us, it’s already turned.
It has been heading that way for many, many years. [Frank Zappa](https://youtu.be/fam5wRXcoQE?si=6gkwZ2SeSGb6yAlT) could see it in 1986, and anyone paying attention has been taking note of it in the following 3 plus decades. Republicans have gotten way too cozy with the Christian religion. This is not what the founding fathers ever had in mind.
“The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.” – Thomas Jefferson
Yes, if voters don’t wake up soon, the U.S. will be ruled by the Taliban 2.0 , U.S. version. Fight these horrible christofascists with everything and every vote you can!
Yes and I’ve been around for 64 years and have seen some pretty strange politics but we are headed down the same path as other countries that installed nationalist, fascist dictators.
Not reflective of the American society/demographic, however, these y’allqada fuckers love to chase power and impose their nonsense on the rest of society. Should be over in 5-10 years.
Skinner voice: Yes. Yes, it is.
The US as a whole? It’s leaning there with this SCOTUS.
But on a state by state basis absolutely
Yes, but Christian’s are also losing power as a share of voters. If everyone came out to vote Christian’s would be a minority in the US in just a few years. The question is will voting still matter by then?
America: where the people cry “STOP INDOCTRINATING OUR KIDS!!!” whilst raising them on bible passages, forcing them to go to church, and wanting them to live by religious rules made thousands of years ago.
Land of the free….
Back when I started at university, in the late 60’s, the Christian fundamentalist students said their ‘church’ had a plan to take over the Republican party and make the US a Theocracy. Seems their plan is working.
Yes. Full stop.
Yes!
The American Sharia law?
[some evangelicals already think it should happen.](https://andrawatkins.medium.com/many-white-evangelical-christians-support-their-own-sharia-law-10583c0184dd)
Hope that the handmaids tale is prophetic. At this point idiocracy is coming true
Turn…ING???
Has been for a long time now. Tell me, do your require all of your children to proclaim allegiance to ‘god and country’ every day by law? If so you are a chistofascist state.
Keep your religion out of my life this is America!
In 1932 the Nazis only got 37% of the vote. They still managed to rise to power.
It really all depends on if we reelect trump next year. The country will either keep on keeping on or it will nose dive into a christofacist state almost immediately.
I think ‘is being turned into’ is a better description.
If MAGA ever wins again, yes.
Turning? We’ve been heading toward this for decades.