Comment on Why do most religious conservatives support capitalist ideology?
krayj@sh.itjust.works 1 year agoReligion has been sucking the tit of conservative politics for a LOT longer than Fox News, Televangelist, and Trump have been around.
It goes for deeper and is way more fundamental than those things.
BumpingFuglies@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
I agree completely, but on the surface, those are the three biggest modern contributors.
A lot of people’s “sincerely held” beliefs are only skin-deep, so surface-level agitators and misinformation peddlers do have a lot of power in our society. If they ceased to exist, I suspect a lot of the hatred and vitriol their followers spew would cease, as well - assuming an equally-evil replacement didn’t immediately rise.
A lot of people are stuck in their echo chambers, and just getting a breath of fresh air could do them wonders.