N. and S. America, Europe, Russia, Africa...
July 2022:
Why #ChristianNationalism is a global problem
abc.net.au/religion/chris…
"Since its inception, the Lord’s Resistance Army has kidnapped more than 100,000 children. The objective of the group, as articulated by Kony, is an explicitly Christian nationalist one: for Uganda to be a country governed by the Ten Commandments."
abc.net.au/religion/chris…
July 26, 2022:
Orbán has made anti-migration rhetoric a key part of his platform since 2015, but his speech on Saturday – in which he spoke out against “race mixing” – was extreme even by his standards.
Adviser to Orbán resigns over ‘pure Nazi speech' theguardian.com/world/2022/jul…
We don't need to look for symbols to recognize fascism in a politician or official or movement or political party.
We just need to pay attention to their rhetoric and the policies they advocate for as a whole.
Encyclopedia Britannica - Neofascism: britannica.com/topic/fascism/…
And this essay doesn't even mention the Doctrine of Discovery...
Oct. 2010:
The idea that the U.S. has always been a bastion of religious freedom is reassuring—and utterly at odds with the historical record - by Kenneth C. Davis, historian and author
smithsonianmag.com/history/americ…
Jul '22:
"Their world is theocratic and authoritarian, and they are seeking to use the law and those emboldened by these legal decisions to control and contain movement opposition."
#Fascism
SCOTUS Cited “Ordered Liberty” to Overturn “Roe.” What’s Next?
truthout.org/articles/the-s…
Aug 2011:
"An emerging Christian movement that seeks to take dominion over politics, business and culture in preparation for the end times and the return of Jesus, is becoming more of a presence in American politics."
It's a *totalitarian* movement.
npr.org/2011/08/24/139…
Oct. 2020:
"To understand how power is wielded in America by wealthy politicians and their coteries of extremists in 2020, you have to consider the role of religion in our national life."
The rise of Christian Nationalism in America
news.yahoo.com/rise-christian…
July 2, 2021:
How a consortium of far-right religious extremists and fossil fuel magnates are not only a threat to democracy but to the earth itself. #CNP
End Game: Why the Council for National Policy’s Machine is a Threat to U.S. Democracy in 2022
bylinetimes.com/2021/07/02/end…
Sept '20:
"consensus among comparative politics scholars that the Republican Party is one of the most anti-democratic political parties in the developed world"
"substantially more hostile to minority rights than Hungary’s Fidesz, an authoritarian party" vox.com/policy-and-pol…
Encyclopedia Britannica - Fascism - Fascism and nonfascist conservatisms: Collaboration and crossover
"Fascists also received support from Christian conservatives."
britannica.com/topic/fascism/…
"After the KKK was resurrected in 1915, the second Klan claimed as many as five million members by the mid-1920s, a degree of proliferation in American society that represented one out of every three or four white Protestant American men"
#AmericanFascism
nybooks.com/daily/2020/06/…
"The contemporary American fascist movement is led by oligarchical interests for whom the public good is an impediment, such as those in the hydrocarbon business, as well as a social, political, and religious movement with roots in the Confederacy." theguardian.com/world/2021/dec…
Propaganda poster from the Portuguese "Estado Novo" soft fascist regime (aka António Salazar dictatorship), which lasted from 1933-1974. It was overthrown by a pro-democracy military coup. ⤵️
↗️: THE LESSON OF SALAZAR
↙️: GOD, HOMELAND, FAMILY:
THE TRILOGY
OF NATIONAL EDUCATION
Poster: Portuguese "Estado Novo" soft fascist regime (aka António Salazar dictatorship), 1933-1974. Overthrown by pro-democracy military coup.
↖️ SALAZAR
Savior
of the
Homeland
🛡️ EVERYTHING FOR THE
NATION
NOTHING AGAINST
THE NATION
⬇️ Blessed Homeland that such children have
Aug 2019:
Christian nationalists support Trump because they see him as a means of overturning the U.S. Constitution and its rules separating church and state.
How Pat Robertson's Christian TV empire created a "shadow government" — and led to Donald Trump
salon.com/2019/08/29/how…
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