Blog Credo

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

H.L. Mencken

Tuesday, February 15, 2022

Christianism

 Paul Campos analyzes the literature on the impact of Christian Nationalism on January 6th. As increasing numbers of young Americans drop away from religion, those who strongly identify with an atavistic evangelism feel increasingly under siege. Although we all feel "under siege" right now, Christianism gives a union of deep belief and political focus to a group of people who vote in disproportionate numbers.

Saving democracy likely involves getting these authoritarians to despair and give up on the political process. 

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