Francis acknowledged that America never had a national myth of a glorious past but thought it was a good idea to invent one. As Ganz archly observed, “the word for the politics that makes a pastiche of past glories to create a new type of regime is ‘fascism.'”
In what way, shape or form is that christian? It’s fascism. When will the media finally call a spade a spade?
Christians have always been cool with fascism.
[Dietrich Bonhoeffer has entered the chat.]
Christian fascism has been a thing for a loooooong time.
Christofascism is the spade. Fascism is the tool.
There were always more meanings to “christian”. Some of them rather sinister.