The man who stormed a Mormon church with an assault rifle and left four people dead was a self-described "Ultra MAGA" Trump supporter, a former Marine, and a father of one.
I don’t think you’re going to see a split. The Mormon Church has far too much invested structurally within the Republican Party. And the opposition party isn’t offering them anything they actually want (theocracy, white nationalism, rapid imperial expansion).
The odd mass shooting is simply the price you pay for power in a country that puts so little value on a human life.
Mormons are a Business Cult who cross pollinate their money across members’ businesses and strongly encourage use of exclusively Mormon owned businesses. Trump somehow convinced those same conservative business leaders that he is Good At Business so the entire cult fell in line.
And they are also believers who are slow to change so this recent recession will not shake their faith. He can only be distrusted if they personally feel the downturn of the market.
It’s a bit more entrenched than that. Mormons theology is elitist, racist, sexist, and hierarchical. The entire religion is built upon fear and a superiority complex.
Under the leadership of Benson, a staunch John Birch society member, and others like him the cult converted from a theocratic communist organization to an extreme rightwing corrupt corporate behemoth.
Today the Mormon church is one of the wealthiest organizations on the planet. They have a massive ownership of agricultural land, real estate, mega-corporations, and over a hundred billion in stocks and bonds. Billions of dollars of tax free money donated from members has that effect over 50 years. They give almost nothing of their take to humanitarian causes.
Mormons voted against Trump because Romney (long time Mormon elite family) was running. From 1951-1988 Marion Romney (a relation of Mitch) was part of the elite church leadership. It was not because they were against Trump.
Mormons need to declare war on Trump, or vice versa. That will be a wrench that MAGA will not be able to unlodge gracefully.
Mormons used to hate Trump, they even voted strongly third party during the first election.
And then they fell in line, like good little conservative sheep. I was extremely disappointed.
Disappointed by mormons? How could that even happen?
I don’t think you’re going to see a split. The Mormon Church has far too much invested structurally within the Republican Party. And the opposition party isn’t offering them anything they actually want (theocracy, white nationalism, rapid imperial expansion).
The odd mass shooting is simply the price you pay for power in a country that puts so little value on a human life.
Mormons are a Business Cult who cross pollinate their money across members’ businesses and strongly encourage use of exclusively Mormon owned businesses. Trump somehow convinced those same conservative business leaders that he is Good At Business so the entire cult fell in line.
And they are also believers who are slow to change so this recent recession will not shake their faith. He can only be distrusted if they personally feel the downturn of the market.
It’s a bit more entrenched than that. Mormons theology is elitist, racist, sexist, and hierarchical. The entire religion is built upon fear and a superiority complex.
Under the leadership of Benson, a staunch John Birch society member, and others like him the cult converted from a theocratic communist organization to an extreme rightwing corrupt corporate behemoth.
https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=50349153&itype=cmsid
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Birch_Society
Today the Mormon church is one of the wealthiest organizations on the planet. They have a massive ownership of agricultural land, real estate, mega-corporations, and over a hundred billion in stocks and bonds. Billions of dollars of tax free money donated from members has that effect over 50 years. They give almost nothing of their take to humanitarian causes.
Mormons voted against Trump because Romney (long time Mormon elite family) was running. From 1951-1988 Marion Romney (a relation of Mitch) was part of the elite church leadership. It was not because they were against Trump.
They’re awful, no doubt, but damn if the Mormon Tabernacle Choir isn’t amazing.