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.
Christians can be fascists.
See the right wing in the USA for an example.
There were always more meanings to “christian”. Some of them rather sinister.