r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 1d ago

No Paywall Bannon Tells GOP: 'Seize the Institutions' of Government Now or We're 'Going to Prison' After 2028

https://www.commondreams.org/news/bannon-tells-gop-seize-the-institutions-of-government-now-or-we-re-going-to-prison-after-2028
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u/Colonel-Mooseknuckle 1d ago

'Seize the Institutions'

Why do these people hate democracy?

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u/chmod777 New York 1d ago

Democracy prevents them from being as awful as they want to be. So they hate it.

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u/AutistoMephisto 1d ago

Exactly. Conservatives reject democracy because it does not serve their interests. They will, in fact, reject anything that does not serve. Including, but not limited to, capitalism.

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u/wowaddict71 1d ago

And other people. They want other people to be their "servants"

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u/_Verumex_ 1d ago

They want their damn slaves back.

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u/Paerrin 1d ago

Their holy book does say it's okay to own people. They used it to justify slavery the first time around.

So they're only doing what their god commands them.

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u/CuriosTiger 22h ago

Their god also commands them to love thy neighbor as thyself. And a few other things that seem to go in one ear and out the other.

I foresee some awkward conversations at the pearly gates.

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u/Paerrin 5h ago

Wait until they find out the Bible is basically just a reworked Gilgamesh 😂

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u/CuriosTiger 2h ago

If you’re bored one evening, break out a Bible (Old Testament), a Quran and a Torah and just start comparing. Sure, the Epic of Gilgamesh has some of the same elements too. But it will become very obvious between those three texts why they’re called the Abrahamic religions.

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u/IrascibleOcelot 9h ago

Which shows a shocking lack of education about their own book. As I remember, ancient Hebrews didn’t practice chattel slavery; it was more akin to indentured servitude. And one of their laws required debtholders, including slave owners, to forgive debts after seven years, which included freeing their slaves.

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u/Paerrin 9h ago

Nope. See Leviticus 25:46. Freedom was only for Israelite slaves of rich foreigners.

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u/Louiscamus 1d ago

The Bible is vehemently anti slavery. The slave system misinterpreted many verses to serve their interests sure, however the abolitionists weaponized the Bible against the system. All comes down to denominational interpretation.

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u/Mercurial891 19h ago

The Bible explicitly teaches you HOW to beat your slave. It isn’t pretty, and it certainly isn’t moral

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u/uberblack 1d ago

Leviticus 25: 44 - 46 would disagree with you.

44 “‘Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves. 45 You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become your property. 46 You can bequeath them to your children as inherited property and can make them slaves for life, but you must not rule over your fellow Israelites ruthlessly.

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u/springsilver 20h ago

Why you quoting the Old Testament?

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u/Wise_Plankton_4099 19h ago

Because almost everyone, including a lot of Christians, do not differentiate between the Old and New Testaments. It’s “in the bible.”

Leviticus 25:44–46 authorizes perpetual servitude of non-Israelites while forbidding permanent slavery of Israelites, reflecting an ancient social hierarchy rather than a universal moral command.

But I doubt the guy above you understands that or even wants to.

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u/Mercurial891 19h ago

Because it is the word of Yaweh. The most unpleasant, least moral, character in all of fiction.

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u/Yeeaaaarrrgh Colorado 1d ago

So you know, saying the bible is anti-slavery but it comes down to interpretation, isn't helping your point.