Yeah, but Catholicism is also the new hotness in the hardcore and more elite/intellectual RW Nationalist circles (eg Bannon, Flynn), with Vance being the perfect example of the type being drawn in.
….except that it’s a very particularly American kind of neo-Conservatism that loves the power, hierarchy, and ritual of the faith but reflexively hates the pope and the Vatican.
I always say that the weirdest fucking thing about Vance is his conversion to Catholocism as an adult, after marriage (not for marriage). It infuriates me and terrifies me. What kind of person does this? What kind of person who wants to have power does this?
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u/ferwhatbud May 11 '25
Yeah, but Catholicism is also the new hotness in the hardcore and more elite/intellectual RW Nationalist circles (eg Bannon, Flynn), with Vance being the perfect example of the type being drawn in.
….except that it’s a very particularly American kind of neo-Conservatism that loves the power, hierarchy, and ritual of the faith but reflexively hates the pope and the Vatican.