sudly said:

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So if our world is ran by secret groups who practice hiding the truth from ignorant people then why would they not be doing it with religion?

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I think it sounds fair enough that historically in the dark ages books could have more serious cultural influence especially in that there was a lesser proportion of people who were capable of reading, hence the scribes, the priests and the preachers who could read would end up finding themselves with more influence behind their words. IMO.


The world is now seemingly run like an Oligarchy and it's not like religion hasn't found itself involving a small group of people having control of a country or organization.

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Ferdinando said:

it's almost as if people have practice making it more hell-like
they sure are effective
it's no joke

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Multivariate analysis indicates that economic elites and organized groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on U.S. government policy, while average citizens and mass-based interest groups have little or no independent influence. The results provide substantial support for theories of Economic-Elite Domination and for theories of Biased Pluralism, but not for theories of Majoritarian Electoral Democracy or Majoritarian Pluralism.

https://doi.org/10.1017/S1537592714001595

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In the United States, the concept of a deep state is an alleged entity which coordinates efforts by government employees and others to influence state policy without regard for democratically elected leadership.[1][2][3] It has often been dismissed by numerous journalists and academics as a conspiracy theory.[4][5][6][7] The term, which was originally used to refer to sophisticated shadow governments in countries like Turkey and post-Soviet Russia, has also been used in American political science to refer to entrenched government institutions wielding power, without necessarily implying a conspiracy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_state_in_the_United_States

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teknix said:

Ignoratio elenchi (irrelevant conclusion, missing the point) – an argument that may in itself be valid, but does not address the issue in question

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teknix said:

Ignoratio elenchi (irrelevant conclusion, missing the point) – an argument that may in itself be valid, but does not address the issue in question

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