Saturday, December 21, 2013

5 Ways the Christian Right Perverts Religion to Push Inhumane, Unfettered Capitalism

By Amanda Marcotte

There’s some truth to that, but if you start to dig a little deeper, it turns out that the Christian right doesn’t just bait believers into voting against their economic interests. On the contrary, the Christian right works fairly hard at trying to create theological arguments to support economic policies Republicans champion, such as slashing the social safety net or allowing unfettered capitalism to rapidly expand income inequality and environmental damage.

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