I wonder why religious conservatives are mostly synonymous with capitalism supporters ? I mean arent most religions inherently socialistic ? What makes conservatives support capitalism , despite not being among the rich?
I wonder why religious conservatives are mostly synonymous with capitalism supporters ? I mean arent most religions inherently socialistic ? What makes conservatives support capitalism , despite not being among the rich?
A few reasons: first, they are a central part of the power hierarchy since the middle age ; second communists and revolutionaries are anti-clerics, like they murdered religious people as much as nobles or capitalists.
So either they’re bourgeoisie/artistocracy/nobility, or they’re traumatised by the fanatical atheism.
Still, in many countries there weren’t so many problems, so they made the Christian-Democrats. They are usually center-left or center-right parties, supporting economic help to the poors but very conservative for cultural freedom.
Some believers, even high in the Catholic hierarchy, are also very much leftists. They are more common in Africa or south America as far as I can tell.