• @confluence
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    171 year ago

    As an exvangelical, I can tell you Christian Nationalism and anti-Communism are two sides of the same coin. The GOP takes advantage of the religious devotion of the fundamentalists to push their agenda. I wouldn’t say this was because the Soviet Union fell, but I think it’s at least partially because it existed in the first place.

    • Doug [he/him]
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      131 year ago

      100% There was a whole lot of it being pushed in response to the USSR’s existence. IIRC that’s when “under God” got added to the pledge, for example