Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, in his first remarks after being elected Wednesday afternoon, told Members of Congress that “Scripture” and “the Bible” are clear that they have been “ordained” by God.“I want to tell all my colleagues here what I told the Republicans in that room last n...

Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, in his first remarks after being elected Wednesday afternoon, told Members of Congress that “Scripture” and “the Bible” are clear that they have been “ordained” by God.

    • DessertStorms
      40•1 year ago

      You joke, but in the UK we are literally lorded over by a family that claims god chose them to rule over us, and we all just have to go along with it. And it isn’t just passive acceptance, I’ve seen people unironically support it (E: not just royalty, but the actual “chosen by god” part).

      Indoctrination is a hell of a drug, and the US is heavy on it, there are entire populations made deliberately vulnerable to exactly this brand of bullshit.

      • @IlovemyirishtemperEnglish
        9•1 year ago

        For sure. They feed it to us here in the US pretty much every day for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

        • DessertStorms
          9•1 year ago

          Yeah, “god save the king” is peanuts compare to the whole ultra nationalist zombie like daily vow of allegiance, it’s so creepy.

          (to be clear, fuck our thing too, it’s obviously enough to work, it’s survived hundreds of years so far)

      • @IlluminostroEnglish
        1•3 months ago

        Divine Right. And yes, it was a real thing. Still is with modern American Republicans.

    • @IlluminostroEnglish
      12•1 year ago

      That’s exactly what Jerry Falwell said to Reagan. And it’s worked out beautifully. Millions of people brainwashed since childhood to blindly obey a male authority figure.