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kleinbl00  ·  2782 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What became of the Christian intellectuals?

Wrong question. Which of these things were still true in 1941?

    Aristocrats don't need their peasants breeding like rabbits and thinking toil is good for them because original sin

Ohio, 1937:

1939:

    Capitalists don't need preachers telling people wage slavery is good for them because original sin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Coughlin#Cancellation_of_radio_show

    there isn't a viable alternative so the proles' misery doesn't matter

    and economists do a better job keeping the professional class in line.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post%E2%80%93World_War_II_economic_expansion