Perhaps truth. Universally true across the globe? Hard to say.
What I do know is that when the Church had an equally disproportionate level of power over the individual they did fucking horrific shit in the name of God.
Unchecked institutional power is generally bad no matter who is playing the game. nostr:note1u6f9mvywsef9kf7np060f5yaetetye3g2wksg8pzzlhwkhexdhqq4wrth9
i think that the church made it quite a bit harder since there was the hierarchy of cardinals and pope as well as the would be emperor... they were very often not so aligned in their goals and that made it a bit less prone to racing into a hitler/mussolini/castro/trudeau situation
so, it's probably true to an extent, because there was at least 2 poles before, now there is only one
Absolutely! Many powerful in the Church, an institution made up of humans, as well as humanity in general have chosen to do evil. God made us good and made us free to choose good or evil. Sadly we all choose evil at times. Without God’s grace we will always choose selfishly. With God’s grace we can find the strength to choose the good, to love one another. May it be so. All the best to you and yours!
