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Re:Kim Dotcom can be extradited to US but can also appeal by jl6 on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @01:34PM (#24991697)
One might argue that if a church trains its members to vote a certain way, they can wield significant influence, albeit indirectly. Similarly corporations have a great deal of indirect influence. True, there’s no formal, legal coupling, but perhaps there is merit to challenging concentrations of power, no matter how informal or indirect?
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Re:Kim Dotcom can be extradited to US but can also appeal by nxmnxm99 on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @01:37PM (#24991716)
That can be said for literally any sort of organization of people
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Re:Kim Dotcom can be extradited to US but can also appeal by bsanr2 on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @06:56PM (#24994344)
Church is different in that (as far as internal logic goes) adherence/non-adherence to their dictates involves a credible claim to the fate of your immortal soul. It's a little bit different from other book clubs.
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Re:Kim Dotcom can be extradited to US but can also appeal by nxmnxm99 on Sunday November 08, 2020 @12:32AM (#25023304)
That’s a pretty arbitrary distinction. The average union worker finds not being able to put food on the table an equally terrifying prospect as eternal damnation.
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Re:Kim Dotcom can be extradited to US but can also appeal by bsanr2 on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @01:10AM (#25043221)
I don't know if that's self-evident, given that the average non-union worker votes quite often for the union-busters who promise to enshrine their sanctifying beliefs in law.
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Re:Kim Dotcom can be extradited to US but can also appeal by YetAnotherNick on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @01:43PM (#24991776)
Church has much more members than other organizations.
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Re:Kim Dotcom can be extradited to US but can also appeal by missedthecue on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @06:39PM (#24994210)
In many countries, trade unions have more members than churches, and they donate, endorse, and directly outright tell their members who do vote for, unlike most churches, who do not donate, do not endorse, and in almost all cases, do not outright tell members who to vote for.
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Re:Kim Dotcom can be extradited to US but can also appeal by CivBase on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @02:07PM (#24991992)
Are you referring to the Catholic church? Most religious organizations are relatively small and independent from one another.
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Re:Kim Dotcom can be extradited to US but can also appeal by Shared404 on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @10:28PM (#24995394)
But most Evangelical churches vote as a block.
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Re:Kim Dotcom can be extradited to US but can also appeal by mainstreem on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @02:00PM (#24991929)
LOL only if you group together every organized religion as "Church" and compare it to other, individual organizations.
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Re:Kim Dotcom can be extradited to US but can also appeal by Diggsey on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @01:50PM (#24991833)
Most organisations don't threaten you with eternal torture to coerce you though...
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