12∞ · Question 11.2.7
What happens when religious and political power merge?
Each corrupts the other. Rulers gain a sacred sanction for their rule, clergy gain wealth and enforcement, and dissent becomes both treason and heresy.
From the book 12∞ Twelve to Infinity by D.R. Davenport. The full answer is free to read with an iBelieve account.
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- 11: How Humanity Got Here
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- 11.2: Systems of Domination
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- 11.2.8 → · Why did people accept kings for so long?
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