'Men Must Be Governed': The Christian Nationalist Worldview Laid Bare By Pastor Joel Webbon

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12. We were warned many years ago about these kinds of movements, and...

...how they often become influential during times of crisis in democratic, open societies.

Erich Fromm, in Escape From Freedom, and Eric Hoffer, in The True Believer, both explained why these mass movements have appeal to various disillusioned and disenfranchised groups. The kind of rhetoric employed by Joel Webbon could have come directly out of either of Fromm or Hoffer's works.

And unfortunately, these kinds of movements are often just barely sub rosa in open societies, even during the good times. There is a famous letter by President Eisenhower to a constituent, in which Eisenhower recommended the Hoffer book. It is known as the "Biggs letter", after the name of the constituent.

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