(December 17, 2015 at 7:43 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: I agree. But they aren't promising the masses power. Money and material things (a better life) I believe are more of a motivator for the masses than religion, politics or power.
For the grunts, religion in it's radical form, always was and always will be the promise of paradise. For the higher ranks it always was and always will be an instrument to exercise control.